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selected essays



Love and Poetry
The Paris Review

My Boyfriend's Friends and Me
Nerve

Hunger Striking (excerpt)
The New York Times

Surviving My Mother's Death
AOL

Stranger in the Night
The New York Times

Slaying the Green-Eyed Monster
Poets & Writers

No Accounting for Cheapwads
New York Press

Kissing the Cab Driver
Mr. Beller's Neighborhood

How to Date When You're Broke
Marie Claire

cultural reflections



A "Slow Books" Manifesto
The Atlantic

American "Meritocracy" — And Anxiety
The Atlantic

Cool Hand vs. Dog Day: Anti-Heroes
The Atlantic

It's Not the Whips and Chains But ...
The Atlantic

Why No Senior Sex in Hollywood?
The Atlantic

What Does a Radical Look Like?
The Atlantic

Can We Learn from Arranged Marriages?
The Atlantic

Why Storytellers (i.e. All of Us) Lie
The Atlantic

The Case for Anti-Depressants
The Atlantic

The 30-Year-Old Orgasm Virgin
The Daily Beast

selected opinions




Why Girls Is Bad for Women
The New York Daily News

No More Denying Climate Change
The New York Daily News

A Yellow Flag for NFL Pink
The New York Daily News

Why Women Have No Opinions
The Guardian

Maura's Comment is Free page
The Guardian

"After the Fire: Is mad passion what we should be looking for?"
The Daily


"So Happy Not Living Together: An alternative to shacking up"
The Daily


"Term Limits for Marriage?"
The Daily


"No Childless Left Behind: Work leaves for non-parents"
The Daily


"Boo! Halloween decorations have become horrifying"
The Daily

"Pre-prenups — For the Shacked-up"
The Daily

"Middleton's Savvy Strategy: Silence"
The Daily

"Virgil, Austen, and Other Authors Can Teach Us About Love"
The Daily Beast

"Invitation to a Beheading: DSK, Duke and the presumption of innocence"
The Faster Times

"Kervorkian's Death and Living Wills"
The Faster Times

"Gender is Between Your Ears: Cher and Her F-to-M Son"
The Faster Times

feature stories



How Book Clubs Went Indie
The Daily Beast

Can Porn Be Feminist?
The Daily Beast

Are the Unmarried Discriminated Against?
The Daily Beast

"Loving the Daily Grind: Alain de Botton's latest book"
The Daily Beast

"Secrets of a Literary Seducer: Literature's greatest hits"
The Daily Beast

"Blood, Bones and A Book: Chef Gabrielle Hamilton's new memoir"
The Daily

"Red Hook Crit: America's coolest bike race"
The Daily

"A Letter From 12 War Zones: Samantha Nutt, Humanitarian M.D."
More

Former Prostitute Gets Girls Out of the Life
Parade

A Yankees Catcher's Most Important Save
Parade

How Music Helped This Singer Survive
Parade

interviews



Heart's Nancy Wilson, Cameron Crowe's musical maven
The Believer

Devo man and Wes Anderson collaborator Mark Mothersbaugh
The Believer

short stuff



Maura's Slate page
Slate

Love to Read? Read to Love!
The Guardian

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