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Ann Friedman is a journalist, essayist, and co-author of the best-selling book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close.

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Ann Friedman is a journalist, essayist, and co-author of the best-selling book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close. She co-created and co-hosted the podcast Call Your Girlfriend. You can find her writing in The Cut, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and ELLE, and she is a contributing editor to The Gentlewoman. Her next book, about modern adulthood, will be published by Viking Books. Read her work and subscribe to her popular weekly newsletter at annfriedman.com.