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Savage Coast
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.
The Riot Grrrl Collection
The original manifestos, calls to arms, and rallying cries of the Riot Grrrl revolution, collected here for the first time.
Kissing the Sword
A Prison Memoir
An internationally acclaimed writer's harrowing tale of imprisonment in Iran, and her gripping story of getting out.
The Feminist Porn Book
The Politics of Producing Pleasure
The Feminist Porn Book celebrates the power of desire, turning the spotlight on an industry where feminism is thriving.
A Question of Choice
Roe v. Wade 40th Anniversary
The incredible story of how a twenty-seven-year-old lawyer won Roe v. Wade, and what it means forty years later.
Pussy Riot!
A Punk Prayer for Freedom (pbk edition)
Letters from prison, songs, poems, and courtroom statements, plus tributes to the punk band that shook the world.
I Still Believe Anita Hill
The nation's most notable feminists, organizers, and scholars reflect on sexual harassment twenty years after the Clarence Thomas hearings.
Spit and Passion
A twelve-year-old Cubanita finds refuge in punk music in this illustrated tour de force.
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.
Enchantment
Volume 40, Numbers 3 & 4
Enchantment investigates our fascination with all things magical and mystical, from mermaids and witches to yoga and psychedelic drugs.
Pussy Riot!
A Punk Prayer for Freedom
Letters from prison, songs, poems, and courtroom statements, plus tributes to the punk band that shook the world.
By Cecile
Her husband takes her novels and signs them as his own; she takes his lover and becomes her mistress.
Goya's Glass
Not since The French Lieutenant's Woman has a story captured the passion and desperation of love in different historical frames.
Stranger on Lesbos
Sexy, beautiful, frustrated...a neglected housewife finds the delights and degradations of forbidden love.
Mother Finds a Body
A sexy, hard-boiled murder mystery by America's most famous burlesque entertainer.
Viral
WSQ Volume 40, Numbers 1&2 Spring/Summer 2012
The leading journal of feminist scholarship takes on what it means to go viral.
Whatever is Contained Must Be Released
My Jewish Orthodox Girlhood, My Life as a Feminist Artist
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.
Two Whole Cakes
How to Stop Dieting and Learn to Love Your Body
Finally, the book that gives you permission to be fat, fashionable, and fabulous.
Intimate Wars
The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Board Room
Merle Hoffman's life story is riveting. A former classical pianist, a self-made millionaire, and a feminist who found her life's work providing abortions, she has been a fearless crusader for women's right to choose. A powerful account of the woman who made abortion her business.
NEA Grant will help fund the digitization of 15 Feminist Press classics, and the publication of three extraordinary literary works: Savage Coast by Muriel Rukeyser, Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir by Shahrnush Parsipur, and The Silent Woman by Monika Zgustova.
