Selected WorksFiction
Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen
"A devastating expose of the all-American girl plight." Boston Globe Burning Questions
"A perfectly realized novel about feminism." Rita Mae Brown On the Stroll
"Insightful and compassionate." Publishers Weekly In Every Woman's Life
"Fierce, funny, touching." NY Times Book Review Memoirs
Drinking the Rain
"A ten year voyage of discovery [that] could even, if we were willing, change our lives." San Francisco Chronicle A Good Enough Daughter
"Refreshingly upbeat, infused with insight, affection, and respect." NY Times Book Review To Love What Is
"An extraordinary and important book," Oliver Sacks. Forthcoming in Sept 2008 from FSG Non-Fiction
Red Emma Speaks: an Emma Goldman Reader
Emma Goldman's writings and speeches compiled and edited by Alix Kates Shulman "A Marriage Disagreement"
Revisits controversial proposal to share childcare and housework |
Red Emma Speaks: an Emma Goldman Reader"a truly elegant collection of Goldman's speeches and writings . . . Shulman's introductions also display a rare and genuine knowledge of anarchist political thought. . . . In her comments, she attempts to show the contemporary relevance of Goldman's work and her life." American Journal of Sociology This collection presents in a single volume the full sweep of Goldman's opinions and personality. In addition to all the essays from Goldman's own 1910 collection, Anarchism and Other Essays, three dramatic sections from her 1931 autobiography Living My Life, and the afterword to her My Disillusionment in Russia, Red Emma Speaks contains sixteen more pieces covering a great range of subjects, assembled here to offer a composite of Goldman's life and thought. Red Emma Speaks on: anarchism, sex, prostitution, marriage, jealousy, prisons, religion, schools, violence, war, communism, and much more. Shulman introduces this volume with two essays: a detailed biographical sketch of Goldman, and an assessment of Goldman's feminism. Goldman's works are organized into four parts (plus source list and index): I: Organization of Society II: Social Institutions III: Violence IV: Two Revolutions and a Summary First Edition: Random House and Vintage Books,1972; Second Edition: Schocken Books, 1982; Third Edition: Humanity Books of Prometheus Books, 1996, each with a new introduction. |
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