Books

10 Essential Books About Writing

Must-read titles for writers include works by Elena Ferrante, Akwaeke Emezi, Meg Wolitzer, Yoko Ogawa, and more.

An Interview With Disability Activist and "Good Kings Bad Kings" Author Susan Nussbaum

Susan Nussbaum is a celebrated disability activist, playwright and novelist. Her poignant and humorous debut, Good Kings Bad Kings tells the intertwining stories of disabled youth... Read more »

Talking With the Editor of Criptiques, an Exciting New Disability Anthology

You might know Caitlin Wood from Where’s Lulu, her Bitch blog series Tales from the Crip, or her hilarious ... Read more »

A Future Without Me: Matt Damon is the Great White Hope in "Elysium"

I love a summer blockbuster. I’ll take a dystopic future flick, a classic underdog tale, and all of the explosions you can send my way. When it comes to summer movies, escapism is a major draw; it’s nice to sit back and fully immerse yourself in an alternate reality. But it’s... Read more »

On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

Good morning! Here’s all the feminist news on our radar this fine Friday. • We all know that women are capable of writing about anything. Why is it, Roxane Gay wonders, that anything beyond... Read more »

I Am A Vampire of Human Electrodes: Two Poets Talk About Writing and Why Likable Characters Are Boring

This month, Bitch collaborated with women-in-literary-arts group Her Kind to ask poets thought-provoking questions about art and language. Here, poets ... Read more »

On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

• Conservative pundits like Ross Douthat have pointed out that Texas’s abortion restrictions are quite similar to the no-abortion-past-the-first-trimester policies in many Western European countries. But, as Katha Pollitt points out,... Read more »

Adventures in Feministory: Jackie Ormes, the Quietly Political Cartoonist

This post originally appeared on the Bitch blogs in March of 2010, but we're reposting it because August 1st is Jackie Ormes' birthday. In honor of her birthday, our Jackie Ormes coffee mugs are 25% off! Order yours... Read more »

On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

Here’s all the news on our radar this morning! • Looking for some fresh reading material? Well there are thousands of zines by queer POC to check out, so h... Read more »

Punk Rock and String Theory: An Interview with New YA Author Kari Luna

Kari Luna’s debut young adult novel, The Theory of Everything, is a bright, shiny antidote to the dystopias and vampire love stories that dominate today... Read more »

Digging into Gender and Comics at San Diego Comic-Con

The stars of Grace Randolph’s superhero comic Supurbia, on its first issue cover.  I came to Comic-Con International this weekend... Read more »

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Rewriting the Future: Using Science Fiction to Re-Envision Justice

Our justice movements desperately need science fiction. 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... Read more »

Demanding the Impossible: Walidah Imarisha Talks About Science Fiction and Social Change

Before she was a poet, journalist, documentary filmmaker, anti-prison activist, and college instructor, Walidah Imarisha was fascinated... Read more »

Hot Under the Bonnet: The Cooptation of Amish Culture in Mass-Market Fiction

Dubbed “Amish romance novels,” “Amish fiction,” or the more waggish “bonnet rippers,” these novels just one entry point into the varying images of Amish communities in U.S. popular culture. Read more »