More Than A Magazine, A Movement
Each month, we provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.
I don’t know where this year went, but it was a tough one on many fronts. For better or for worse, here we are. Enjoy these 12 titles—then keep your eyes peeled for my Best of the Rest for 2024.
I hope, I hope. Until then, I read.
Reading makes me a better, kinder, more empathetic person. It helps me not to feel so alone and so discouraged. It counteracts the desperation and uncertainty I feel more often lately.
So, friends, here’s to reading. And here’s to hope. And here are the 20 soothing, motivating, educating, loving and ass-kicking books releasing this month that I recommend.
Each month, we provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.
This month, our Ms. book editor recommends Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti, Doll Seed by Michele Tracy Berger, Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery by Ana Lucia Araujo, and more.
Each month, we provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.
Each month, we provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.
Here’s this month’s list of 16 releases we’re excited about!
Each month, we provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.
The 18 books below may just give you some respite, order, distraction or—dare I say—hope.
Each month, we provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.
These 21 books stood out to me for various reasons—ranging from strange and spell-binding fiction, to nurturing and necessary nonfiction.
In her memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk (Ecco), Hanna shares her journey from a challenging childhood through college and her first shows to love, Lyme disease and Le Tigre. Intimate and candid, Hanna graciously explores it all, including the duplicity of the punk scene with its caring collectivity and underlying exclusivity, racism and misogyny.
I was lucky enough to chat with Kathleen Hanna about her book, the writing process and how her feminism has changed over time.
Each month, we provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.
The 24 books on my list this month are certain to help you to strategize, reenergize and mobilize.
Happy April, and Happy National Poetry Month.
Enjoy this list of the most exciting and extraordinary poetry titles I’ve read in the last year. I hope you find some collections that will have you reflecting on how poetry moves you, challenges you and represents you.
