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Intertwined

by Meg Nola

Rebecca Kormos’s sociology text focuses on the disparate involvement of women in the climate change movement. Women bear the global brunt of climate change, from droughts and extreme temperature fluctuations to the ravages of flooding,... Read More

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Sad Planets

by Meg Nola

Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker’s expansive book "Sad Planets" contemplates humanity’s troubled perception of climate change and perhaps diminishing cosmic presence. The book sprawls across a captivating informational universe... Read More

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There Are No Rules for This

by Meg Nola

Celebrating women’s connections with heartfelt wit and emotion, the novel "There Are No Rules for This" is about unabashed grief and intentional joie de vivre. In JJ Elliott’s novel "There Are No Rules for This", an unexpected... Read More

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Traces of Enayat

by Meg Nola

Iman Mersal’s biography explores the troubled, unfulfilled life of Egyptian writer Enayat al-Zayyat. In 1963, twenty-six-year-old Enayat al-Zayyat committed suicide using sleeping pills. Enayat had finished one novel and was working on... Read More

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Exquisite Dreams

by Meg Nola

Amy Lyford’s interpretive biography "Exquisite Dreams" covers artist Dorothea Tanning’s life and remarkable range of work. Born in 1910, Tanning recalled her Galesburg, Illinois, childhood as being a “good one.” She later found a... Read More

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The Witch of New York

by Meg Nola

A riveting true crime story from history, Alex Hortis’s "The Witch of New York" chronicles the misogynist frenzy surrounding a notorious murder trial. On Christmas in 1843, a gruesome discovery horrified the close-knit community of... Read More

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Mothers of the Mind

by Meg Nola

Rachel Trethewey’s "Mothers of the Mind" is a studied, reflective analysis of the relationships between three literary icons and their mothers. Virginia Woolf’s mother, Julia, is presented as a woman of remarkable beauty who rejected... Read More

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