Women's Review of Books
Since 1983, the Women’s Review of Books has been the premier feminist book review and remains proudly a print publication. WRB reviews scholarship as well as fiction, graphic novels, poetry, and memoir usually (but not always) by women. We strive to review a diverse array of books in many fields, genres, and styles for each issue. Edited by feminist author Jennifer Baumgardner and published by the Wellesley Centers for Women in partnership with Old City Publishing, WRB provides a unique perspective on today’s literary world.
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Sept/Oct 2020
Jennifer Baumgardner, Women's Review of Books editor in chief, gives a preview of what's in the current issue:
Saved Transcendent Kingdom By Yaa Gyasi
Reviewed by Bridgett M. Davis
The Art of Passing The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
Reviewed by Jasmine M. Sanders
Tree of Life These Ghosts Are Family By Maisy Card
Reviewed by Taylor Dews
Escapology A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance By Stella Abasa Dadzie
Reviewed by K. Avvirin Gray
Material We Want Our Bodies Back: Poems By Jessica Care Moore
Reviewed by Osarugue Otebele
Black Girls in Process Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower By Brittney Cooper
Reviewed by Angel Boulware
Poetry By Emily Gordon
Commentary By Katha Pollitt
Television "I May Destroy You" from A Gaze in the #MeToo Mirror By Michaela Coel
Reviewed by Kovie Biakolo
Human Supernova Luster By Raven Leilani
Reviewed by Rebecca Saltzman
Tech? No. Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism By Safiya Umoja Noble
Reviewed by Kalani Johnson
Venus Envy Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia By Sabrina Strings
Reviewed by Jochebed Cadet
Scrutinized, But Never Seen Such a Fun Age By Kiley Reid
Reviewed by Savanna Ramsey
Rock and a Hard Place Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll By Maureen Mahon
Reviewed by Briana N. Spivey
Long Live the Black Diamond Queens (with playlist inspired by Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll) by Charis Caputo
Space Invaders Thick: And Other Essays By Tressie McMillan Cottom
Reviewed by Danielle Koonce
Just Who Is This "Us"? Just Us: An American Conversation By Claudia Rankine
Reviewed by Kim Mayo
Listen Up "Zoom" An Essay By Laurie Stone
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