Sunday, October 12, 2014

The New York Times Book Reviews


'How to Build a Girl'

A plain, poor British teenager transforms herself into a music critic.

Also in the Book Review

'The Birth of the Pill'

We know it simply as "the pill," but as Jonathan Eig's cultural history shows, its genesis was anything but simple.

'Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights'

Katha Pollitt argues that women should stop apologizing and reclaim abortion as a "positive social good."

'Not That Kind of Girl'

Lena Dunham's memoir in the guise of an advice book combines essays, lists and emails.
Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult: By the Book

The author, most recently, of "Leaving Time" hates Russian lit. "You need genealogy charts to just figure out the characters, every novel is a thousand pages and pretty much everyone dies."

Sarah Ruhl '100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write'

A playwright on how to write and create when life - and children - constantly intervene.
Clay Felker and Gail Sheehy in 1977.

'Daring: My Passages'

Gail Sheehy's memoir recalls New York magazine and the New Journalism.

Diane Sawyer 'The News Sorority'

Sheila Weller chronicles the triumphs and setbacks of three powerful women in the male-dominated realm of network news.
Kirsten Gillibrand at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sept. 16.

'Off the Sidelines'

Kirsten Gillibrand has written a memoir that is also a campaign document.
Sonia Sotomayor during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, July 2009.

'Breaking In'

A portrayal of Sonia Sotomayor as a justice who - for reasons of race, gender and ethnicity - disrupts the status quo.

Laurie Penny 'Unspeakable Things'

Laurie Penny's polemic on gender and power in the 21st century.

Arguably

Essays and interrogations on personal pain and identity politics.
Mehran, age 6, and her mother, Azita, then a member of the Afghan Parliament, in 2010.

'The Underground Girls of Kabul'

In Afghanistan, girls are disguised and raised as boys for safety, social status and greater freedom.
Author's Note

Gender Genre

When he was 20, the author read only women for a period that lasted almost three years.


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