Fifteen leading writers explore what Gilmore Girls means to them in this delightful celebration of a contemporary TV classic

In omnia paratus / Ann Hood -- Mom, please / Joanna Rakoff -- Everything softens: life and death in Stars Hollow / Rand Richards Cooper -- Where you lead (I will follow): Gilmore Girls and the soundtrack of emotional dependency / Katie Moulton -- Many coats of many colors / Nina De Gramont -- My Connecticut / Erin Almond -- A place to stay / Francesco Sedita -- Hiding in the floorboards / Sanjena Sathian -- Daughter is a permanent state / Yassmin Abdel-Magied -- Gilmore Girls-and boys. It's a mother-son thing / Freya North -- Guilty Gilmores of a parallel universe / Anjanette Delgado -- Could watching Gilmore Girls make me normal? my quest to find out / Cathi Hanauer -- In defense of Rory Gilmore / Annabelle Mei -- Incredible bookishness of being a Gilmore / Tracey Minkin -- Digger and me / Michael Ruhlman