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Even though I'm addicted to hating the president, I'm trying to forgive him -- as Jesus would. It's not easy.
By Anne Lamott
September 26, 2003
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An excerpt from Anne Lamott's recently re-released novel about a rundown riverfront cafe and the funny, broken people who congregate there.
By Anne Lamott
September 12, 2003
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I once published a novel that totally flopped. Now, 18 years later and sober, I've given it a haircut, scrubbed its face, and decided to reissue it.
By Anne Lamott
August 29, 2003
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As we tossed my mother's ashes into the wind, my heart was heavy with hopelessness, and with missing her. Even as I felt the old familiar despair that she had been my mother.
By Anne Lamott
August 1, 2003
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Weddings are an act of faith, and you hope that for a brief period of time, the love and commitment of two people will bring everyone together.
By Anne Lamott
July 18, 2003
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My son hates church, but I make him go anyway. It's good to do uncomfortable things -- it's weight training for life.
By Anne Lamott
July 4, 2003
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My friend waved her stump for emphasis, or testimony. She waved it when she sang. She was like your craziest aunt, the religious one, with funny eyes, who drinks.
By Anne Lamott
June 20, 2003
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At the Berkeley graduation I told the students that the secret to success was simple -- ignore your parents' expectations, give money to the ACLU, and find out the truth about who you are.
By Anne Lamott
June 6, 2003
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Even the Teapot Dome bozo was popular when he died -- and other thoughts to console yourself during the Bush reign.
By Anne Lamott
May 23, 2003
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On my 49th birthday, my back hurt and my soul hurt. But solace came in an unexpected form.
By Anne Lamott
April 25, 2003
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It was the last Easter my friend Sue was ever going to have. So we celebrated with a ski trip.
By Anne Lamott
April 11, 2003
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I will pray for George Bush because he's part of the human family. But he's a dangerous relation, like a Klansman.
By Anne Lamott
March 28, 2003
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On a cruise, hiding out from fellow passengers
covered with American flag pins, my friend Buddy and I face the impending war. Part 1 of two parts.
By Anne Lamott
March 14, 2003
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At the recent antiwar rally, people acted the way they wished the government would act -- with goodness and tender respect.
By Anne Lamott
February 28, 2003
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As the world falls apart around us, the only answer is to stick close to each other.
By Anne Lamott
February 14, 2003
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I wanted to love my mom because she did the best that she could do. But her best was terrible.
By Anne Lamott
January 31, 2003
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I am his mother. We snigger impatiently, we sigh, grip our foreheads, and sometimes we fight.
By Anne Lamott
January 17, 2003
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If you march against war, your shoes might get wet, but maybe fewer people will die in Iraq.
By Anne Lamott
January 3, 2003
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My son, Sam, never knew his dad. One day he decided he wanted to meet him. Here's what happened.
By Anne Lamott
December 20, 2002
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She's tanned, she's rested, she's traumatized by the elections, she's ready to roll. After a three-year absence, longtime Salon columnist Anne Lamott returns.
By Anne Lamott
December 10, 2002
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Anne Lamott talks about her new novel, "Blue Shoe," growing up in a disastrous perfect family, and her lingering hope that George W. Bush will resign.
By Laura Miller
November 2, 2002
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It has a calming effect on me whenever I get worried about President Cheney's health.
By Anne Lamott
August 6, 2001
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Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1999
By Joyce Millman
November 3, 1999
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An outpouring of fond farewells for Anne Lamott; readers weigh merits of "Monsters of Grace"; questioning the Kennedy legacy (and others).
Letters to the Editor
July 29, 1999
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30,000 feet above Jackson, Miss., I came to believe it was time to start a novel.
By Anne Lamott
July 22, 1999