When Anne Lamott was 37 and was trying on clothes with her best friend, Lamott asked the friend if her dress made her hips look too big. “Annie, you don’t have that kind of time,” Lamott’s friend said ...

The New York Times once called her the “lefty guru of optimism,” but Anne Lamott was anything but after the newspaper published a negative review of her new book on Sunday. The author, known for her ...

I talked to Anne Lamott about the paperback version of her book "Grace (Eventually)" before she came to town. Some of the essays just brought tears to my eyes. The one about helping a dying friend ...

The writer Anne Lamott turned 70 in April, and it turns out she has a lot to say about growing older - like this. Quote, "we know by a certain age the great palace lies of the culture. If you buy or ...

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