Her second book, "Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women," features ruminations on everyone from Amy Fisher to Hillary Clinton. Bold Type features an excerpt from "Bitch" and an interview with Wurtzel.

In "Alex," a story that appears in "Full Frontal Fiction: The Best of Nerve.com," a lonely young music critic says goodbye to a shallow, empty rock star she slept with -- only to become obsessed with him afterward.