A fierce and luminous interpretation of an iconic biblical story, Caryn A. Reeder’s book challenges historical views and reimagines the role of women in the church. The featured story, from the gospel of John, describes a dialogue near... Read More

A byproduct of questions about aging and a chance meeting turned interview-cum-photography session while vacationing on Patmos, Ellen Warner’s "The Second Half" is the culmination of fifteen years spent pursing older women’s... Read More

Aparna Shewakramani’s memoir "She’s Unlikeable" is a rallying cry for women’s independence and empowerment. Looking for love and a South Asian Mr. Right, Shewakramani, a successful lawyer in Houston, auditioned for the reality show... Read More

In English for the first time, radical 1970s feminist Françoise d’Eaubonne’s manifesto "Feminism or Death" is bold in suggesting the role that feminism might play in saving the environment. An iconic text—one of the first to... Read More

"Sexual Revolution" is Laurie Penny’s radical work of literary journalism; it concerns current sociopolitical climates and the ways that feminism can save the world. Penny takes a deep look at the powers that try to keep society under... Read More

Drawing on global work experiences, the memoir "Strong Connections" makes a convincing case for empowering women worldwide. Impoverished women whose lives have been changed by the mobile phone revolution are at the center of Rosa... Read More

With a keen sense of human dignity, "Sacred Bundles Unborn" balances horrific accounts of forced sterilization with academic analyses. Edited by Morningstar Mercredi, the powerful essay collection "Sacred Bundles Unborn" presents a... Read More

"Unleashing My Superpowers" is an expansive memoir-cum-self-help-text that emboldens its audiences to improve themselves and, by extension, the world. Part memoir, part self-help book, Patience Mpofu’s "Unleashing My Superpowers"... Read More