Books
Hiroshima in the Morning
In June 2001, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto went to Hiroshima in search of a deeper understanding of her war-torn heritage. She planned to spend six months there, interviewing the few remaining survivors of the atomic bomb. A mother of two young boys, she was encouraged to go by her husband, who quickly became disenchanted by her absence.
Revenge
When her husband doesn't believe that the child she is carrying is his and forces her to abort, a young Bangladeshi wife designs her revenge. Controversial, bestselling writer Nasrin devises an unapologetic plot that will have every man questioning.
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses (Second Edition)
Medicine has always been an arena of struggle between women healers and male doctors. The fascinating, updated account explores the suppression of witches in medieval Europe, the rise of the male medical profession, and pop culture's obsession with witches today.
His Own Where
Set in 1970, as inner city blues envelop Brooklyn, His Own Where tells the story of Buddy and Angela, fifteen-year-old runaways who take refuge in one another as their worlds begin to fall apart.
Rajmahal
Sengupta brings to life the Rajmahal, a magnificent turn-of-the-century mansion full of tenants from Calcutta's melting pot of cultures.
Citizenship
What does it mean to be a citizen today as our societies are defined not only by transnationalism, but also by anti-immigrant policies in the name of security?
If a Tree Falls
A memoir of a woman learning her family's secret history; imagining the lives of her deaf ancestors in the enclaves of Eastern Europe; and, with her husband, making hard decisions for her deaf children.
Streb
"Action specialist" Elizabeth Streb combines the principles of dance, the circus, Hollywood stunt-work, athletics, and rodeo to show the unlimited possibilities of the body.
King Kong Theory
Using her own experiences of rape, prostitution, and working in the porn industry as a jumping-off point, Virginie Depentes creates a new space for all those who can’t or won’t obey the rules.
HAMMER!
Wild days of non-monogamy in the 1970s, the development of a queer aesthetic in the 80s, the fight for visibility during the Culture Wars of the 90s—Hammer's memoir charts this pioneer artist's life and work. With film still and photographs.
The Madame Curie Complex
Marie Curie, Lillian Gilbreth, Rosalyn Yalow, Jane Goodall, Barbara McClintock, Rachel Carson—these awesome life stories reveal the complex negotiation of gender in science.
The War Before
Bukhari's journey becoming a Black revolutionary, understanding misogyny in the Panthers, converting to Islam, and founding Jericho, the advocacy group for political prisoners in the US.
The review praises HIS OWN WHERE, calling it a "fantastic book filled with small, unique scenes and daunting poetry."
BASE TEN written by Maryann Lesert has been named Essential Reading by Literary Mama, a reading and literary website for the "maternally inclined."
Maya Nussbaum, executive director of Girls Write Now.
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