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Helene Aylon in "Matronita," an exhibition of Jewish feminist art
FP Author Helene Aylon's work is featured in the exhibition "Matronita," a show of Jewish feminist art at the Museum of Art, Ein Harod. It is the first time that a museum in Israel has organized a major exhibition of Jewish feminist art by women who come from a traditional Jewish background.
Check out: Helene Aylon
Merle Hoffman on Salon.com, Forbes.com
Read about Merle Hoffman, author of INTIMATE WARS on Salon.com and Forbes.com
Check out: Intimate Wars, Merle Hoffman
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Check out: The War Before, Still Brave, HAMMER!, King Kong Theory, Streb, Witches, Midwives, Nurses (Second Edition), Celebrate People's History, Who Is Ana Mendieta?, Rape New York, The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing, Complaints & Disorders (Second Edition), A Life in Motion, Zipper Mouth, Women Without Men 2nd Edition, Tango, And the Bridge is Love
Laura Whitehorn's "Letter to a Young Activist" in On The Issues Magazine
FP Author Laura Whitehorn shares her experience as an activist with On The Issues Magazine.
Check out: Laura Whitehorn
ZIPPER MOUTH is The Rumpus's October Book Club Pick!
The Rumpus chose ZIPPER MOUTH by Laurie Weeks for their October Book Club pick! Book club members received copies of ZIPPER MOUTH and will participate in a live author chat with Laurie in November. www.therumpus.net
Check out: Laurie Weeks
Mx. Justin Vivian Bond on the Ron & Fez Show
Justin Vivian Bond appeared as a guest on The Ron & Fez Show on Siriux XM radio which aired Sunday 10/23 and Monday 10/24. A transcript of the interview can be found here.
Check out: Tango, Justin Vivian Bond
JULIE DES JARDIN interviewed in Physics World
Physicsworld.com's Women in Science special features FP author JULIE DES JARDIN in it's inaugural podcast.
Download the podcast at http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/multimedia/47467
Check out: The Madame Curie Complex, Julie Des Jardins
FP titles available at Pages and Places Book Festival
On Saturday, October 1st, select FP titles will be available for sale at the 2011 Pages and Places book festival in Scranton, PA.
Check out: The War Before, King Kong Theory, Celebrate People's History, Laura Whitehorn, Virginie Despentes, Josh MacPhee
Jana Leo interviewed in Feministing
Feministing editor, Chloe Angyal interviews FP author, Jana Leo about Rape New York.
Check out: Rape New York, Jana Leo
Christine Redfern interviewed in Bookslut on Kirkus!
Bookslut editor Jessa Crispin interviews Christine Redfern about Who Is Ana Mendieta? in Kirkus Reviews.
FP author Ellen Bravo named one of Ford Foundation's Social Change Visionaries!
http://www.fordfoundation.org/about-us/visionaries-awards/#default
The FP staff Congratulate Ellen Bravo on her work helping to elevate working families!
Check out: Taking on the Big Boys, Ellen Bravo
Who Is Ana Mendieta? on RADAR blog and Twitter
Michelle Tea wrote a rave review of our new release Who Is Ana Mendieta? on the Radar Productions blog.
FP Winners of Lambda Literary Awards!
FP titles King Kong Theory and Hammer! Making Movies Out of Sex and Life are winners of Lambda Literary Awards!
Rizzuto Nominated for NBCC Award!
The Feminist Press is thrilled to announce that Rahna Reiko Rizzuto is a National Book Critics Circle finalist for best autobiography for HIROSHIMA IN THE MORNING!
Check out: Hiroshima in the Morning, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
CELEBRATE PEOPLE'S HISTORY all over the web!
Some early reviews and mentions are coming in from the blog-o-sphere about Celebrate People's History!: The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution. Check them out!
Passing the Torch in CounterPunch.
Check out: Celebrate People's History
KING KONG THEORY named ArtForum's Best of 2010!
Artforum.com calls Virginie Despentes "a master" of feminist literature and names King Kong Theory one of the best titles of 2010.
Check out: King Kong Theory, Virginie Despentes
40 Under 40 Nominee, Lesley Kinzel Quoted in Ad Age
A recent article in Advertising Age magazine explores the reasons why advertisers should market to an ever growing population and what this means to the bottom line for manufacturers. Blogger, Lesley Kinzel speaks to the lack of selection - and therefore representation - for fat women where clothes are concerned.
