Etel Adnan | Sea And Fog | These interrelated meditations explore the nature of the individual spirit and the individual spiritedness of the natural world. As skilled a philosop
Joanna Russ | The Female Man | The Female Man is a classic feminist science fiction novel by American writer Joanna Russ, published in 1975. Four women, Joanna, Jeannine, Janet and
Violette Leduc | La Bâtarde | An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La Batarde
Linnea A. Due | Joining the Tribe | Like a lot of fortysomething gay men and lesbians, including me, Linnea Due thought that the post-Stonewall culture, full of queer parades, films, and
Bonnie J. Morris | Eden Built by Eves | Longtime festival enthusiast Bonnie J. Morris offers a thorough, if somewhat breathless, survey of the 25-year history of women’s music festivals, dra
J.M. Coetzee | Disgrace | After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair wi
Stacey D’Erasmo | Tea | Stacey D’Erasmo will be a familiar name to anyone who reads the Village Voice. During the years she worked at that quintessential alternative w
Jane Bowles | Two Serious Ladies | Written with biting wit and cool compassion, Two Serious Ladies is a bittersweet celebration of female freedom that has been hailed as a landmark in t