This Is Not Chick Lit
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This Is Not Chick Lit by Elizabeth Merrick
Chick lit: A genre of fiction that often recycles the following plot: Girl in big city desperately searches for Mr. Right in between dieting and shopping for shoes. Girl gets dumped (sometimes repeatedly). Girl finds Prince Charming. This Is Not Chick Lit is a celebration of America's most dynamic literary voices, as well as a much needed reminder that, for every stock protagonist with a designer handbag and three boyfriends, there is a woman writer pushing the envelope of literary fiction with imagination, humor, and depth. The original short stories in this collection touch on some of the same themes as chick lit-the search for love and identity-but they do so with extraordinary power, creativity, and range; they are also political, provocative, and, at turns, utterly surprising. Featuring marquee names as well as burgeoning talents, This Is Not Chick Lit will nourish your heart, and your mind. Including these original stories: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieTwo Days by Aimee Bender
An Open Letter to Doctor X by Francine Prose
Gabe by Holiday Reinhorn
Documents of Passion Love by Carolyn Ferrell
Volunteers Are Shining Stars by Curtis Sittenfeld
Selling the General by Jennifer Egan
The Seventy-two-Ounce Steak Challenge by Dika Lam
Love Machine by Samantha Hunt
Ava Bean by Jennifer S. Davis
Embrace by Roxana Robinson
The Epiphany Branch by Mary Gordon
Joan, Jeanne, La Pucelle, Maid of Orl ans by Judy Budnitz
Gabriella, My Heart by Cristina Henr quez
The Red Coat by Caitlin Macy
The Matthew Effect by Binnie Kirshenbaum
The Recipe by Lynne Tillman
Meaning of Ends by Martha Witt Praise for This Is Not Chick Lit This Is Not Chick Lit is important not only for its content, but for its title. I'll know we're getting somewhere when equally talented male writers feel they have to separate themselves from the endless stream of fiction glorifying war, hunting and sports by naming an anthology This Is Not a Guy Thing.--Gloria Steinem These voices, diverse and almost eerily resonant, offer us a refreshing breath of womanhood-untamed, ungroomed, and unglossed.--Elle
Elizabeth Merrickholds a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from NYU. She is a licensed psychologist working with adolescents and young adults in New York City. She is currently an adjunct professor at Baruch College, City University of New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812975673 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812975677 |
| Title | This Is Not Chick Lit |
| Author | Elizabeth Merrick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2006-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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