books by The Feminist Press at CUNY     books:     The Feminist Press...      Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival (Women Writing Africa) Fadumo Korn, Sabine Eichhorst The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2008 A harsh and much needed criticism against the atrocity of female genital mutilation The horrors of female circumcision - something long since banned in the Western world, it is still practiced in many African Countries. "Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival" is author and feminist Fadumo Korn's story of nearly dying to the barbaric ...             Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (Glass Mountain Pamphlets) Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993 great easy read It's less than 50 pages long, but it's a great short history about witches, midwives, and nurses. It tells about how the profession began and why there aren't more women in the field today. It's good to learn the history of things that is rarely talked about. I would ...             Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq Riverbend The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2005 Too bad prowar Americans will be too proud to read this I have staunchly opposed the invasion of Iraq even before it became a reality, but not even I, with my distate for the neocons and the mockery of America that is George W. Bush, expected this to turn out this poorly. But we only see, for the most part, the bad things ...             No Sweetness Here and Other Stories Ama Ata Aidoo The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1995 Superb! Much like Arundhati Roy (in "God of Small Things") and Sandra Cisneros (in "House on Mango Street"), Ama Ata Aidoo often uses the experiences, expectations, and disappointments of children to paint the portrait of a culture and a community. It's not a novel literary ...             I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader Zora Neale Hurston The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2009 Fantastic for Research Purposes I am using this text as mainly research for an honors thesis I am writing for my Undergraduate English major. Although it was extremely helpful making connections and describing Hurston the author, it was also extremely enjoyable, holding not only critical essays but ...             Dearest Anne: A Tale of Impossible Love (Jewish Women Writers) Judith Katzir The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2008 The story of Rivi, many decades after a lesbian love affair with her teacher Finely translated into English by Dalya Bilu, "Dearest Anne: A Tale of Impossible Love" is the story of Rivi, many decades after a lesbian love affair with her teacher. The teacher, Michaela, has passed on, and Rivi returns to Israel to pay her condolences and mourn a ...             Swastika Night Katharine Burdekin The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993 A Chilling Story of Nazi Victory- Written Before WWII! Katharine Burdekin's 1937 novel, 'Swastika Night,' is a rare work of science fiction that explores not only the evils of military totalitarianism, but also closely examines the realationship between the sexes. Over 700 years into the Hitlerian era Europe has become a ...             Tatterhood and Other Tales The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993 Wonderful collection of heroic women This is one of the best collections of fairy tales featuring strong and enterprising hereoines. It includes stories from may different cultures, but all feature clever, resourceful women who overcome adversity. some of the stories were already familiar to me, but ...             Dream Homes: From Cairo to Katrina, an Exile's Journey (Jewish Women Writers) Joyce Zonana The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2008 A 'must read' for anyone who is also struggling with questions of who they are and what they aspire to What is home, really? "Dream Homes: From Cairo to Katrina, An Exile's Journey" tells of the author's history of being expunged from her beloved home twice. Once from his native land due to intolerance of her people, and once by Mother Nature's fury in the form of the ...             Silences Tillie Olsen The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2003 Why aren't you writing? Silences by Tillie Olsen Annotated Bibliography This book is addressed to the silences in literature and the ways in which writing ceases to be, to the dying and death of capacity. It is about the censorship and self-censorship of woman primarily. The book is written ...             Native Tongue Suzette Haden Elgin The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2000 A very fun read! I love science fiction, but I am very picky about it. This book was a well-written page turner from beginning to end. The characters are believable and well drawn. Each plot twist left me wondering what was going to happen next, the true definition of a good story. For ...             From Eve to Dawn, A History of Women in the World, Volume III: Infernos and Paradises, The Triumph of ... The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2008 Praise for the previous volumes: "French gives us grand theory at its best. . . . Highly recommended."- Library Journal "Beautifully sourced and referenced. . . . Filled with fascinating detail and powerful arguments . . . massive and valuable."- Publishers Weekly Writing about what she calls the "most cheering period in female history," ...             Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran Shahrnush Parsipur The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2004 A little gem!!! Though I stumbled upon the novel by accident, I must admit this book was well worth finding. The stories were simply written but were almost deceivingly fully loaded-- full of conflicting values, political ideology and agendas, and societal turmoil. The ...             Brown Girl, Brownstones (Contemporary Classics by Women) Paule Marshall The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2006 these reviews are sad i'm horrified at these reviews. marshall has put together a brilliant novel rich in prose and dialogue, an amazing work overall that should earn her the right to be identified with among the most important writers in the last half century. its funny how so much of our ...             Baghdad Burning II: More Girl Blog from Iraq (Women Writing the Middle East) Riverbend The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2006 A Powerful Voice About The Truth In Iraq The collections of blogs written by the Iraqi woman only known as "Riverbend" in what has become the "Baghdad Burning" series, is the best source of information to read to know about how the actual Iraqis are living and dying in the occupied country. 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