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Sixteen literary luminaries on the controversial subject of being childless by choice, in this critically acclaimed, bestselling anthologyOne of the most provocative and talked-about books of the year, Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed is the stunning collection exploring one of society's most vexing taboos.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 have it all -- a successful career and the required 2.3 children -- before their biological clocks stopped ticking. Now, however, the 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.
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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.
