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This Month’s Essay

• My 30-Year Longing for Hair Perfection by Ann Hood (June 2010)

Previous Essays

• Can I Call You Back in 15 Years?  by Kristin van Ogtrop (May 2010)
• Beauty in Motion by Andrea Avery (April 2010, winner of the 2010 Life Lessons Essay Contest)
• Hello, Stranger by Julianna Baggott (March 2010)
• A Stirring Tale by Laurie Sandell (February 2010)
• The Honest-to-Goodness Friend by Elizabeth Berg (January 2010)
• Letting Go by Karen Joy Fowler (December 2009)
• The Kindness of Strangers by Mary Karr (November 2009)
• Confessions of an Infomaniac by Christopher Healy (October 2009)
• Not What She Expected by Diana Abu-Jaber (September 2009)
• Anything for a Buck by Julie Rottenberg (August 2009)
• You’ve Got to Read This by Jancee Dunn (July 2009)
• In Defense of Male Clutter by Steve Almond (June 2009)
• Married to Mr. Clean by Sally Koslow (May 2009)
• Parenting a Child With a Disability by Judith Scott (April 2009, runner-up in the 2009 Life Lessons Essay Contest)
• A Witness to Grace by Aldra Robinson (April 2009, winner of the 2009 Life Lessons Essay Contest)
• Good in Bed by Julie Rottenberg (February 2009)