AltWeeklies Wire
Columnist’s Book Offers an Overview of the Progress Made by Womennew
Gail Collins of The New York Times has written a book that I consider a must-read: When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present. Run, do not walk, to your local bookstore and get your copy.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
02-08-2010 |
Nonfiction
The Founder of Bitch Magazine Brings Her Feminist Sensibility to a New Cookbooknew
For Lisa Jervis' first single-author book -- recently released on PM Press -- she took a surprising turn: She published a cooking manual. Or, to put it more accurately, Jervis published a "manualfesto."
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-12-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Personally Speaking: 'Abortion and Life' Tells Whole Truthsnew
Part of the lingering stigma attached to abortion is based on anti-choice rhetoric and scare tactics. But just as insidious is the pro-choice movement's reluctance to delve into the emotional nuance that comes with terminating an unplanned pregnancy. Baumgardner's book is one step toward shifting that paradigm.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
09-25-2008 |
Nonfiction
Carly Simon in the Same Breath as Carole King and Joni Mitchell?new
Vogue and Vanity Fair journalist Sheila Weller's thorough and well-written triple biography is less an attempt to put these singer/songwriters on the same artistic plane than it is to connect them to key moments in contemporary women’s history.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
06-16-2008 |
Nonfiction
Dawn Shamp Celebrates 1920s Roxboro in Her Debut Novelnew
On Account of Conspicuous Women is a picturesque, historically thoughtful look at four young women who become friends in 1920 -- a time when women, recently armed with the right to vote, faced the new challenge of proving their equality with men.
Remembering Grace Paleynew
If I have any nascent wisdom in my head, Grace, it's this: You were always much wiser and less foolish than you let on.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
09-05-2007 |
Books
Where the Girls Arenew
Lamb and Brown look at pink culture and see red.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
09-06-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
I Am Not a Housewifenew
Even women who can’t stand what Flanagan has to say concede that she’s a terrific writer -- her trenchant wit and breezily fluid prose make Maureen Dowd’s look like the work of a shrill amateur.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
04-13-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
