Women's Review of Books Volume 29, Issue 5

September/October 2012

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The Good Mothers Club Disability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied Knowledge Edited by Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson and Jen Cellio
Reviewed by Kim E. Nielsen

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The Origins of Plan B The Morning After: A History of Emergency Contraception in the United States By Heather Munro Prescott
Reviewed by Sarah Blustain

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The Family Secret Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello, Her Life and Times By Cynthia A Kierner
Reviewed by Martha Saxton

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The Holy Grail of Beauty Facing Beauty: Painted Women and Cosmetic Art By Aileen Riberio
Reviewed by Linda Simon

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The Worst Place in the World Home By Toni Morrison
Reviewed by A. J. Verdelle

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The Other Shoe Drops Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama By Alison Bechdel
Reviewed by Audrey Bilger

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Poetry By Diana Woodcock

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Photography Brazilian Street Diary By Viviane Moos

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Interview Khadidiatou Koïta and the International Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
By Tobe Levin

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Field Notes Diving into the Dream: A Poet’s Reflection on the Influence of Adrienne Rich’s Poetry
By Robin Becker

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A Whole Lot of Founding Going On Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 By Elizabeth Alexander
Address By Elizabeth Willis
The Book of Men By Dorianne Laux
The Hunger Moon: New and Selected Poems, 1980-2010 By Marge Piercy
Reviewed by Carol Bere

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We All Carry Someone Carry the One By Carol Anshaw
Reviewed by Jessica Jernigan

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Essay Going on Fifty: Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook By Roberta Rubenstein

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Binational Stardom Starring Madame Modjeska: On Tour in Poland and America By Beth Holmgren
Reviewed by Halina Filipowicz

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Beyond Heroism The Women of Katrina: How Gender, Race, and Class Matter in an American Disaster Edited by Emmanuel David and Elaine Enarson
Women Confronting Natural Disaster: From Vulnerability to Resilience By Elaine Enarson
Reviewed by Elizabeth Fussell

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The Pure and the Impure The Good Muslim By Tahmima Anam
Reviewed by Mandira Sen