Frankenstein by Woman Writer Mary Shelley (First published in 1818.)
I finally read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, considered one of the greatest horror stories ever...
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Three Women by Woman Writer Lisa Taddeo (Published in 2019)
This book put me through the wringer. I was drawn to the title, Three Women, and the author’s last...
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Mary Wollstonecraft: A Wild Wish, English Woman Writer and Activist (1759-1797)
In March of 2013 a stencil silhouette of a woman many refer to as the ‘mother of feminism’...
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Staceyann Chin: She Stirs Me Up, Jamaican/American Woman Writer (1972)
I was in the second grade the first time someone called me the “n” word. As my...
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“The phoenix takes its rest”: Visiting Woman Writer May Sarton’s Grave
I just returned from New Hampshire where my daughter was recently married. The site of the wedding...
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A Spirit Still At Work: Update on Woman Writer Margaret Fuller
It’s a salve. A salve for the burn I feel each time someone says they’ve never heard of Margaret...
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The Good Stuff: Update on Woman Writer Sandra Cisneros
The thing about nasty women, those out there doggedly working to make this world a fairer place...
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A Woman Writing Herstory: The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler (First published in N.Y. 1987)
If we want to change the world, it is helpful to find out how it was changed in the first place....
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Women Writing Herstory: Barbara G. Walker and The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets (First published in N.Y. 1983)
This is such a fun book to own. Anything, most anything, especially concerning myths and secrets,...
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