Women's Review of Books Volume 36, Issue 5

September / October 2019

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Black Lives Mother Breathe: A Letter to My Sons By Imani Perry
Reviewed by Bridgett M. Davis

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Attention Whore The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls By Mona Eltahawy
Reviewed by Rachel DeWoskin

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A Bird In The Hand Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me By Adrienne Brodeur
Reviewed by Cathi Hanauer

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Dreams On The Rise The Promise By Silvina Ocampo; Forgotten Journey By Silvina Ocampo
Reviewed by Ana Castillo

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Voice Less Silence: A Social History of One of the Least Understood Elements of Our Lives By Jane Brox; Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking By Susan Cain; Unspeakable: The Things We Cannot Say By Harriet Shawcross
Reviewed by Linda Simon

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To Be Alive The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth By Ken Krimstein
Reviewed by Judith Chelius Stark

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Geek Equality Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry By Suzanne Scott
Reviewed by Linnete Manrique

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The Children’s Hour The Old Drift By Namwali Serpell
Reviewed by Jessica Stilling

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Poetry “My Father’s Whiteness” & “X Y Z Aria” By Sharon Olds
Commentary by Katha Pollitt

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Pen And Tell Her Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival Edited by Diane Noomin; Commute By Erin Williams
Reviewed by Tahneer Oksman

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Tied, Bound On Division By Goldie Goldbloom
Reviewed by Karen Houppert

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Questions And Answers Home Turf
Q and A with Samantha Allen
By Kait Heacock

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One Fragile Hull Toward Antarctica By Elizabeth Bradfield
Reviewed by Christine Byl

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No? Consent By Donna Freitas
Reviewed by Kira von Eichel

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A Love Letter, A Homecoming, A History Ordinary Girls By Jaquira Díaz
Reviewed by Larissa Melo Pienkowski

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The Gathering New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent Edited by Margaret Busby
Reviewed by Mariam I. Williams

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Master Mind I’m Telling the Truth, But I’m Lying By Bassey Ikpi
Reviewed by Heather Hewett

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Listen Up “Siempre Con Las Pibas” By Noelle McManus