RIVERBEND is the pseudonym of a woman in her twenties who in 2003 began writing a blog relating her first hand experiences of the U.S. invasion and then occupation of her native Iraq. Once a computer programmer in a modern, secular state, Riverbend discusses with honesty and acute political awareness the changes that resulted in the rise of religious fundamentalism.
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From Lizzie Borden to Aileen Wuornos, Women Who Kill remains the most important book on why women have killed and what their cases reveal about social prejudices and legal practices in the US. With a new introduction by the author.
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RAHNA REIKO RIZZUTO touring: HIROSHIMA IN THE MORNING
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto will be reading at Greenlight Bookstore on Wednesday, September 8th in Brooklyn, NY.
Jennifer Rosner Interveiwed for the FASTER TIMES
Check out author Jennifer Rosner and her interveiw in the Faster Times!
Taslima Nasrin reads from REVENGE
Selected Readings from Autobiographical and Essay Work by Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Taslima Nasrin
HIROSHIMA IN THE MORNING is chosen by PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.
Hiroshima in the Morning is an "Indie Sleeper" for the fall.
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take on our EXTREME ACTION HERO!
JENNIFER ROSNER touring: IF A TREE FALLS
Reading & Book signing: Tuesday, September 14 at Broadside Books in Northampton, MA.
Sapphire read from HIS OWN WHERE at The Strand on June 1
The Feminist Press celebrates our reissue of June Jordan’s 1971 young adult novel, His Own Where, with a new introduction by Sapphire.
Author Rahna Reiko Rizzuto discusses the 65th anniversary of Hiroshima.
Click here to read the Huffington Post article, "Hiroshima: The Lesson We Never Learned."
REVENGE chosen for the LA Times Summer Reading List!
REVENGE named one of the LA Times 60 Summer Reading Titles!
June Jordan's HIS OWN WHERE reviewed by READING IN COLOR
The review praises HIS OWN WHERE, calling it a "fantastic book filled with small, unique scenes and daunting poetry."
Interview with Barbara Hammer in ARTFORUM MAGAZINE
Barbara Hammers speaks with ARTFORUM about growing up in California, experimental filmmaker Maya Deren, Gertrude Stein, chemotherapy and and her latest film, A HORSE IS NOT A METAPHOR.
Maryann Lesert's novel BASE TEN on LITERARY MAMA's Essential Reading List
BASE TEN written by Maryann Lesert has been named Essential Reading by Literary Mama, a reading and literary website for the "maternally inclined."
THE REJECTIONIST reviews HIS OWN WHERE by June Jordan
The Rejectionist writes an impassioned review of June Jordan's HIS OWN WHERE, calling Jordan's novel "distinct and brilliantly original."
Joyce Zonana's essay NEXT YEAR IN CAIRO appears in Reader Supported News
Joyce Zonana, author of the Feminist Press's title DREAM HOMES, publishes an essay on visiting the place of her birth and planning the trip back to Cairo with her family.
NOMINATE 40 UNDER 40: The Future of Feminism
Elizabeth Streb on Here & Now!
Listen to Elizabeth discuss her book, STREB: HOW TO BECOME AN EXTREME ACTION HERO
FEMINISTING reviews KING KONG THEORY
"Acerbic and funny . . . Despentes forges a feminism that's hybrid, unique, and altogether punk."
Click here to watch Laura Flanders interview action engineer Elizabeth Streb.
Maya Nussbaum, executive director of Girls Write Now.
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