| Contents |
Introduction: why chick lit matters / Elizabeth Merrick -- The thing around your neck / Chimamanda 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. |
