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Tag: Verso Books

Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth – a rich, compelling and unsettling read

7th November 20227th November 2022  Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie

Vigdis Hjorth’s novel, Is Mother Dead, translated by Charlotte Barslund, interrogates the cultural expectations placed on ‘woman’ and ‘mother’, and offers a stark and powerful addition to the growing body of ‘motherhood’ texts, writes Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Books in translation, Charlotte Barslund, french feminism, Is Mother Dead, Kathryn Cutler-Mackenzie, Motherhood, translated fiction, Verso, Verso Books, Verso Fiction, Vigdis Hjorth, Women in Translation

Feminist Antifascism: Counterpublics of the Common by Ewa Majewska – envisioning a new feminist resistance

17th October 202117th October 2021  Selin Genc

In this striking essay, Selin Genc reviews Ewa Majewska’s ‘Feminist Antifascism’, and considers Majewska’s inspirational arguments for a “flexible, inclusive and inventive” feminism in the context of recent events in Turkey.

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Posted in Arts, Books, PoliticsTagged: counterpublics, Ewa Majewska, Feminism, Feminist Antifascism, Istanbul Convention, LGBTQ+, Turkey, Verso Books, Women's Rights

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: an interview with Katherine Angel

9th June 20219th June 2021  Elodie Rose Barnes

In her new book, Katherine Angel explores the nuances and complexities of consent, female desire, and vulnerability in a post #MeToo world, and asks whether explicit consent really does make sex good again.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: Book Review, Consent, female desire, Katherine Angel, sexual assault, sexual politics, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again, Verso Books

Taking A Long Look: an exhilarating journey through Vivian Gornick’s criticism

7th March 2021  Elodie Rose Barnes

Vivian Gornick’s latest collection of essays on literature, culture and feminism demonstrates the power of the voice in personal journalism.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: criticism, Culture, essays, Feminism, Literature, New York, Verso Books, Vivian Gornick

Tomorrow They Won’t Dare To Murder Us by Joseph Andras & translated by Simon Leser

28th February 20211st March 2021  Rym Kechacha

Rym Kechacha reviews Joseph Andras’ powerful novel, Tomorrow They Won’t Dare To Murder Us, and considers the impact of colonial violence and fights for independence around the world today.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Algeria, Algerian War of Independence, Britain and Colonialism, colonialism, De Nos Frères Blessés, Fiction, France, Hélier Cisterne, imperialism, Joseph Andras, Novel, novels, Prix Goncourt, Rym Kechacha, Simon Leser, Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us, Verso, Verso Books
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