Feminism in literature
Dystopian Novel Challenges Misogyny As 'The Natural Way Of Things'
John Powers describes this new dystopian novel by Australian Charlotte Wood as a feminist parable.
The Man Behind Wonder Woman Was Inspired By Both Suffragists And Centerfolds.
Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston, had a secret life: He had a wife and a mistress and fathered children with both of them. Jill Lepore explains in The Secret History of Wonder Woman.
'Florence Gordon' Isn't Friend Material, But You'll Appreciate Her.
Brian Morton's novel features a 75-year-old woman — an icon of the Second Wave Women's Movement — who's a self-described "difficult woman." It's a witty, nuanced and ultimately moving novel.
Fresh Air Remembers 'Golden Notebook' Author Doris Lessing.
Lessing's 1962 book was regarded as among the most important feminist novels of its time. She died Sunday. Fresh Air's Terry Gross interviewed Lessing in 1988 and 1992.
The Territories of Women.
Poet, playwright, and novelist Ntozake Shange is best known for her choreo-poem "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf," which has been adapted for public television. Her first novel, "Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo" has just been published. It follows three sisters whose weaver mother named them after vivid dyes. The novel mixes poems, spells, potions, and recipes, and explores the territories and choices of modern Black women.