Anne Lamott

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  • Letters to the Editor

    Why the Mumia case is a watershed (or a waste of time); Anne Lamott is wrong on Vietnam; the Web helps racists find friends.
  • Prisoners of a crappy war

    I don't regret protesting Vietnam, but "Return With Honor" has humbled me before the heroism of our military.
  • Dog day

    The death of a beloved friend makes plain the beauty of this world.
  • Letting it rise

    Learning to bake a good loaf of bread is not an easy thing, especially when you've got a broken bread machine.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Ad was from hell, but so is the lawsuit; Horowitz should blame GOP for security lapses.
  • Sincere meditations

    Slick packaging can't hide a disfigured soul or fearful spirit. Just ask the pastor of the Church of 80 Percent Sincerity.
  • Mala from heaven

    As the world crumbles, I string together beads of faith.
  • A heart's breath

    For my birthday this year, God gave me the gift of grace.
  • On a shoestring

    In the midst of war in Kosovo, my brother's marriage sanctifies the exchange of love and light in a flurry of bubbles and rose petals.
  • Breaking the surface

    Unfortunately, you can't have your true authentic healed whole self and buns of steel. Anne Lamott on why redemption doesn't work that way.
  • Is that all there is?

    Anne Lamott considers how you explain death to a kid who wants to be cryogenically frozen.
  • Didgeridoo

    A new member of the big, comfy underpants set ponders why women are ostracized for 'letting themselves go.
  • Flea market

    It turns out faith is like a little cat that you let in once and feed, and it stays forever.
  • Cracks

    Despite meeting an intelligent Christian, I was not quite ready to give up a life of shame, failure, X-rated motels and Scotch just yet.
  • Lichen

    My father believed that "nature bats last" -- and it did, unfolding my family's destiny.
  • B-plus

    Living a double life as studious teenage tennis champ and dope-smoking, lost child, I couldn't find peace until I gave up competition.
  • Momcat

  • That one ridiculous palm

    In the first of five excerpts from her new book, "Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith," Anne Lamott recalls her atheist upbringing and the allure of the religion of her Catholic friends.
  • Sleeping in

    No one tells you that the profound tiredness you feel in your child's first year of life doesn't go away with the 2 a.m. feedings.
  • The last waltz

    A dying woman calls her community together to thank it, to say goodbye -- and to dance.
  • The Impeachment War: What on earth is going on?

    Experts, pundits and kibitzers weigh in on Washington's weirdest week
  • My Advent adventure

    It's not that she doesn't have a lot of faith that God will heal us. It's just that she also has a lot of mental problems. And she wants to fix them now.
  • Thanksgiving

    If I can muster the love and patience it takes to deal with my mother, does it still count if my hands are trembling with rage?
  • Dark night of the iguana

    How my son's pet reptile taught me to love all sentient beings -- and Republicans too.
  • Mother rage: theory and practice

    All mothers have it. No one talks about it. That only makes it worse
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