Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond
This profound and poignant collection highlights some of the best literary writers of our time in an era when the roles of mothers and daughters are constantly being questioned and redefined. Because I Love Her explores the deepest bonds and truths of motherhood by sharing stories and secrets of becoming a mother and grandmother. Ranging from established and bestselling authors to exciting new voices, these women reveal what their mothers taught them, what they in turn hope to impart to their daughters and, finally, what they've learned as a bridge between the two.
Before: Short Stories about Pregnancy from our Top Writers
In this groundbreaking anthology of short fiction from America's most popular and critically-acclaimed young writer's, editors Emily Franklin and Heather Swain give voice to the fear, frustration, hope and humor that all play a part in the simultaneously unique and timeless experience of pregnancy in twenty-first-century America.
It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths about Life in Your 20s
In this original collection, critically acclaimed female writers pull back the curtain on being twenty-something. Entertaining and enlightening, this anthology speaks honestly about that unique time in life when expectations are not always realized, yet surprises are plentiful and thrilling.
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How to Spell Chanukah
Eighteen Jewish writers extol, excoriate, and expand our understanding of this most merry of Jewish holidays.
"Eighteen youngish writers contribute personal essays -- from the snarky to the sentimental -- riffing on the ancient Jewish holiday. . . . The best of these essays grapple honestly with seasonless issues of identity, family and consumer culture."
-Washington Post
Other Writing
Don't You Forget About Me
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 Wonderful are timeless tales of love, angst, longing, and self-discovery that illuminated and assuaged the anxieties of an entire generation. Fondly nostalgic, filled with wit and surprising insights, don't you forget about me contains 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).
When I was a Loser
In When I Was a Loser, John McNally, author of the novel America's Report Card, assembles twenty-five original essays -- often hilarious, sometimes tenderhearted, always evocative -- about defining moments of high school loserdom. Brad Land, Julianna Baggott, Owen King, Johanna Edwards, and many more fresh, talented writers explore their own angst, humiliation, heartache, and other staples of teen life.
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