The stories in Love Profanity offer a glimpse into the teenage lives of more than forty well-known and on-the-rise authors. Jon Scieszka goes for a high-speed drive on a gravel road and encounters nature in an alarming way. Kwame Alexander attempts to volley his way into the heart of a girl who seems out of reach. Carrie Mesrobian scrambles to dispose of the last evidence of her unauthorized house party. And Alison McGhee sends some advice to her younger self You're waiting and you don't even know it. You're waiting for the doors of your life to blow open.