Essays | Essays
Feb.19.2009
The most popular question any pregnant woman is asked — aside from “When are you due?” — has got to be “Are you having a girl or a boy?” When author Andrea Buchanan was pregnant with her daughter, she was thrilled to be expecting a girl. Some people were happy for her, with shared visions of...
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Feb.05.2009
Lines of Velocity is a wondrous and diverse collection – stories, poems, songs, musings, rants and essays – showcasing the unique and eclectic female voices of new and accomplished writers from WriteGirl. These girls and women speak freely and share openly on everything from the intensity of a...
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Jun.30.2008
This engaging, endearing collection of true-life stories reveals the guts and glory of women old enough to know who they are.
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Apr.03.2008
A kick-ass collection of essays by 37 funny, independent women, writing about all aspects of the single life -- from buying a house without a spouse to battling pressure from family and friends to that baffling search for Mr. Right Sperm Donor. Contributors include Margaret Cho, Jane Ganahl, Susan...
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Mar.24.2008
Our favorite contemporary authors on an irresistible subject: sex.
Antonya Nelson pays lip service to the blow job. Phillip Lopate ruminates on duration. Martha McPhee waxes poetic about hermaphrodites. From sexual relationships to sexual positions, from the classics to contemporary twists, Dirty...
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Mar.04.2008
ReGeneration: Telling Stories from Our Twenties is an anthology of essays, poetry, photography, and fiction created by twentysomethings for twentysomethings. My contribution to this collection, "The Schrödinger Treatment," is a short fictional memoir that tells the story of my...
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Feb.26.2008
Dorsetta Hale • Enjoys the outdoors and once camped on the streets of Los Angeles to see Mel Gibson. • Spent a romantic weekend with her husband at the city dump. • Went to a rock concert on a prison island. • Loves Christmas but not in September. • Is not a cat person.
As a child, Dorsetta Hale...
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Jan.16.2008
Hope's essay, originally published as a "My Turn" in Newsweek magazine in 2002, is included in this textbook as an example of how to write analytical essays.
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Jan.15.2008
Let the Crazy Child Write! celebrates the role of the creative unconscious or Crazy Child in stories, poems, plays, and essays. Examples show how the Crazy Child informs our writing and gives it texture and flair, and a plethora of exercises allow you to demonstrate for yourself the power of the...
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Dec.07.2007
“I behave badly to set myself apart. To test myself. To push myself. To prove something. To shock someone. ... I behave badly because I can.” That’s how Ellen Sussman describes her deviant endeavors. To better understand them, she’s invited twenty-five other bad girls to share their stories. Ann...
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