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- Quinn Dalton, author of Bulletproof Girl

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Nicki Richesin finds the perfect metaphor for her editing experience in The Southeast Review: it's like stitching together a crazy quilt. You can read her article here.

"When He's Just That Into You" by Veronica Chambers has been anthologized in "Modern Love: 50 True and Extraordinary Tales of Desire, Deceit, and Devotion" by Daniel Jones.

Erin Cressida Wilson's story "Milk Dress: A Nursing Song" is featured in Nerve's new magazine for the hip urban parent, Babble.

Editor Nicki Richesin is briefly quoted in Colleen Rush's article Everything You Need To Know About Your 30s in the September issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

TMQ is featured in the Sunday Styles New York Times article "I Confess: 30 Writers, a Trend" by Charles McGrath.

"Smart, engaging, and varied." -Marin Magazine sings TMQ's praises.

"What's great about the accounts in The May Queen is that all these women have experienced, in one way or another, the same confusion, and are reporting back from the other side."-Jennifer Elks of The Skinny

"This collection of essays by a wide array of talented women writers (and musicians) feels like coming home."  -Melanie Haupt of The Austin Chronicle

Ashley Warlick's essay is in the latest issue of Redbook Magazine. View the pdf.

The May Queen is the subject of an article on post-chick lit trends in The San Francisco Chronicle's Datebook.

Go Brooklyn loves The May Queen. Read the review by Lisa J. Curtis here.

The May Queen gets a glowing review from Maria Elena Buszek in the latest issue of Bust Magazine! An excerpt: Forget the idea that independent women over 30 suffer early midlife-crises at the hands of a culture that fears them. The women whose essays are collected here have all found contentment, and their stories reflect diverse interpretations of what it means to "pull it all together."

Sweet adoration for The May Queen from Daily Candy.

7x7 Magazine's March "Hot List" features The May Queen.
(View a .pdf of "The Hot List.") Visit The May Queen's 3 Things before 40 blog and tell us what you want to accomplish in your 30s, plus stay tuned for posts from The May Queen's contributors and surprise guest bloggers.

Read Veronica Chambers' piece from The May Queen collection in the Modern Love column of The New York Times.