Books

Savage Coast

Muriel Rukeyser

A young reporter in 1936, Muriel Rukeyser traveled to Barcelona to witness the first days of the Spanish Civil War. She turned this experience into an autobiographical novel so forward thinking for its time that it was never published.

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The Riot Grrrl Collection

Edited by Lisa Darms

The original manifestos, calls to arms, and rallying cries of the Riot Grrrl revolution, collected here for the first time.

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Kissing the Sword

A Prison Memoir
Shahrnush Parsipur

An internationally acclaimed writer's harrowing tale of imprisonment in Iran, and her gripping story of getting out.

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A Question of Choice

Roe v. Wade 40th Anniversary
Sarah Weddington

The incredible story of how a twenty-seven-year-old lawyer won Roe v. Wade, and what it means forty years later.

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The Feminist Porn Book

The Politics of Producing Pleasure
Edited by
Tristan Taormino
Constance Penley
Celine Parrenas Shimizu
Mireille Miller-Young

The Feminist Porn Book celebrates the power of desire, turning the spotlight on an industry where feminism is thriving.

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Pussy Riot!

A Punk Prayer for Freedom (pbk edition)
Pussy Riot

Letters from prison, songs, poems, and courtroom statements, plus tributes to the punk band that shook the world.

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I Still Believe Anita Hill

Edited by
Amy Richards
Cynthia Greenberg

The nation's most notable feminists, organizers, and scholars reflect on sexual harassment twenty years after the Clarence Thomas hearings.

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Spit and Passion

Cristy C. Road

A twelve-year-old Cubanita finds refuge in punk music in this illustrated tour de force.

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Toughing It Out

From Silver Slippers to Combat Boots

Claire Reed always believed in helping others, but it wasn't until she began working with Women Strike for Peace, an early antinuclear proliferation organization, that she saw she could actually change the world.

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Enchantment

Volume 40, Numbers 3 & 4
Edited by
Ann Burlein
Jackie Orr

Enchantment investigates our fascination with all things magical and mystical, from mermaids and witches to yoga and psychedelic drugs.

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Pussy Riot!

A Punk Prayer for Freedom
Pussy Riot

Letters from prison, songs, poems, and courtroom statements, plus tributes to the punk band that shook the world.

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By Cecile

Tereska Torres

Her husband takes her novels and signs them as his own; she takes his lover and becomes her mistress.

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Goya's Glass

Monika Zgustova

Not since The French Lieutenant's Woman has a story captured the passion and desperation of love in different historical frames.

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Stranger on Lesbos

Valerie Taylor

Sexy, beautiful, frustrated...a neglected housewife finds the delights and degradations of forbidden love.

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Mother Finds a Body

Gypsy Rose Lee

A sexy, hard-boiled murder mystery by America's most famous burlesque entertainer.

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Whatever is Contained Must Be Released

My Jewish Orthodox Girlhood, My Life as a Feminist Artist
Helene Aylon

From orthodoxy to chaos, a major artist wrestles with her influences. The memoir is a charming dash through the years of a structured orthodox life and the artistic life that feed her to question the misogyny of her beloved religion. It is also a tell-all about the art world, with fascinating details about luminaries such as Ana Mendieta, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, and Betty Parsons.

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