The latest from Nouvella sets a young mother’s struggles against the backdrop of a flailing island. by Kaylen Ralph It would […]
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Q&A with Mona Eltahawy, author of “Headscarves and Hymens”
Egyptian-American writer Eltahawy’s call for a sexual revolution in the Middle East has been a long time coming. by Joanna Demkiewicz […]
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Book Review: ‘Spinster’ by Kate Bolick
Five women guide Bolick to the empowering self discovery of “making a life of one’s own” in her debut memoir, Spinster. […]
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Eight Novels to Spring Into
Carry these books around for when sunshine strikes and the perfect reading bench calls your name. by Joanna Demkiewicz The winter […]
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Book Review: ‘Motorcycles I’ve Loved’ by Lily Brooks-Dalton
The story of how a premature quarter-life crisis led one rebel to her Rebel 250. by Kaylen Ralph photo illustration by […]
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The Canon: A Booze-Filled Reading Roundup
Getting drunk at the Vatican, growing seeds for cocktails, and the forgotten women who made a damn good drink. by Paige […]
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Book Review: ‘Ongoingness: The End of a Diary’ by Sarah Manguso
A voracious diary-keeper confronts her need to record every moment. by Kinzy Janssen If someone had handed me a copy of […]
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Book Review: Mac McClelland’s ‘Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story’
Journalist Mac McClelland’s second book gives a new face to PTSD—her own. by Kaylen Ralph This week, ex-Marine Eddie Ray Routh […]
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Girl(s) in a Band
The past year has been a banger for musical memoirs by women. by Kaylen Ralph Just short of a year ago, […]
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Q&A with Laura van den Berg, author of “Find Me”
The author talks “The Wire,” blizzard reports, Florida and why sometimes the most passive-seeming characters are the ones with the most […]
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