false <![CDATA[This Is Not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167271842m/19625.jpg 19625 1 New short stories from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie &#8226; Aimee Bender &#8226; Judy Budnitz &#8226; Jennifer S. Davis &#8226; Jennifer Egan &#8226; Carolyn Ferrell &#8226; Mary Gordon &#8226; Cristina Henríquez &#8226; Samantha Hunt &#8226;Binnie Kirshenbaum &#8226; Dika Lam &#8226; Caitlin Macy &#8226; Francine Prose &#8226; Holiday Reinhorn &#8226; Roxana Robinson &#8226; Curtis Sittenfeld &#8226; Lynne Tillman &#8226; Martha Witt<br><i><br></i>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. <br><br><i>This Is Not Chick Lit </i>is a celebration of America&#8217;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. <br><br>The original short stories in this collection touch on some of the same themes as chick lit&#8211;the search for love and identity&#8211;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, <i>This Is Not Chick Lit </i>will nourish your heart, and your mind. <br><br>&#8220;<i>This Is Not Chick Lit</i> is important not only for its content, but for its title. I&#8217;ll know we&#8217;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.&#8221;<br>&#8211;Gloria Steinem<br><br>&#8220;These voices, diverse and almost eerily resonant, offer us a refreshing breath of womanhood-untamed, ungroomed, and unglossed.&#8221;&#8211;ELLE 20849 1 8 2006 This Is Not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers total:309|5:41|4:123|3:102|2:32|1:11| 309 1078 502 88 5 2 false false Mon Aug 27 08:52:11 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 07:08:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 05 09:29:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 09:55:44 -0800 2009
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Chick lit is a genre, like the thriller, or the sci-fi novel, or the fantasy epic. Its form and content are, more or less, formulaic: white girl in the big city searches for Prince Charming, all the while shopping, alternately cheatin...
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My favorite was "Volunteers Are Our Shining Stars" by Curtis Sittenfeld, about a woman who lives in DC and volunteers at a homeless shelter. Usually, I...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 20:27:08 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 20:56:18 -0800 2008
But I'm used to reading collections by a single author, an author I've already established that I like. This is the first anthology I've read, and he...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 01 09:41:26 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 09:41:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 25 13:11:34 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:13:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 21 18:17:23 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 16:02:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 12:33:28 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 12:54:16 -0700 2008
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Other standouts (not as great as Henriquez, but good): Curtis Sittenfeld ("Volunteers are Shining Stars"...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=19625