Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes
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No one captured the teen portion of the eighties as poignantly as writer-director John Hughes. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off,and Some Kind of Wonderfulare timeless tales of love, angst, longing, and self-discovery that illuminated and assuaged the anxieties of an entire generation.
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Fondly nostalgic, filled with wit and surprising insights, don't you forget about mecontains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists on the films' far-reaching effects on their own lives — an irresistible read for anyone who came of age in the eighties (or just wishes they did).
Featuring new writing from:
Steve Almond * Julianna Baggott * Lisa Borders * Ryan Boudinot * T Cooper * Quinn Dalton * Emily Franklin * Lisa Gabriele * Tod Goldberg * Nina de Gramont * Tara Ison * Allison Lynn * John McNally * Dan Pope * Lewis Robinson * Ben Schrank * Elizabeth Searle * Mary Sullivan * Rebecca Wolff * Moon Unit Zappa
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