Books

Forthcoming Releases

A Taste of Molecules

Revealing the Secrets of Flavor
Diane Fresquez

Is there a gender difference between women and men when it comes to bad smells? It turns out there is. And what happens when you secretly experiment on a group of scientists during a dinner eaten completely in the dark? Read and find out.

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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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Ruin

Volume 39, Numbers 3&4 Fall/Winter 2011
Edited by Sarah Chinn & Rupal Oza
Our obsession with disaster and why we ruin everything as we struggle to fix it.

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Two Whole Cakes

How to Stop Dieting and Learn to Love Your Body
Lesley Kinzel
Finally, the book that gives you permission to be fat, fashionable, and fabulous.

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Testo Junkie

Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics
Beatriz Preciado
A transgressive philosopher takes testosterone everyday for one year and will never be the same.

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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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Mother Finds a Body

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

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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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Viral

WSQ Volume 40, Numbers 1&2 Spring/Summer 2012
Edited by Patricia Clough & Jasbir Puar
The leading journal of feminist scholarship takes on what it means to go viral.

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