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One of the main topics of cultural conversation during the last decade was the supposed "fertility crisis," and whether modern women could figure out a way to way to have it all - a successful, demanding career and the required 2.3 children - before their biological clock stopped ticking. Now, however, conversation has turned to whether it's necessary to have it all (see Anne-Marie Slaughter) or, perhaps more controversial, whether children are really a requirement for a fulfilling life. The idea that some women and men prefer not to have children is often met with sharp criticism and incredulity by the public and mainstream media.In this provocative and controversial collection of essays, curated by writer Meghan Daum, thirteen acclaimed female writers explain why they have chosen to eschew motherhood.
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Meghan Daum is the author of six books and writes a biweeklycolumn about culture and politics for Medium. Her most recent book, The Problem With Everything, will be published October 22, 2019 by Gallery Books. Her lastbook is The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion,which won the 2015 PEN Center USA Award for creativenonfiction. Her other books include the essay collectionMy Misspent Youth, and she edited the New York Times bestsellerSelfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the DecisionNot to Have Kids. From 2005 to 2016, Daum was an opinioncolumnist for the Los Angeles Times. She has contributed tonumerous magazines, including the New Yorker, the Atlantic,the New York Times Magazine, and Vogue. A recipient of a 2015Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2016 National Endowment forthe Arts Fellowship, she is on the adjunct faculty in the MFAWriting Program at Columbia University School of the Arts.Learn more about Meghan at www.meghandaum.com.
