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An Ism Is Born

January 8, 2012 By Lisa Miller

Are we all secretly kid-haters at heart? To the tally of those requiring protection from the constant, corrosive prejudice of the dominant culture, another group must now be added. It turns out that American children—whose wants and whims support untold industries and whose very existence causes property taxes to rise in the neighborhood of a […]

Filed Under: New York Magazine Tagged With: childism, children, Lisa Miller, parenthood

New York Mag Cover Story: Parents of a Certain Age

September 25, 2011 By Lisa Miller

Is there anything wrong with being 53 and pregnant? The first time they had sex, during that initial exploration of unfamiliar flesh, John Ross uttered words to Ann Maloney that would sound to her like prophecy. “You have the body of a young girl. You need a baby.” This compliment, though gallant, could not have […]

Filed Under: New York Magazine Tagged With: family, Lisa Miller, parenthood

About Lisa Miller

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Lisa Miller is a staff writer at New York magazine. She is the former religion columnist for the Washington Post, former senior editor of Newsweek magazine, and author of "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife."

In 2014, Lisa Miller was nominated for the National Magazine Award and featured in Best Magazine Writing of 2014.

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NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARD

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