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Meredith Maran

Meredith Maran, a frequent Salon contributor, is the LA-based author of 14 books including “The New Old Me” and “Why We Write.” A book critic and book editor, she’s on Twitter and Instagram at @meredithmaran

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Screw the sisterhood! I’d rather screw your boyfriend

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“Where’s my wife already?”: Reflections on sex and the single feminist

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“I’m not drinking right now”: Sometimes even non-alcoholics need to stop

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“I’m not drinking right now”: Sometimes even non-alcoholics need to stop

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Anne Lamott on mothers who love too much

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The lie that tore my family apart

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“Goon Squad”: Jennifer Egan’s time-travel tour de force

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A rough night for gay Obama supporters

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When panic attacks!

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A year of eating locally

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Long way home

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Not just another dead black man

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Driving Ms. Anderson

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Win, place or die

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What little boys are made of

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We’re here, we’re queer, we’re married. Yawn.

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Off the couch

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“Parents screw up — just about every day”

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Can Berkeley High rebound?

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Deadly ambivalence

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The perfect high

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