Nicole Graev Lipson Turns to Literature to Rewrite the Societal Roles Expected of Women - Electric Literature

A Writer in LibraryLand by Kathy Anderson - Women Writers, Women's Books

By Kathy Anderson Today I’m the author of a novel, The New Town Librarian (NineStar Press, 2023). But once upon a time, I was a new town librarian in real life. Fresh out of graduate school with my Master of Library Science degree, I was hired as the director of a small-town public library in […] The post A Writer in LibraryLand by Kathy Anderson appeared first on Women Writers, Women's Books.

Tomares is once again becoming a literary epicenter with the celebration of the XVI Book Fair, which this year is held under the motto “Women who count. Literature written by women, from Jane Austen to the present day.” With the participation of prominent figures from the national literary scene, the event promises to be the best edition of its history, with more than 160 writers, 18 publishers, 12 bookstores and a space of 6,300 m2 dedicated to…

Nicole Graev Lipson Turns to Literature to Rewrite the Societal Roles Expected of Women - Electric Literature

Nicole Graev Lipson’s debut Mothers and Other Fictional Characters is a collection of twelve tightly crafted essays that blend personal narrative with reflections on history and literature. The book is, of course, an exploration of motherhood, but Lipson is also broadly concerned with the roles women often play—or are expected to play. In “The New Pretty,” for example, she riffs on the concept of beauty, which is not a “physical ideal” but rathe…