Love & Profanity features more than forty brief, brilliant, and unforgettable true stories from writers both renowned and on the rise. The special edition e-book also includes the winner and five finalists from the "Tell Your True Story" contest, sponsored by Switch Press and Wattpad, the world's largest community of readers and writers. In these stories you will discover strange and surprising scenes of people coming of age amidst the everyday intensity of teenage life. You will witness transformative moments arising from the mundane. And you will encounter the young adult in full splendor, humor, and horror.
"Each of these 40-plus very short stories unveils a memory of being a teenager that is important to its respective writer. . . .Such issues as body image, cliques, family strife, economic status and popularity are recurring themes throughout and will resonate with teen readers. . . .Teens who enjoy slice-of-life vignettes that evoke a specific time and place and adults who thrill to nostalgia will find a lot to like about these pithy, honestly awkward and poignant minimemoirs."
Kirkus Reviews
"From the title and cover I did not know that this book would be one of the sweetest and most terrifyingly authentic things I've read. None of the stories were groundbreaking or shocking; they were simply beautiful and honest. . . .undeniably genuine and heartfelt stories - teen readers, give them a try!"
TeenReads.com/The Book Report
"Each story takes only a few minutes or less to read, but they linger in the mind for much longer, offering sharp, fresh perspectives on the kinds of experiences that, for teens, are both commonplace and life-changing - the kinds of experiences that, in editor Nick Healy's words, "define and explain ourselves."
Chicago Tribune, "Young adult roundup: 'Love & Profanity' and more"
