Rosalind Miles Mines History to Bring Us the Women Who Dared
The author, historian, and activist talks to Shondaland about her new book, “The Women’s History of the Modern World.” “As a child, I cannot remember when I realized that to…
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The author, historian, and activist talks to Shondaland about her new book, “The Women’s History of the Modern World.” “As a child, I cannot remember when I realized that to…
In her debut novel, Nancy Johnson explores racial injustice and social inequality. Nancy Johnson’s eloquently written, introspective, and emotionally resonant debut novel, The Kindest Lie, is a timely commentary on social…
How Yi Shun Lai advocates for marginalized voices. Yi Shun Lai is a writer, editor, columnist for the Writer magazine, an MFA program instructor at Bay Path and Southern New…
A dogged heroine struggles to untangle herself from the mysterious Vine. In her debut novel, Daughters of the Wild, Natalka Burian crafts a tale of magical realism mixed with a woman’s determination to…
There’s Florence, Italy, Florence, South Carolina, and closer to home and heart is the iconic Austin social advocate Florence Ponziano—the “Mother Teresa of Montopolis.” If you visit 515 Kemp Street,…
The historical guilt of a nation ravages the lives of two Australian families. Silence isn’t always golden. It can also be “a cult of forgetfulness practiced on a national scale.” The…
#TXReads: Chad Zunker Hails the Homeless in “An Unequal Defense” Share Chad Zunker’s latest novel is akin to John Grisham’s “The Street Lawyer” as the Austin author wraps a thought-provoking…
In her debut novel, The Ninja Daughter, author Tori Eldridge turns a young woman with a passion for justice into a modern-day martial-arts hero. Lily Wong is an anachronism — a…