| Description |
xi, 321 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Edited by Elizabeth Merrick. |
| Contents |
Introduction: why chick lit matters / Elizabeth Merrick -- The thing around your neck / Chimanda Ngozi Adichie -- Two days / Aimee Bender -- An open letter to Doctor X / Francine Prose -- Gabe / Holiday Reinhorn -- Documents of passion love / Carolyn Ferrell -- Volunteers are shining stars / Curtis Sittenfeld -- Selling the General / Jennifer Egan -- The seventy-two ounce steak challenge / Dika Lam -- Love machine / Samantha Hunt -- Ava Bean / Jennifer S. Davis -- Embrace / Roxana Robinson -- The epiphany branch / Mary Gordon -- Joan, Jeanne, La Pucelle, Maid of Orléans / Judy Budnitz -- Gabriella, my heart / Cristina Henríquez -- The red coat / Caitlin Macy -- The Matthew effect / Binnie Kirshenbaum -- The recipe / Lynne Tillman -- Meaning of ends / Martha Witt. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American -- Women authors.
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Women -- United States -- Fiction.
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American fiction -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Merrick, Elizabeth.
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| ISBN |
0812975677 paperback |
| Standard No. |
9780812975673 |
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