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self-absorbed

[self-ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd, self-] / ˈsɛlf æbˈsɔrbd, -ˈzɔrbd, ˌsɛlf- /
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This spring, browsing the new-book table, we can see these topics discussed in Kate Bolick's "Spinster" and Meghan Daum's anthology "Shallow, Selfish, and Self-Absorbed," in which 16 contributors explain their deliberately child-free lifestyles.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2015

She is the editor of "Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids," as well as author of the new essay collection "The Unspeakable."

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2015




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