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An outsider within her Jersey Shore family, Chef Rossi finds a home for her punk sensibilities inside the kitchen.

An anonymous Iraqi woman presents eyewitness accounts and political analysis of life in the war torn and occupied city.

This volume brings together prose from three decades of writing by Verena Stefan, one of the most influential contemporary feminist writers in the world. The original 1975 German publication of Shedding-a novella that narrates the radical transformation of a young woman against the backdrop of the early 1970s women's, civil rights, and health care movements-created such a stir that the work has been hailed as "the feminist equivalent to Mao's ...

Authentic, humorous, realistic memoir of the fabled Jewish immigrant ghetto wher Spewack lived during the first two decades of the 20th century.

As a novelist concerned with women's issues, Sinclair has won coveted literary prizes and a devoted following. Now, in her extraordinary memoir, she relates a tale as fascinating and as moving as any work of fiction. At the center of her story is her relationship with Helen Buchman, a middle-class wife and mother with a passion for gardening who became her mentor. Photographs.

As a novelist concerned with women's issues, Sinclair has won coveted literary prizes and a devoted following. Now, in her extraordinary memoir, she relates a tale as fascinating and as moving as any work of fiction. At the center of her story is her relationship with Helen Buchman, a middle-class wife and mother with a passion for gardening who became her mentor. Photographs.

Powerful stories from women who shaped African American culture and history in the years between 1826 and 1959.

In this rare first-hand account of the private world of a Cairo harem during the years before Egypt declared independence in 1922, Shaarawi recalls her childhood and early adult life in the seclusion of an upper-class Egyptian household, including her marriage at age thirteen. Her subsequent separation from her husband gave her time for an extended formal education, as well as an unexpected taste of independence and a critical understanding of...

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

Whether they're dismissing princes or saving them, each of these diverse heroines remains the center of her own legend.

Now in paperback: a Kirkus Reviews book club pick and a People magazine's Critic's Choice.

When Margery Latimer died in childbirth in 1932, she left behind a small body of published and unpublished fiction. Only 33, Latimer had not yet established a reputation and she is virtually unknown today. This book changes that. The stories reveal a writer working in a distinctly modern idiom. Latimer's style is ironic, distancing, and somewhat surreal as she explores sexuality and the unconscious in a recognizable midwestern setting. Because...

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A memoir of loss and triumph by one of South Africa's most powerful women.

Love and hope are the powerful provocateurs in four stories by two great African writers.

Social-journalistic critique (like Barbara Ehrenreich) with solutions on how economic equity for women benefits everyone.

During the past thirty years, controversies have raged over the associations among women's bodies, sex, and questions of women's liberation. Through critical essays, fiction, poetry, and images, this provocative issue draws on the expertise of a variety of disciplines to explore a range of topics, including soul food, the works of performance artist Sarah Jones, photographer Renee Cox, filmmaker Spike Lee, dance hall music, and the history of ...

Two of China's greatest 20th century writers renegotiate woman's sense of self and place

Set during the last year of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's brutal regime, Waiting exposes the fear and courage of a small, close-knit community uncertain of what the edicts of a madman and the marauding of his uncontrollable army will bring with each coming day. As Amin's war with Ugandan exiles and the Tanzanian army comes to an end, one family learns what it takes to survive and eventually to plan for a new life. Goretti Kyomuhendo won the ...

After two decades in prison, an ex-radical navigates reentry in New York by walking a series of high-strung, wealthy pooches.