Possessing the Secret of Joy52 reviews
Alice Walker

Washington Square Press, 1997

A Painful, Elegant and Uplifing Read

+ Control
+ A Harrowing Journey
+ Deep & Meaningful & Poignant
+ What a Powerfully Important Story
  
  











  



  
Writing a Woman's Life (Ballantine Reader's Circle)5 reviews
Carolyn G. Heilbrun

Ballantine Books, 1989

A Must-Read for Women

+ Invaluable Guide for Women Memoirists
+ Revisiting women's lives
+ Thought Provoking.
+ Powerful book . . . It will change your life.
  
  











  



  
The Freeway: Two Young Artists In Love, On The Road In Search of Home1 review
Dori DeCamillis

BookSurge Publishing, 2002

Great read!

I'm glad to see this book is still in print. It deserved far more publicity from its publisher -- it's funny, moving, interesting. If there had been reality TV back when Dori and Joe were traveling, their journey would have made one great show, and they'd be stars right now. I highly recommend this ...
  
  











  



  
Driver's Seat7 reviews
Muriel Spark

Penguin, 2006

The Art of Sensual Massacre

+ Takes an hour to read. Takes a lifetime to forget (and you can't)
+ Love it....
+ Converting a cliché into a classic
+ étrange, morbide et superbe
  
  











  



  
Sweet Jane1 review
Cowboy Junkies

Relax, it's all good.

What can I say... this is the best. I'm neither a cowboy nor a junkie :) I still love it. Sweet Jane will always be a classic. This CD has them all... Very smooth album, very nice.
  
  











  



  
Drag39 reviews
k.d. lang

Warner Bros / Wea, 1997

Magical

+ smokey,sultry,but a little draggy
+ Drag may not be what you think
+ Not to be played before dark
  
  











  



  
With Her in Ourland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Praeger Paperback, 1997

Two works in one, this volume contains the full text of With Her in Ourland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, as well as an illuminating sociological analysis by Mary Jo Deegan with the assistance of Michael R. Hill. Ourland is the sequel to Gilman's acclaimed feminist utopian novel Herland; both were published in her journal, The Forerunner, in 1915 and 1916. Ourland resumes the adventures of ...
  
  











  



  
Cave in the Snow: Tenzin Palmo's Quest for Enlightenment31 reviews
Vicki Mackenzie

Bloomsbury USA, 1999

A Woman Apart

+ True Tale of a Bodhisattva-to-Be
+ Alone on a Mountaintop

This book exceeded my high expectations. First off it is a well told life story of a western woman drawn to Buddhism. That spiritual attraction is not so unusual, but her subseqent move to India, and the related discomforts she overcame long before starting her years of seclusion were truly ...
  
  











  



  
Virginia Woolf8 reviews
Hermione Lee

Vintage, 1999

The best so far

+ I have to agree,
+ Exhaustively researched, crisply written, judicious
+ I don't want it to end
  
  











  



  
Woman on the Edge of Time90 reviews
Marge Piercy

Fawcett, 1985

If you were inspired by this novel, check on books on social ecology!

+ Simply amazing
+ Neat !

Marge Piercy's "Woman on the Edge of Time," is perhaps my favorite utopian novel. I speak here of utopia as a "good place," not a "perfect imaginary place," though the two are often confused. This novel is a prime example of a wonderful critical utopia, showing utopia not as a static "end of ...
  
  











  



  
The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel548 reviews
Margaret Atwood

Anchor, 1998

A timeless classic with a unique concept!

+ Intriguing
+ Wonderful read...
+ Masterpiece
  
  











  



  
Absolute Torch and Twang29 reviews
k.d. lang & The Reclines

Sire / London/Rhino, 1989

A MUST for k.d. lang fans

+ kd at her very best
+ Outstanding. Withstands the test of time.
+ k d lang makes country music
+ Absolute Torch & Twang
  
  











  



  
Simply Baroque8 reviews
Yo-Yo Ma, Johann Christoph Bach, ...

Sony, 2003

YO YO MA'S SIMPLY BAROQUE IS SIMPLY...WONDERFUL !

+ a little bit of prominence to the cello, to go with the picture
+ classical music
+ Outstanding Musical Experience
+ Very Enjoyable Listening
  
  











  



  
The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reader
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

University of Virginia Press, 1999

A collection of the work of the 19th century feminist with excerpts from four of her novels and three utopias.
  
  











  



  
Herland25 reviews
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

BiblioBazaar, 2007

Where No Men Exist

+ Misunderstood
+ good service

In her novel of a positive utopia made up only of women, Gilman gives us a vision of what perfection would be like, if only the inevitable power, money and sex did not get in the way of things. In Herland, there are no men thus eliminating the sex motivations. And they live a highly socialized ...
  
  











  



  
Stone Butch Blues: A Novel72 reviews
Leslie Feinberg

Alyson Books, 2004

A Deeply Moving Novel

+ Loved this book.
+ Mom loved it too
+ Wonderful
+ Butch to Butch
  
  











  



  
Fever In Fever Out24 reviews
Luscious Jackson

Capitol, 1996

Jerry of Plano, Tx's review was dead on!

+ Listen to this album more than once
+ five and a half stars is more like it.

I borrowed this CD from a friend, had no idea who LJ was, and immediately recognized their hit "Naked Eye." After listening to that song over and over, I listened to the rest of the CD, and it's all wonderful. They're creative and inventive, interesting, and the music is delicious. It's now my ...
  
  











  



  
FAT!SO? : Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size83 reviews
Marilyn Wann

Ten Speed Press, 1999

Marilyn Wann rocks!

+ I hold my head high!
+ I love this!
+ A Work of Rare Succulence
  
  











  



  
The Fat Girl's Guide to Life49 reviews
Wendy Shanker

Bloomsbury USA, 2005

Just what I needed to hear

+ If I Ever Have a Daughter, This Will Be Required Reading
+ Life is too short!
+ A bible for women like me
+ Every girl should read this!
  
  











  



  
Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton29 reviews
Diane Wood Middlebrook

Mariner Books, 1999

A great biography

+ suits me
+ everyone is amazed by this story
+ The Role of a Lifetime