The big M: 13 writers take back the story of menopause

Foreword / Dr. Jen Gunter

Introduction / Lidia Yuknavitch

Section one: Thresholds. Crone age / Cheryl Strayed ; Unsilencing / Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai ; The menopausal gardener's almanac / Rena Grande ; From mental pause to power surges / Joey Soloway

Section two: Mapping the body, mapping the world. A brief but detailed history of my uterus / Nana-Ama Danquah ; Ride / Gina Frangello ; Finding Meno: little clowns / Monica Drake ; The woman at the register / Lan Samantha Chang

Section three: Reimagining, reinventing, restorying. The afterlife of menopause / Julia Alvarez ; She-dandy / Darcey Steinke ; Late blooming / Roxane Gay ; The bunnies, an owl, and one coyote that comes closer to the house than all the others / Pam Houston ; Transmorgrify / Lidia Yuknavitch.