This is not chick lit
Subtitle: original stories by America's best women writers
By: edited by Elizabeth Merrick
Contributors: Merrick, Elizabeth
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Short stories, American; Women -- United States -- Fiction; American fiction -- 21st century; American fiction -- Women authors
Genres: Fiction
Description: Overview: New short stories from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Aimee Bender; Judy Budnitz; Jennifer S Davis; Jennifer Egan; Carolyn Ferrell; Mary Gordon; Cristina Henriquez; Samantha Hunt; Binnie Kirshenbaum; Dika Lam; Caitlin Macy; Francine Prose; Holiday Reinhorn; Roxana Robinson; Curtis Sittenfeld; Lynne Tillman; Martha Witt. 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. 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.
Notes: "A Random House trade paperback original"--P. [4] of cover
Table of contents: title: Elizabeth Merrick; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan -- Dika Lam; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan -- Dika Lam -- Samantha Hunt; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan -- Dika Lam -- Samantha Hunt -- Jennifer S. Davis; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan -- Dika Lam -- Samantha Hunt -- Jennifer S. Davis -- Roxana Robinson; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan -- Dika Lam -- Samantha Hunt -- Jennifer S. Davis -- Roxana Robinson -- Mary Gordon; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan -- Dika Lam -- Samantha Hunt -- Jennifer S. Davis -- Roxana Robinson -- Mary Gordon -- Judy Budnitz; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan -- Dika Lam -- Samantha Hunt -- Jennifer S. Davis -- Roxana Robinson -- Mary Gordon -- Judy Budnitz -- Cristina Henríquez; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan -- Dika Lam -- Samantha Hunt -- Jennifer S. Davis -- Roxana Robinson -- Mary Gordon -- Judy Budnitz -- Cristina Henríquez -- Caitlin Macy; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan -- Dika Lam -- Samantha Hunt -- Jennifer S. Davis -- Roxana Robinson -- Mary Gordon -- Judy Budnitz -- Cristina Henríquez -- Caitlin Macy -- Binnie Kirshenbaum; title: Elizabeth Merrick -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Aimee Bender -- Francine Prose -- Holiday Reinhorn -- Carolyn Ferrell -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- Jennifer Egan -- Dika Lam -- Samantha Hunt -- Jennifer S. Davis -- Roxana Robinson -- Mary Gordon -- Judy Budnitz -- Cristina Henríquez -- Caitlin Macy -- Binnie Kirshenbaum -- Lynne Tillman; title: Elizabeth Merrick-- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie-- Aimee Bender-- Francine Prose-- Holiday Reinhorn-- Carolyn Ferrell-- Curtis Sittenfeld-- Jennifer Egan-- Dika Lam-- Samantha Hunt-- Jennifer S. Davis-- Roxana Robinson-- Mary Gordon-- Judy Budnitz-- Cristina Henríquez-- Caitlin Macy-- Binnie Kirshenbaum-- Lynne Tillman-- Martha Witt