Women's Review of Books
Since 1983 the Women's Review of Books has provided a forum for serious, informed discussion of new writing by and about women. Women’s Review of Books provides a unique perspective on today’s literary landscape and features essays and in-depth reviews of new books by and about women. Women's Review of Books is published by the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, in collaboration with Old City Publishing in Philadelphia, PA.
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November/December 2018
Jennifer Baumgardner, Women's Review of Books editor in chief, gives a preview of what's in the current issue:
Lemons Out of Lemonade Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism By Omise’eke Tinsley
Reviewed by Chelsea Johnson
The Right to Feel Love War Stories By Ivelisse Rodriguez;
Training School for Negro Girls By Camille Acker
Reviewed by Rochelle Spencer
Manifesto for Taking Risks The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography By Deborah Levy
Reviewed by Carole DeSanti
Poetry Getting to Choose By Irene Willis
Chaos in California The Golden State By Lydia Kiesling Reviewed by Katharine Coldiron
Sprayed Fame: The Highjacking of Reality By Justine Bateman
Reviewed by Julie Baumgardner
House Rules The Incest Diary By Anonymous
Reviewed by Laurie Stone
Phantom Limbs Shadow Daughter: A Memoir of Estrangement By Harriet Brown
Review by Patricia Dawn Robertson
More Poetry Born Happy By Carolyne Wright
Profile Siglio Press By Casey j. Odesser
Building the Feminist Shelf Feminist Bookstores: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability By Kristen Hogan; A Life in Motion By Florence Howe; Feminist Revolution in Literacy: Women's Bookstores in the United States By Junko R. Onosaka
Reviewed by Jolie Braun
Universe of Possibilities Come With Me By Helen Schulman
Reviewed by Jessica Baumgardner
Maze Rat Hazards of Time Travel By Joyce Carol Oates
Reviewed by Abigail G. H. Manzella
Anger Management Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger By Soraya Chemaly
Reviewed by Kait Heacock
Q&A The Flame-Thrower: Phyllis Chesler Interviewed By Casey j. Odesser
Coming Home The Kinship of Secrets By Eugenia Kim
Reviewed by Valerie Miner
Ashes to Ashes The Lake on Fire By Rosellen Brown
Reviewed by Laura Nicoară
Wake Up Call The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic By Emma, Translated by Una Dimitrijevic; Fruit of Knowledge: The Vulva vs. The Patriarchy By Liv Strömquist
Reviewed by Tahneer Oksman
Listen Up Uncle White Supremacy An essay by Anastastia Higginbotham
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The Women's Review of Books receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
