Books
New Book "Dear Sister" Collects Letters from Survivors of Abuse
“I wanted to put a book together that would be a timeless resource for survivors,” says Lisa Factora-Borchers, editor of new collection Dear Sister: Letters from Survivors of Sexual Violence (AK Press). “It’s not a book about trauma, it’s not a book about all the moving pieces of... Read more »
Love in the Margins: Talking About Feminist Issues in Mainstream Romance Novels
For the week around Valentine’s Day, writer Jessica Luther is writing a series of three articles about gender, race, and sexuality in romance novels. This is the first article in the series.
Romance novels ... Read more »
New Book Tells Stories from Inside a Mexican Women's Prison
In the capital of Oaxaca, Mexico, the prison of Santa Maria de Ixcotel serves as a penitentiary for women. In one of those cells, Mary Ellen Sanger spent 33 days.
That time in Oaxacan prison spurred Sanger to write a book, ... Read more »
Mock & Awe: Janet Mock on Truth-Telling, Community Building, and Writing the Story She Had Been Waiting for Her Whole Life
Redefining Realness is written with astounding honesty and heart.
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Librarians Choose the Top 10 Feminist Books of the Year for Young Readers
Did you know the American Library Association has a Feminist Task Force? Of course they do. Each year, a group of people from this task force undertake a mission called the Amelia Bloomer Project where they name the... Read more »
Incest-Heavy Book "Flowers in the Attic" Will Now Be a Lifetime Movie
The cast of the new Flowers in the Attic remake are looking deadly serious.
Like many twelve-year-olds in the 1980s, I read the dirtiest book I could get my hands on: Flowers in the Attic.... Read more »
"No Regrets" is a Book of 13 Smart Women Talking About Books
Brooklyn-based literary magazine n+1 has a small new book out this month that chronicles 13 smart women talking about literature.
The slim ... Read more »
Announcing a New Series About the Comics Industry: Don't Be a Dick
This year, comics fans have talked a lot about the persistent problems in the industry. People who create and love comics have taken on ... Read more »
Finally! The Nation's First Trans* Literary Journal Debuts
The literary world gained a valuable new addition last week with the launch of new literary journal THEM, which focuses on the work of transgender writers.
Debuting on December 13, THEM proclaims itself to be the nation’s... Read more »
Black Girls Hunger for Heroes, Too: A Black Feminist Conversation on Fantasy Fiction for Teens
What happens when two great black women fiction writers get together to talk about race in young adult literature? That's exactly what happens in the conversation below, where Zetta Elliott (below left), a black... Read more »
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