Women's Review of Books Volume 36, Issue 1

January / February 2019

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Detroit by the Numbers
The World According to Fannie Davis By Bridgett M. Davis
Reviewed by Shirley Nwangwa

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Unity of the Whole
Why Religion? By Elaine Pagels
Reviewed by Sushumna Kannan

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Never Surrender, Dorothy!
The Entire Oeuvre of Dorothy, A Publishing Project
Reviewed By Stacey Lathrop

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A Whole World of Mythology
Swallowing Mercury By Wioletta Greg; Flights By Olga Tokarczuk
Reviewed by Beth Holmgren

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Heart to Heart
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth By Sarah Smarsh
Reviewed by Carole DeSanti

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Photography
Documenting Activism Images by Ellen Shub and Commentary by Ellen Feldman

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Production vs. Reproduction
This Woman’s Work By Julie Delporte; Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos By Lucy Knisley
Reviewed by Tahneer Oksman

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White Tears
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism By Robin DiAngelo
Reviewed by Haley Riemer

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A Fish Still Alive
Everything Under By Daisy Johnson
Reviewed by Noelle McManus

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Tough Love
To Live Here, You Have to Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice By Jessica Wilkerson
Review by Barbara Bamberger Scott

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The Witness
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive By Stephanie Land
Reviewed by Carol Blair

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Magic In The Wind
She Would Be King By Wayétu Moore
Reviewed by Amy Watkin

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Animal Shelter
The Summer of Dead Birds By Ali Liebegott
Reviewed by Laurie Stone

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To Serve A Genius
Puro Amor By Sandra Cisneros
Reviewed by Noelle McManus

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Poetry
The Group By Vicki Reitenauer

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Listen Up
Requiem for a Movement An essay by Lise Weil