Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, (1993.). First edition - Discusses the works of such writers as Anne McCaffrey, Joanna Russ, Margaret Atwood, Jessica Amanda Salmanson, Kate Wilhelm, Tiptree and Octavia Butler, among others. Notes, references, index. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-807844217.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1972.) dj. Hardcover - A minor classic of feminist literature, the story of a woman who, through the process of keeping a journal, discovers ideas, people, books and - most importantly - herself. 257 pp.

Oakland, CA: Regent Press, (2007). SIGNED first edition - A collection of essays - on art, nature, history, growing up in California (and considering leaving it), Iris Murdoch, James Broughton and other writers, and more - by this award-winning poet. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Includes an appendix with an 11 page list of Canan's publications. 305 pp. ISBN: 9781587901294.

New York: Carol Southern Books / Crown, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book by this feminist author, lecturer and mother in which she extols the benefits of chosen, 'passionate' celibacy. "In Victorian times, women were regarded as deviant if they enjoyed a full and exciting sex life. Today, women invite equally pejorative labels if they admit that they don't!" Notes, bibliography, index.vii, 280 pp. ISBN: 0-517597381.

Louisville, KY: The Kentucky Foundation for Women, 1990. First edition - A quarterly magazine of poetry and prose. In addiition to the contributors listed above, this issue includes an essay by Marguerite Feitlowitz on the works of Angelica Gorodischer, the Argentinian writer for whom she is the American translator, and a story written in 1875 from the unpublished papersof Elizabeth Robins, which might be the first example of the use of the word "herstory." We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - An amazingly frank and gutsy book by the Southern poet and writer. Don't let the title turn you off - at the bottom of this book is an acceptance of people as they are - Cover praise from Alice Walker, Rita Mae Brown and Pat Conroy (who called it 'tough, bawdy, reckless and humane.'}. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0624312.

New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - An amazingly frank and gutsy book by the Southern poet and writer. Don't let the title turn you off - at the bottom of this book is an acceptance of people as they are - Cover praise from Alice Walker, Rita Mae Brown and Pat Conroy (who called it 'tough, bawdy, reckless and humane.'}. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0624312.

New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1984. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An amazingly frank and gutsy book by the Southern poet and writer. Don't let the title turn you off - at the bottom of this book is an acceptance of people as they are - SIGNED on the front endpaper. Cover praise from Alice Walker, Rita Mae Brown and Pat Conroy (who called it 'tough, bawdy, reckless and humane.'). 259 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0624312.

New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - An amazingly frank and gutsy book by the Southern poet and writer. Don't let the title turn you off - at the bottom of this book is an acceptance of people as they are - Cover praise from Alice Walker, Rita Mae Brown and Pat Conroy (who called it 'tough, bawdy, reckless and humane.'). 259 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0624312.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1992.). SIGNED - A book length narrative poem set admidst the mysteries and tragedies of South American culture, this is both an account of a journey Sharon made with her mother through Columbia, Ecuador and Peru when she was 15 and a feminist exploration of the struggle between the sexes. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page, complete with an impression of a lipstick kiss "for our friendship" and dated in 1995. Notes. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-822954508.

Philadelphia: Innisfree Press, (1993). First edition - The second book in the Circle of Stones series, one which expands the search for wholeness by exploring the inner masculine within women. Cover illustration by David Klein. xx, 103 pp. ISBN: 0-931055989.

New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Controversial novel about sexual abuse and rape, by this feminist writer. Publisher's Weekly stated that in her earlier books "Dworkin established a reputation as a provocative writer of feminist literature. She gives her own name to the protagonist/narrator of this powerful, almost frenzied, admittedly autobiographical novel that chronicles her life and sexual victimization. The novel's unparagraphed prose - like Andrea, intense, jumpy, impassioned-- - brilliantly captures the narrator's mental and physical degradation." Author's note. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-941423-697.

New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1928). Hardcover - Ruth receives financial backing from an unknown person, and the Ruth Fielding Film Company is created. Already a talented writer, Ruth is now a successful director. Ruth is also still postponing marriage to Tom. Towards the end of this book is a bit of rather astonishing dialogue for a juvenile series - Tom is jealous of an actor who kisses Ruth on screen, but the actor explains "I can't make love for a cent no matter how hard I try. You see, I don't care for girls that way, never did." Lists to this title at beginning of book, to #22 the ads at the rear. Glossy frontispiece. 205 pp plus 6 pp of publisher's advertisements.

New York: Charlton Company, 1914. dj. Hardcover - A book by this feminist author (perhaps best known for her novel "The Yellow Wallpaper" and her utopian "Herland") in which she argues that our male-centered culture equates masculinity with default human nature, and in doing so confines women to subordinate domestic roles, both undervaluing their social contributions and disrupting the balance in society. She sums it up on the final page: "women are as much human beings as men. . . to develop human life in its true powers we need full equal citizenship for women." 260 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads for other works by Gilman. Rear cover of dust jacket has an ad for Gilman's monthly magazine, The Forerunner.

New York: Harper & Row, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A provocative look at American families and especially our child rearing habits by this noted feminist. Boldly and very personally INSCRIBED on the half title page "For -- (difficult, proud, exciting, dangerous) with love" Notes, index. xii, 539 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0151404.

Toronto: Stoddart, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A provocative look at American families and especially our child rearing habits by this noted feminist. Boldly and very personally Notes, index. A rather uncommon edition with a much more striking dust jacket with an illustration by John Holmes. x 469 pp. ISBN: 0-773720219.

New York & London: Routledge, (1994). First edition - Outlaw culture is the culture of the margins: women, minorities, the disenfranchised. In a mix of essays and highly personal dialogues, this book "gives us hooks on Spike lee and Naomi Wolf, Malcolm X and Madonna, Camille Paglia, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ice Cube." Index. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-415908116.

New York: Henry Holt, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 35 essays, most published here for the first time, which argue is that the answer to racism is rage, for the pain and destructiveness of racism must be acknowledged. But she also goes on to argue that this rage should be channeled to constructive ends, and that eradicating racism and eradicating sexism go hand in hand. Essays with a "furious intelligence, energy and, yes, a tender hopefulness." (June Jordan) Selected bibliography. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-805037829.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which is described as "the first biography to reveal Julia Ward Howe - the author of 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' - as a feminist pioneer who fought her own battle for creative freedom and independence. She was a heiress and aspiring poet when she married Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an internationally-acclaimed pioneer in the education of the blind. Together the Howes knew many of the key figures of their era, from Charles Dickens to John Brown. But he also wasted her inheritance, isolated and discouraged her, and opposed her literary ambitions." Illustrated with photographs. Notes, index. xiv, 302 pp. ISBN: 978-1451645903.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book, collection of articles which explores the extraordinary changes in the lives of women, and the influence of feminism on America. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-374236453.

New York: Bloomsbury, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Part guidebook and part biography, this is a wonderfully offbeat look at femininity and empowerment in 20th century America as embodied in the career of Katherine Hepburn. INSCRIBED "For--Turtlenecks rock, as we know. enjoy!" 193 pp. ISBN: 13579108642.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, (2014). First edition - The third collection of poems - brief prose poems, in this case - by this author. Winner of the Donald Hall prize in poetry. Brian Teare calls this book "Irreverent, irrepressible and intelligent. . . [it] subjects the identity we call 'daughter'to a deeply feminist skepticism." 75 pp.

New York: Doubleday, (2023) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story within a story which is satirical, thought-provoking and a brutal send-up of Hollywood. "Broke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist novel 'American Mermaid' becomes a bestseller. Lured by the promise of a big payday, she quits teaching and moves to LA to turn the novel into an action flick with the help of some studio hacks. But as she's pressured to change her main character from a fierce, androgynous eco-warrior to a teen sex object in a clamshell bra, strange things start to happen." 329 pp. ISBN: 978-0385549677.

New York: Putnam, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of interviews and insights of women from different backgrounds - discusses feminism, professional, self-fulfillment and sexual liberation and the definition of each to these women. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-399-12859.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1996). First edition - Historical novel set during the French Revolution, which focuses on the role women played. - "Claire Lacombe escapes the grinding poverty of her youth by becoming an actress in a traveling troupe. Beautiful and filled with the determination that can be forged by enduring hardship, she becomes an inspiring symbol as she dares to participate in pivotal events. Manon Philipon, a jeweler's daughter, idolizes Rousseau and the life of the mind. Marrying an austere government bureaucrat, she learns that she has an innate grasp of politics. Pauline Leon, the owner of a chocolate shop, is galvanized when she witnesses the executions of poor people rioting for bread." (Publishers Weekly), 468 pp.

New York: Modern Library, (2001). SIGNED first edition - Includes 88 of her best - and most provocative - essays on topics like abortion, affirmative action, and school vouchers, Clinton, Modern Library's list of 100 best novels of the century, the Taliban and more. These originally appeared over a period of seven years in her column in 'The Nation.' Includes a new introduction on feminism at the millennium. INSCRIBED on the title page and signed simply as Katha. Notes. xxviii, 332 pp. ISBN: 0-679783431.

New York: Twayne, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - In her 50 year career, Rhys produced just 5 novels and 3 volumes of short stories, but she was a central feminist and modernist voice in 20th century fiction. This is the first "full-length critical analysis of Rhys's contributions to the short story genre. Maintaining that Rhys's overriding interest was the outsider - 'the underdog, the normally silenced, the excluded, the ignored' - the Malcolms examine the stories from the perspective of this motif. Selected stories 6 among them 'Illusion', 'Mannequin', and 'Let Them Call It Jazz' - are given in-depth treatment, as are the heretofore neglected technical aspects of Rhys's work: narration, style, plot, action, and setting." Frontispiece portrait, chronology, selected bibliography, index. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-805708553.