Jennifer Rosner Interviewed for the FASTER TIMES
Jennifer Rosner, author of If A Tree Falls: A Family's Quest to Hear and Be Heard, discusses raising a child with special needs, and the challenges she faced while writing her book with Cammie McGovern of the Faster Times.
Check out: If a Tree Falls, Jennifer Rosner
FP Authors featured in HBI Calendar
"Jewish Women Writers: the Cities behind the Stories" highlights twelve international authors whose writing illuminates life in urban settings all across the globe. Featured authors share experiences that span multiple generations, twelve cities and eight countries.
Check out: Dream Homes, A Cross and a Star, Shalom India Housing Society, Esther David, Joyce Zonana, Marjorie Agosin
HIROSHIMA IN THE MORNING is chosen by PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.
Hiroshima in the Morning is picked as one of the "Indie Sleepers" for the fall.
Click here to see the Publishers Weekly article.
Check out: Hiroshima in the Morning, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Author Rahna Reiko Rizzuto discusses the 65th anniversary of Hiroshima.
The author of upcoming Feminist Press release, Hiroshima in the Morning explores the connection between September 11th and the bombing of Hiroshima in a piece commemorating the 65th anniversary of the bombing.
Check out: Hiroshima in the Morning, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
BOOKSLUT reviews STREB!
STREB, How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in Finite Space, and Spider-Man Visionaries are highlighted in this August feature.
Check out: Streb, Elizabeth Streb
June Jordan's HIS OWN WHERE reviewed by READING IN COLOR
The book blog READING IN COLOR reviews HIS OWN WHERE and rates it a perfect five out of five stars. The review calls HIS OWN WHERE a "fantastic book filled with small, unique scenes and daunting poetry."
Read the review here: READING IN COLOR
Check out: His Own Where, June Jordan
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." The Rejectionist even demands readers to "start here, if you've never read her, and then dive right in to her magnificent, searing and gorgeous essays."
Check out: His Own Where, June Jordan
Maryann Lesert's novel BASE TEN on LITERARY MAMA's Essential Reading List
The Feminist Press's BASE TEN written by Maryann Lesert has been named Essential Reading by Literary Mama, a reading and literary website for the "maternally inclined." Literary Mama's Fiction Editor Kristina Riggle calls BASE TEN a "thought-provoking, honest novel."
Check out: Base Ten, Maryann Lesert
Interview with Barbara Hammer in ARTFORUM MAGAZINE
Barbara Hammers speaks with ARTFORUM MAGAZINE about growing up in California, her knowledge of experimental filmmaker Maya Deren, Gertrude Stein and her latest film, A HORSE IS NOT A METAPHOR.
Read here: Barbara Hammer in ARTFORUM
Check out: HAMMER!, Barbara Hammer
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.
Read here: Next Year in Cairo
Check out: Dream Homes, Joyce Zonana
REVENGE chosen for the LA Times Summer Reading List!
REVENGE named one of the LA Times 60 Summer Reading Titles!
Check out: Revenge, Taslima Nasrin, Honor Moore
Elizabeth Streb on Here & Now!
Elizabeth Streb was interviewed recently on Here and Now NPR's Boston radio affiliate WBUR.
Check out: Streb, Elizabeth Streb
HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPION RHONDA COPELON HAS DIED
On May 6, 2010, Rhonda Copelon, a CUNY School of Law professor and human rights attorney and Vice-President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) who broke new ground opening US federal courts and international tribunals to gender-based violence and international human rights violations, died at age 64. The cause was ovarian cancer.
MARINA SILVA for President!
Marina Silva, former Environmental Minister and former senator of the Workers Party (PT) representing the Amazon state of Acre, has left the party to run for Brazil’s presidency next year as a Green Party candidate. Learn about her environmentalist platform by reading her biography, Marina Silva: Defending Rainforest Communities in Brazil.
Check out: Marina Silva, Ziporah Hildebrant
SHIRIN NESHAT's award-winning adaption of PARSIPUR's WOMEN WITHOUT MEN showing near you
July Screenings
July 30th – The Wexner Center – Columbus, OH
May Screenings
May 5th – May 10th – 360 365 Festival – Rochester, NY
May 6th – 15th – Santa Cruz Film Festival – Santa Cruz, CA
May 6th – 9th – The Maryland Film Festival – Baltimore, MD
May 7th – May 20th – The Zeitgeist Theater – New Orleans, LA
April Screenings
Check out: Women Without Men, Shahrnush Parsipur
FEMINISTING reviews KING KONG THEORY
Reposted from feministing.com
Check out: King Kong Theory, Virginie Despentes
What A.M. HOMES thinks of STREB
". . . it’s incredibly well written, blazingly articulate, brimming with ideas regarding space, time, movement—as if Martha Graham and Albert Einstein had a love child and named her Streb; like Batman and Robin gave her the secret code to how to explain all that happens behind KAPOW, SPLAT, and ZOWIE."—A.M. Homes
Check out: Streb, Elizabeth Streb
The War Before on Z Magazine
"The late Safiya Bukhari (1950-2003) is not the most famous veteran of the Black Panther Party (BPP), but the compilation of her writings, The War Before, edited by former political prisoner Laura Whitehorn at the request of Bukhari's daughter, Wonda Jones, should be required reading alongside the memoirs of BPP cofounders Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton."
Check out: The War Before, Laura Whitehorn, Safiya Bukhari
Publishers Weekly on the Feminist Press at 40
"If there were any doubt that the Feminist Press of the City University of New York is changing, one need look no further than its 40th anniversary celebration earlier this month at Joe's Pub in New York City with Push author Sapphire, performance artist Karen Finley, PopAction choreographer Elizabeth Streb, hip-hop performer Toni Blackman, and singer/songwriter Justin Bond.
KING KONG THEORY on Alternet
"It is actually censorship that has shaped, created, and defined the history of X-rated films. Whatever is forbidden to be shown will soon turn up in the porn cinemas, which makes for an interesting exercise in transgression."
-Virginie Despentes, King Kong Theory
Check out: Virginie Despentes
THANKS for helping us SELL OUT Joe's Pub!
The FP benefit on March 10th was an amazing evening and here are some of the highlights.
JULIE DES JARDINS on C-SPAN
C-SPAN Book TV recently aired a talk with Julie Des Jardins on her new title, The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science. If you missed it on TV, you can now watch it online. Click here to view the video.
Check out: The Madame Curie Complex, Julie Des Jardins
FP's 40th Anniversary bookstore partnership
The following stores have dedicated space to the Feminist Press's new releases and incredible backlist for the month of March and beyond. Many are offering special discounts—check with your local seller.
Karen Finley's THE JACKIE LOOK extended, again
You still have a chance to see FP author Karen Finley perform her acclaimed new show, THE JACKIE LOOK, which has been extended through April 24. Find out more about the show and tickets here.
The editors of LJ love HAMMER!
The editors of Library Journal just picked their favorite books coming out this spring and HAMMER! is one of them. You can read their interview with Barbara Hammer on their website at: www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6718543.html?q=Hammer. It starts about halfway down the page.
Check out: HAMMER!, Barbara Hammer
Women in prison need your help
Women in prison need your help. The Feminist Press receives frequent requests from prisoners for our books. The FP is willing to donate the books, but we need your help with shipping costs. Donate here and your tax-deductible contribution will go directly to this cause.
Check out: Wall Tappings, The War Before
We Are All Precious
The three time Golden Globe-nominated film Precious has been receiving a lot of attention over the past few months and so has the author of the book it was based on. Sapphire is now . . .
Check out: His Own Where, June Jordan, Sapphire
Find out what Baryshnikov thinks of Streb
We asked choreographer, actor, and dancer extraordinaire Mikhail Baryshnikov what he thought about the talents of Elizabeth Streb and this is what he had to say . . .
Check out: Streb, Elizabeth Streb
Video: Laura Whitehorn and the reflections of an ex-Black Panther
Activist Laura Whitehorn talks about The War Before, the Black Panthers, and the rights of political prisoners.
Check out: The War Before, Laura Whitehorn, Safiya Bukhari
Why Lady Gaga calls herself a feminist
Frank talk with Lady Gaga
The pop sensation's bold stances on feminism, sexuality, fame and so much more have helped elevate her music to its own art form.
By ANN POWERS Pop Music Critic
December 13, 2009
Women Who Kill in LA Times
Read the LA Times review and then watch Ann Jones read an excerpt from Women Who Kill.
