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Feminist Book Club
A couple of weeks ago – Ms. Magazine compiled a list of the of the Top 100 Non-Fiction Feminist Books… …
National Book Award: Innovations in Reading
Each year, the National Book Foundation awards a number of prizes of up to $2,500 each to individuals and institutions—or …
Literary Mixtape: ‘Dancer from the Dance’–Malone’s Imaginary Disco Set
The folks at Flavorwire have an ingenious recurring column in which they create musical mixtapes for assorted literary characters. Each inspired post is dedicated …
‘Cow’ by Susan Hawthorne
Red cow, blue cow, black cow. A golden calf and a moon-jumping heifer. Figures that often grace pastoral landscapes or …
Paul Russell: Merging Fiction and Fact
“Though Sergey’s not the genius his brother was, I did want Sergey’s prose and imagination and the novel he’s enshrined …
From Tinfoil Elephants to Gary Indiana Naked, with Love and Justice Between
Let’s start with a video of an aluminum foil elephant: Winky/Blinky, from Anna Joy Springer’s The Vicious Red Relic, Love. Described as …
‘Blind: A Memoir’ by Belo Miguel Cipriani
Book jackets are always asking us: What would you do if…? And a memoir allows us a peek into someone’s …
‘Trick of the Dark’ by Val McDermid
As the head of an independent publishing house myself, reading Val McDermid’s latest thriller made me seriously jealous of Bywater …
‘Boyfriends with Girlfriends’ by Alex Sanchez
Alex Sanchez is one of, if not, the most successful authors specializing in fiction for gay young adults. He has …
‘When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love & Revolution’ by Jeanne Córdova
Does serving Sweet ‘n Low in a restaurant perpetuate patriarchal standards for women to be thin and beautiful? Should a …
