Amy Bloom | White Houses | Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt’s first presidential campaign. Having grown up worse than poor in
E. Patrick Johnson | Black. Queer. Southern. Women. | Drawn from the life narratives of more than seventy African American queer women who were born, raised, and continue to reside in the American South,
Maryse Choisy | A Month Among the Men | There are 8,000 men in the monastic community of Mount Athos — and for more than 1,000 years not one female has been allowed to set foot there. Not a
Samra Habib | We Have Always Been Here | ‘A queer Muslim searches for the language to express her truest self, making peace with her sexuality, her family, and Islam. Growing up in Pakistan,
Glennon Doyle | Untamed | ‘There is a voice of longing inside every woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good mothers, daughters, partners, employees, citizens, and friends
Katie Hill | She Will Rise | Former Congresswoman Katie Hill shares her experience with misogyny and double standards in politics to help women topple the longstanding power struc
Gabrielle Korn | Everybody (Else) Is Perfect | From the former editor-in-chief of Nylon comes a provocative and intimate collection of personal and cultural essays featuring eye-opening exploration
Cameron Esposito | Save Yourself | ‘Cameron Esposito is on her way to becoming a household name, thanks to her unique brand of comedy that doesn’t shy away from the issues women (and ma
Lisa Rogak | Rachel Maddow | ‘The first biography of the most popular anchor in cable news. Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that’s novel in today’s America: she uses he
Jenn Shapland | My Autobiography Of Carson McCullers | While working as an intern in the archives at the Harry Ransom Center, Jenn Shapland encounters the love letters of Carson McCullers and a woman named