Me, My Hair, and I

Hair matters. And these writers go to great lengths to help us understand why.

Adriana Trigiani on trendy hair: “I figure when Madonna gets scared about changing her hair, something is about to blow again, like Vesuvius.”

Marita Golden on black hair: “Black women’s hair is knotted and gnarled byissues of race, politics, history, and pride.”

Anne Kreamer on going gray: “Much to my surprise, when I stopped coloring my hair, time began to slow down, in a good way.”

Maria Hinojosa on curly hair: “As I came to accept and even love my wild hair, it became a way for me to feel power that I had never experienced.”

Alex Kuczynski on waxing: “‘Very beautiful.’ I will never forget those words. I associate them with shock and vulnerability—and chafing.”

Deborah Feldman on covering hair: “Eventually I threw away my wigs. I abandoned the community that had forced me to wear them.”

Suleika Jaouad on lost hair: “Chemotherapy is a take-no-prisoners stylist.”

Patricia Volk on products: “High-functioning hair obsessives rarely go it alone. We have a team. The products, the people.”

“Untangles the many truths about hair, and the lives we lead underneath it.” —Pamela  Druckerman, author of Bringing Up Bébé

“[A] splendid collection . . . By turns wry, tender, pointed, and laugh-out-loud funny.” —Publishers Weekly