Women's Review of Books Volume 36, Issue 2

March / April 2019

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Erotic Truth, Poetic License
All We Know of Pleasure: Poetic Erotica by Women Edited by Enid Shomer
Reviewed by Brook J. Sadler

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Gaza Girl
A Rebel in Gaza: Behind the Lines of the Arab Spring, One Woman’s Story By Asmaa al-Ghoul and Selim Nassib
Reviewed by Hagar Scher

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Being Loud Without Saying Anything
Liveblog By Megan Boyle Reviewed by Laura Winnick

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Q&A
An Ear for Women: Interview with Megan Marshall
By Joanne B. Mulcahy

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Out For Blood
The Managed Body: Developing Girls and Menstrual Health in the Global South By Chris Bobel
Reviewed by Karen Houppert

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Interview
Eavesdropping for a Better World: A Conversation with Mira Jacob
By Tahneer Oksman

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Julie Doucet: Frazzled and Frenetic
Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet By Julie Doucet
Reviewed by Julie Baumgardner

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Bold Lives Matter
The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation By Jodie Patterson
Reviewed by Heather Hewett

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What’s New, Pussycat?
Milkman: A Novel By Anna Burns
Reviewed by Katherine Ouellette

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Poetry
“Woman in Orange” By Diana Woodcock
“Getting to Choose” By Irene Willis

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Stupid, Evil, Queer
Last Night in Nuuk By Niviaq Korneliussen
Reviewed by Noelle McManus

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Kathryn the Great
Labrador By Kathryn Davis;
The Silk Road By Kathryn Davis
Reviewed by Katharine Coldiron

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Flight
Brute By Emily Skaja
Reviewed by Emily Luan

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La Hija
Native Country of the Heart: A Memoir By Cherríe Moraga
Reviewed by Valerie Morales

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Listen Up
Was It Good for You?
An essay by Laurie Stone