I'm almost done with finals, and I would love some suggestions for a summer reading list. I am most interested in feminist or lesbian theory and lesbian fiction (but not romance novels), but I am open to any new ideas. Thanks, all.
Try 'the Color Purple' by Alice Walker.
I highly recommend:
What about Ayn Rand? Kinda surprised that no one mentioned her. Even though she may or may not necessarily be a feminist, her female characters are extremely strong. Try "Atlas Shrugged" or "The Fountainhead." Those are probably her two most well-known books. Atlas is extremely long, so it'll be great for summer reading!
Try Adrienne Rich's poetry--"An Atlas of the Difficult World" is great! You've probably read them but Susan Faludi's "Backlash" is great feminist reading, as is "The Female Eunuch" by Germaine Greer. I got interested in these two by reading a collection of excerpts called "Feminism In Our Time: The Essesntial Writings, World War II to the Present" edited by Miriam Schneir.
Probably hard to get hold of out of Australia, but the book "Letters From The Inside" by John Marsden is the most, well, strange book, but it's really clever. Also Aussie, "Beach Baby" by Nicole Pluiss. A good book that you can get hold of in any country, Christopher Pike's "Sati". And a fantastic classic, read to me as a little girl that I have read, even now I'm 18, religiously, is Frances Hodgeson Burnett's "A Little Princess". That book always gets me in tears!
I'd have to second Ligeia's idea on Ayn Rand. I've only read the book "We the Living" by her, but her female character was very interesting and peculiar. It is somewhat a story about love and friendship, but it's not one of those that makes you feel all sick, in fact I wouldn't call it a love story.
The book "Go Ask Alice", kicks major a*s. It's one of my fave books of all time. That book and "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. I also really liked the book "The Women's room" (not sure who it's by or if I spelled the title right) That book had me laughing and in tears and everything.
Girl Interrupted, by susanna kaysen was a very good, insightful book...you should read it....it's about an 18 year old girl that found herself as a mental patient for two years....she tells her story....I read it a few months ago and I just thoroughly enjoyed it...great, great book.
By ZoOeY on Thursday, May 14, 1998 - 01:15 am:
It's one of my favorite contemporary novels.
You could also try to get absorbed in the works of Naomi Wolf, Gloria Steinem, Anais Nin, bell hooks, etc. Toni Morrison's also good even I'm
not extremely fond of her works although she won
the Nobel Prize for her 'Beloved'.
The list goes on.
Ask your English professor!
By Paula Bales on Thursday, May 21, 1998 - 01:02 am:
'Cassandra' by Krista Wolf--retelling of the Trojan War from Cassandra's point of view.
'Written on the Body' and 'Oranges are Not the Only Fruit' by Jeannette Winterson
'Les Guerillierres' and the 'Lesbian Body' by Monique Wittig--(not sure about that spelling on the first title, my French is bad)
By Ligeia on Sunday, June 7, 1998 - 03:20 pm:
By Olivia on Tuesday, June 23, 1998 - 09:11 pm:
By Bookhead on Wednesday, July 1, 1998 - 03:09 am:
By Alexis on Thursday, July 9, 1998 - 12:30 am:
Also- I definitely recommend the book GO ASK ALICE. The author is anonymous, because it's the actual diary of a 17 year old drug addict from the 70's. It's eye-opening, and a quick, yet moving read.
By NaughtyAngel on Thursday, July 9, 1998 - 01:14 pm:
~NaughtAngel~
By Lanya on Sunday, July 12, 1998 - 07:32 pm: