Feminism

December 2016, In My Bookbag

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In which I discuss some of the skinny volumes which have kept me company while on the move, while heavier volumes (like Connie Willis' Crosstalk and Steven King's 11/22/1963) stayed home. Warsan Shire's chapbook is my skinniest book of the year. I finished reading it on a single commute, but

December 2016, In My BookbagBuried In Print2017-07-24T15:24:49-04:00

Tricia Dower’s Becoming Lin (2016)

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Reading Becoming Lin reminded me of discovering Marilyn French's The Women's Room and Marge Piercy's Small Changes. Two unapologetically feminist novels which I felt had poured out of my own heart into some other writer's story. I inhaled these books, and I felt the same sense of intense recognition and

Tricia Dower’s Becoming Lin (2016)Buried In Print2017-07-24T14:33:39-04:00

Sam Maggs’ The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy (2015)

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Quirk Books, 2015 She understands that fangirls can be marginalized and unwelcome in the nerd community, and despite recent strides and growing visibility, Sam Maggs couldn't find a book like this one, so she wrote it. “Being a geek girl is the best thing ever and here are all

Sam Maggs’ The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy (2015)Buried In Print2015-06-02T16:26:22-04:00