This book is a celebration of women's stories, and hopefully the first of many. What started as a one-night event in Champaign-Urbana, IL, has grown into annual storytelling events in multiple cities, showcasing dozens of remarkable women who shape their communities. As we celebrate the first ten years of "That's What She Said," we wanted to take a moment to look back on all the voices raised, the stories shared, the lives impacted. We wanted to get these stories out to even more women who...

"By the time we pulled in to the parking lot of Wilson Automotive, I had plenty of time to ponder the fact that that I was following an old pal who had the personality of a Scottish clan chief from the seventeenth century, bent on physical contact with knuckle dragging rednecks, that I'd be involved in it, and that on my own, I don't experience much conflict."Ed Wakefiled attempts to live quietly in Fort Smith, Arkansas as he ponders his recent divorce and searches for his niche in...