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Have you ever said about your favorite book, “I won­der when they’re going to make a movie about (insert name of favorite book)”? If you’re a Chris Crutcher fan, and if your favorite book is STAYING FAT FOR SARAH BYRNES, here’s your chance to answer that ques­tion. A recent post on Chris Crutcher’s web­site is …

I’m tempted by my warped sense of humor to title this the “Dirty Dozen,” even though there aren’t a dozen, and they aren’t dirty, just to make a point about how call­ing a book one thing doesn’t make it that thing. “It’s Per­fectly Nor­mal” for homo­sex­u­al­ity, nudity, sex edu­ca­tion, reli­gious view­point, abor­tion and being unsuited to …