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Dear Lane: “How To Be Alone” is Vulnerable, Funny, and Profoundly Healing

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by Joshunda Sanders
November 5, 2018 at 2:28pm
How To Be Alone gave me closure for trauma.
If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar

BitchReads: 13 Books Feminists Should Read In August

by Evette Dionne
August 1, 2018 at 11:55am
Summer might be ending, but the great books continue. Read more »
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At the Borders, On the Margins: Jean Guerrero’s “Crux” puts a reporter’s lens on family and memory

by Melissa Arjona
July 20, 2018 at 12:15pm
Memoir fans will love the ambitious and sometimes experimental structure of Jean Guererro’s debut. Read more »
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Traveling Lite: Why Women’s Travel Memoirs Get Sold Short

by Rachel Friedman
July 11, 2018 at 2:03pm
Men’s stories are seen as universal, women’s as particular.  Read more »
Suicide Club: A Novel about Living by Rachel Heng

BitchReads: 11 Books Feminists Should Read In July

by Evette Dionne
July 2, 2018 at 2:59pm
Always carry a book with you. Read more »

Creative Friction: For Francesca Lia Block, Writing is Healing

by Dahlia Balcazar
June 19, 2018 at 11:48am
Francesca Lia Block’s new book The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and The Creative Process, weaves memoir with lessons on the craft of writing to create a unique and visceral guide to creativity. Read more »
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Abby Norman on Endometriosis, Healthcare, and the Legacy of Female “Hysteria”

by Evette Dionne
June 8, 2018 at 12:23pm
We want there to be these tidy endings, but that isn’t the reality of living with a chronic illness. Read more »
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The Mortal Ones: How Young Women Navigate Serious Illnesses

by Evette Dionne
June 7, 2018 at 9:48am
What comes to mind when we think about people with serious illnesses? Read more »
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Trauma Club: The Chronic Popularity of Illness Lit

by Alana Kumbier
June 6, 2018 at 3:02pm
Cure, remission, and rehabilitation provide the happy ending and death the sad one. Read more »
Joy Nash as Plum Kettle in AMC’s Dietland

Radical Bodies: “Dietland” Author Sarai Walker On Her Taboo-Busting Book’s Journey To TV

by Andi Zeisler
June 6, 2018 at 12:26pm
Dietland’s willingness to engage with difficult, complex subjects—not least of which is women’s anger—feels deeply resonant right now.  Read more »
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A Displaced Body: “Sick” and the Elusive Search for Wellness

by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
June 5, 2018 at 11:16am
I continue to be poor. I continue to be sick. The system keeps me that way. Read more »

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