Not Istanbul / Pam Houston Palm Springs / Mary Jo Eustace Hail the status quo / Susan Montez Iowa was never like this / Jane Smiley Once upon a time it took three / Binnie Kirshenbaum The mistress / Dani Shapiro The loves of his life / Katharine Weber Invite the bitch to dinner / Ellen Sussman Cassandra / Caroline Leavitt The uterine blues : why some women can't stop fucking over their sisters / Connie May Fowler Ruby / Gayle Brandeis In praise of married men / Susan Cheever Sheba / Sherry Glaser The other other woman / Nancy Weber Phantom wife / Victoria Zackheim The man with the big hands / Maxinne Rhea Leighton A hand on the neck / Laurie Stone Seized / Kathleen Archambeau My life as a muse / Aviva Layton The lost city of love / Diana Abu-Jaber Running the smalls through / Lynn Freed