Maybe Baby: 28 Writers Tell the Truth about Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made the - Lori Leibovich

This revealing and thought-provoking anthology from Salon.com brings together a conflicting chorus of opinions about the difficult choice to breed or not to breed in 21st-century America. \n \nTo breed or not to breed? That is the question twenty-eight accomplished writers ponder in this collection of provocative, honest, soul-searching essays. Based on a popular series at Salon.com, Maybe Baby offers both frank and nuanced opinions from a wide range of viewpoints on parenting choices, both alternative and traditional. \n \nYes: I've been granted access to a new plane of existence, one I could not have imagined, and would not now live without.--Peter Nichols\n \nNo: I can sort of see that it might be nice to have children, but there are a thousand things I'd rather spend my time doing than raise them.--Michelle Goldberg\n \nMaybe: As we both slip into our mid-thirties, my own personal daddy dilemma has quietly taken on an urgency that I frankly didn't expect.--Larry Smith\n \nFrom infertility to adoption, from ambivalence to baby lust, Maybe Baby brings together the full force of opinions about this national, but also intensely personal, debate.\n