Check out: Women Who Kill, Ann Jones
Video: Ann Jones talks about Women Who Kill and feminism today
Ann Jones, author of Women Who Kill, talks about the updated edition and the state of feminism.
Check out: Women Who Kill, Ann Jones
Video: Good advice about public transportation from Ann Jones
Nov 5, 2009 - Whether you are on a bus, train, or subway car, Ann Jones provides the solution from keeping unwanted passengers at bay.
Check out: Women Who Kill, Ann Jones
Video: Julie Des Jardins discusses the hidden history of women in science
Nov 3, 2009 - Julie Des Jardins talks about the lives of women scientists and her forthcoming book, due out in March 2010.
Check out: The Madame Curie Complex, Julie Des Jardins
Just added: Pictures from our Gala
Nov 3, 2009 - View some of the honorees (Rhonda Copelon, Arianna Huffington, and Taslima Nasrin) and guests at our 39th anniversary bash.
GalleyCat talks about our 39th Anniversary Gala
Oct 23, 2009 - Amanda ReCupido, of GalleyCat and The Undomestic Goddess, recaps the words of wisdom from our honorees.
Video: Barbara Hammer talks about her forthcoming book
Oct 13, 2009 - Inimitable pioneer filmmaker Barbara Hammer talks about her first book ever, due out early 2010.
Check out: HAMMER!, Barbara Hammer
Sarah E. Wright, Novelist of Black Experience in the Depression, Dies at 80
Oct 2, 2009 - Sarah E. Wright, author of critically acclaimed novel This Child's Gonna Live, died September 13 in her home. Click the links below to read about her life.
Check out: This Child's Gonna Live, Sarah E. Wright
Video: Vivian Gornick on Women in Science
Oct 1, 2009 - Acclaimed critic and memoirist Vivian Gornick talks to On the Issues Magazine about the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Women in Science.
Check out: Women in Science, Vivian Gornick
The Love Children Reviewed by Elaine Showalter
Sept 29, 2009 - Showalter's considered review of Marilyn French's final novel appeared in today's Washington Post.
(Free) registration required
Check out: The Love Children, Marilyn French
Bookpage Totally Digs the Love Children
Sept 14, 2009 - With The Women’s Room, first published in 1977, Marilyn French helped bring feminism to the forefront of modern thought and define a generation. The Love Children, her final novel, will be published posthumously...
Check out: The Love Children, Marilyn French
Her Revolutions - A Review of Dreaming of Baghdad
Aug 13, 2009 - After Iraq’s Communist Party gave up its opposition to Baath rule, Haifa Zangana joined a splinter group bent on violent revolution.
Check out: Dreaming of Baghdad, Haifa Zangana
Events
Barbara Hammer at the Tate Modern
FP Author and filmaker Barbara Hammer's films will be screened at the Tate Modern this month.
Date(s) & Time: Feb 3, 12:00 am - Feb 26, 11:00 pm
Location: London
Check out: HAMMER!, Barbara Hammer
Florence Howe at The New School
Florence Howe became involved with the women’s movement in the 1960s after participating in the civil rights and antiwar movements. She co-founded the Feminist Press in 1970. As a professor of English, first at Goucher College and then at SUNY’s College at Old Westbury, she was a leader in creating and nurturing the women's studies movement in North American universities.
Date(s) & Time: Feb 3, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: New York, NY: Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Check out: Florence Howe
SAFE, Shimmy, Slam: An Eruption of Prose, Poetry, and Performance
In celebration of the publication of Safe: WSQ Volume 39, Nos. 1&2, Spring/Summer 2011
Edited by Alyson Cole & Kyoo Lee.
Co-sponsored by The Center for Humanities, The Center for the Study of Women and Society, and the Feminist Press.
Date(s) & Time: Feb 3, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center
Check out: Safe
Artists and Writers: WOMEN WITHOUT MEN at the GC
Parsipur was jailed after the publication of her novella, Women Without Men, in Iran in 1989 and Shirin Neshat adapted the book to film in 2009. The evening will draw out the fraught issues surrounding women and public space in the Middle East that are raised in the exhibition Shifters, on view in the James Gallery. Moderated by Katherine Carl, Curator, James Gallery.
Date(s) & Time: Feb 21, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: New York, NY: James Gallery at the CUNY Grad Center, 365 Fifth Ave
Check out: Women Without Men 2nd Edition, Shahrnush Parsipur
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