Introduction: Why chick lit matters / Elizabeth Merrick
The thing around your neck / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An open letter to Doctor X / Francine Prose
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.
