Purchase a copy for yourself here! The Female Persuasion is Meg Wolitzer’s eleventh novel, and feels in many ways like a response to the #MeToo movement and the reemergence of feminism in the cultural conversation. The novel focuses on women of different generations coming to terms with the ways that the world works, offering and… Continue reading The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Bernadine Evaristo’s eighth work of fiction, Girl, Woman, Other, earned her the Booker Prize for Fiction in 2019, marking the first instance in which the prize has ever been awarded to a black woman. The novel centers on the experiences of twelve black women in Britain, all of whom… Continue reading Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Salt Slow is the debut story collection from Julia Armfield, one that blends nature and magical realism with dazzling results. The stories are chiefly concerned with the bodies of young women, and explore both autonomy and human connection. Amongst Armfield’s collection of curiosities is a woman whose girlfriend returns… Continue reading Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Sabrina & Corina is the debut story collection from Kali Fajardo-Anstine, which gained notoriety as a National Book Award finalist this year. The collection centers itself in stories of indigenous Latinas living in the American West, mainly in the Denver area where Fajardo-Anstine grew up. The stories are structured… Continue reading Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut novel is a richly textured story concerned with loyalty and compassion imagined within the confines of tight crime-novel pacing. Braithwaite’s masterful prose and sharp wit gave me that rare feeling when I finished the novel that I had not actually taken a breath since starting it.… Continue reading My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite