Book Review
House of Open Wounds
by Kristen Rabe
An engrossing, imaginative novel set around an experimental hospital unit, "House of Open Wounds" explores weighty questions about the scars upon those who heal others. In a medical tent near the Palleseen battlefields, a dozen medics...
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Man's World
by Kristen Rabe
A timely reissue of Charlotte Haldane’s brilliant 1926 dystopian novel, Man’s World is set in a future where individual desires are sacrificed for communal good, women’s roles are prescribed, and genetic makeup is determined by...
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The Wings Upon Her Back
by Kristen Rabe
After a long career as a warrior, a determined woman questions her sacrifices and unwavering obedience to a charismatic leader in "The Wings Upon Her Back", Samantha Mills’s thrilling fantasy debut. Zenya’s community is organized...
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This Tenuous Atmosphere
by Kristen Rabe
Poetic, inventive, and spare, Maria S. Picone’s "This Tenuous Atmosphere" is a meticulous novella about a woman’s search for family and belonging. Asia feels like an outsider in her fantastical outer-space world. Orbiting Earth among...
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Chicano Frankenstein
by Kristen Rabe
In Daniel A. Olivas’s wry, entertaining novel inspired by the Mary Shelley classic, a “reanimated” man in near-future Los Angeles searches for love and identity while contending with bigotry and an uncertain past. Herein,...
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The Story Is in Our Bones
by Kristen Rabe
Comprehensive and inspiring, "The Story Is in Our Bones" reviews how women, Indigenous people, and other activists across the globe are working to counter climate change and protect ecosystems. In this persuasive book, Osprey Orielle...
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Toward a Holy Ecology
by Kristen Rabe
Rabbi Ellen Bernstein’s "Toward a Holy Ecology" is a meditative, captivating interpretation of Song of Songs that emphasizes the natural world, women’s strength, and wholeness. The Song of Songs, an enigmatic poem that celebrates a...
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Otter Country
by Kristen Rabe
In her beautiful, mesmerizing memoir "Otter Country", Miriam Darlington traces her year-long exploration of rivers, estuaries, and marshlands in Great Britain in search of the provocative, secretive otter. An entrancing storyteller,...