Book Review
The Snarling Girl
Elisa Albert’s ranging essay collection "The Snarling Girl" includes sixteen pieces published over the last ten years in venues including Longreads, New York magazine’s The Cut, The Forward, and Lit Hub. Their topics include feminist...
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Blessed Hands
"Blessed Hands" is an engaging short story collection that’s filled with glimpses into the lives of those whose voices are not often heard. Translated from Yiddish, Frume Halpern’s short story collection "Blessed Hands" captures...
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The Woman Beyond the Sea
In Sarit Yishai-Levi’s sprawling historical novel "The Woman Beyond the Sea", three generations of women consider what it means to love and the power of knowing your history. Although its chapters are narrated by a rotating cast, the...
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Your Hearts, Your Scars
Reflective and forthright, Adina Talve-Goodman’s posthumously published essay collection "Your Hearts, Your Scars" discusses chronic illness, the corporeal body, and the privilege of being alive. Talve-Goodman was born with congenital...
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Crybaby
Cheryl E. Klein’s memoir "Crybaby" is candid about living with infertility and cancer simultaneously, while also navigating everyday life. When Klein and her fianceé, CC, decided to start fertility treatments to have a child, their...
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Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves
Written for anyone interested in Talmudic and culinary learning, Kenden Alfond’s "Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves" is a book to nourish your brain, spirit, and body. The book represents a community effort, with 129...
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Ain't That a Mother
Afro-Latina Adiba Nelson’s memoir-in-essays Ain’t That a Mother concerns dating, motherhood, parenting a disabled child, and breaking generational habits—as much about reparenting oneself as it is about parenting another. Nelson...
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Fat Angie
Fat Angie: Homecoming is the latest installment of e.E. Charlton-Trujillo’s award-winning series. In it, Angie is ready to ask Jamboree to be her girlfriend—until her first love, KC, moves back to town. As if that weren’t enough, a...