Author of Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music
with Allison Wolfe of Bratmobile
and Denise Oswald, editor and director of Soft Skull Press
The early nineties was the time of the riot grrl. Girls across the country put down gender roles and classic feminist critiques, and picked up instruments, zines, and revolutionary politics. For years the best bands were almost exclusively girl bands.
Author Marisa Meltzer is the coauthor of How Sassy Changed My Life (Faber, 2007). Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Elle, and Teen Vogue. She lives in Brooklyn. She'll be here with the legendary Allison Wolfe of Bratmobile and editor Denise Oswald to talk about the book, the music and the movement.
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A delectable middle-readers book. It is also a great way for adults to touch up on their astronomical comprehensions. The second book of this series - George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt - has recently hit the shelves, as well.
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I never thought a book on writing could be so interesting. Stephen King manages to make a normally technical subject about writing an interesting read. It's filled with humour and valuable advice for all those interested in writing and just about anyone. Get it. You won't be sorry.
Star Maker
Written by Dustin
By Olaf Stapledon (Wesleyan, $26.95)
New rule: you haven't read science fiction until you've read Stapledon. His prose is a little dated feeling, but his imagination, his passion for inventing strange worlds and strange peoples page after page, is unrivaled even now. Stapledon nearly exhausted the genre before it got started, and he deserves to be read long after it fades away.
A delectable middle-readers book. It is also a great way for adults to touch up on their astronomical comprehensions. The second book of this series - George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt - has recently hit the shelves, as well.
I never thought a book on writing could be so interesting. Stephen King manages to make a normally technical subject about writing an interesting read. It's filled with humour and valuable advice for all those interested in writing and just about anyone. Get it. You won't be sorry.
New rule: you haven't read science fiction until you've read Stapledon. His prose is a little dated feeling, but his imagination, his passion for inventing strange worlds and strange peoples page after page, is unrivaled even now. Stapledon nearly exhausted the genre before it got started, and he deserves to be read long after it fades away.