alix kates shulman

Selected Works

Fiction
Alix's new novel, forthcoming from Other Press on May 15, 2012. “Witty and delightful" —Lily Tuck. "A consistently inventive, witty and smart take on modern marriage" —Hilma Wollitzer. "Delectable social satire ... devilishly clever ... an altogether wonderful read." —Lynne Sharon Schwartz.
"A devastating expose of the all-American girl plight." Boston Globe
"A perfectly realized novel about feminism." Rita Mae Brown
"Insightful and compassionate." Publishers Weekly
"Fierce, funny, touching." NY Times Book Review
Non-Fiction
First ever collection of Alix's most controversial essays, from the 1970s till now, available April 3, 2012.
Emma Goldman's writings and speeches compiled and edited by Alix Kates Shulman
Biography of Emma Goldman, a New York Times Notable Book
Revisits controversial proposal to share childcare and housework
Memoirs
"A haunting meditation on a love more enduring than the body or mind." Boston Globe
"Refreshingly upbeat, infused with insight, affection, and respect." NY Times Book Review
"A ten year voyage of discovery [that] could even, if we were willing, change our lives." San Francisco Chronicle
For Children
Fantasy adventure story with a mathematical plot
Picture book exploring the borderline between dream and reality
A hidden picture book

Bosley on the Number Line

In this mathematical fantasy for children who have learned to add and subtract, the hero, Bosley, is mysteriously transported to the Number Line, beyond the Milky Way. There strange adventures befall him. He is discovered out-of order by an outraged Equal Sign, who commands two terrible Parentheses to dump Bosley in the Empty Set, reducing him to Zero. His mathematical ingenuity gets him out, but he soon becomes embroiled in the endless battle between the Odds and the Evens. He forms a mathematical plan for aiding the Odds, but a slight error in his calculations all but destroys the Number Line. He finally thinks of a solution which makes him the hero of all the Numbers, enabling him to return home just in time for his first two-digit birthday.

Bosley on the Number Line is Alix's first published book (David McKay, 1970), and the only one (alas!) that came to her in one long flash of inspiration.