Jack Kerouac Is Pregnant: Stories (American Literature Series)

A playful, cynical short story collection about people attempting to break from imposed roles. The title story describes a pregnant woman whose wish is to be "on the road" like the famous poet, but as a self-professed pansy, she instead lives her life like a manual: "How to Go on a Date," "How to Make Love to Your Husband." Other stories include a woman who marries well, but spends her life obsessing about the affair she had a week before her wedding and a bored receptionist pulled out of her rut and Catholic upbringing by a flamboyant stranger.