From the American Plan in 1918 to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2026 in, well, 2026, women’s bodies and sexuality seem to be the perennial target of men in positions of authority. In Donna Everhart’s historical novel Women of a Promiscuous Nature, ordinary women in 1940s North Carolina resist their unjust incarceration at the State Industrial…
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A review of Gerri Willis’ “Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster,” the story of one of the “Big Five” female spies in the American Civil War.
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A review of Anna Rollins’ memoir, “Famished.”
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A Review of Max Marshall’s “Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story.”
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A review of Sarah Pekkanen’s new novel, “The Locked Ward.”
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SRB Editor Amy Martin highlights her recent nonfiction reads about feminism and the rights of women.
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SRB editor Amy Martin rounds up some of her favorite books, movies, and tv shows featuring multiverses.
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Amy Stuber’s binge-worthy story collection is a perceptive, inventive, surprising, and deeply humane debut.
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A review of Jennifer Case’s “We Are Animals,” a collection of 15 honest and deeply considered essays.
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A review of “Old Enough: Southern Women Artists and Writers on Creativity and Aging,” edited by Jay Lamar and Jennifer Horne with Wendy Reed and Lamar Jackson.
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