ISSUE 35

NOW BACK IN STOCK! 30 YEARS AND COUNTING Since 1996, the shared experience of reading and gathering for dinners has sustained a group of Bay Area women through the highs and lows of life. Dress-up nights, themed meals, and a Vegas getaway have helped too. BILLIONAIRES & BISON American Prairie wants to turn 3.2 million acres of Montana’s Great Plains into a wildlife preserve. Ranchers aren’t thrilled. Welcome to an impasse of Yellowstone proportions. THE HABIT JANE SMILEY COULD NOT GET RID OF In her forthcoming book, Lidie: The Further Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton, the novelist returns to women’s lives, curiosity—and horses. To see what else is in this issue, click here.