"Mike Birbiglia never wanted to be a father. In fact, there are seven very specific reasons he never wanted a kid, including his aversion to sticky surfaces and his less-than-ideal genes: he's had Lyme Disease, a bladder tumor, diabetes, and dangerous sleepwalking, to name a few. Not to mention the fact that Mike generally doesn't think people (including himself) are really all that great. Then Mike's wife, poet Jen Hope Stein, becomes infected with...

A thoughtfully curated collection of classic and groundbreaking works from some of literature's bravest and most talented women. The literary selections feature brief introductory biographical sketches of these revolutionary women writers and details the greater historical value of their work.