Wild Women and Books: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings & Prolific Pens (Gift for Women, Feminist Book, Stories of Female Authors and Famous Women

by Brenda Knight

Book Overview

Updated from its original version with an introduction by Ntozake Shange, Wild Women and Books is a celebration of perhaps the most revered and radical women writers of history. Beginning with the first recorded writer of either gender, Enheduanna of Sumeria, and ending with acclaimed authors of today, including Toni Morrison and J.K. Rowling, this is a mustread for those who must read.

Brenda Knight brings more than one hundred female authors to life for today's readers. She makes their tumultuous and admirable paths to literary expression easily accessible in chapters such as Literary First Ladies/ Ink in Their Veins/ Banned, Blacklisted, and Arrested/ and Women Whose Books Are Loved Too Much.

From religious transcribers and political dissidents to erotic playwrights and romantic poets, no subject or literary form is left untouched. In honor of those women whose pens pioneered, persevered, and proved that the female voice is brilliant, we invite you to listen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573242713
• ISBN13: 9781573242714
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Conari Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

On every woman's bedside table, & hopefully some men's...

Portray after portray of women writers, from expected Sapho to not so expected Barbara Cartland & today's news J.K. Rowlings are presented in this fantastic book, nice to look at with its fantastic layout & nice to feel the weight of in the hand. The authors are revealed under imaginative headlines like "Ink in Their Veins", "Sisters in Crime" and "Women Whose Books Are Too Much Loved"...You get thrilled and mused while reading about those female writers. Brenda Knight writes entertainingly well. As a European Editor, publishing this book in my own language, I am very proud to present some female writers (like Anne Rice) for the first time to my countrymen. This is a tremendous gift to buy to a friend who also love books too much (or to oneself!).

On every woman's bedside table, & hopefully some men's...

Portray after portray of women writers, from expected Sapho to not so expected Barbara Cartland & today's news J.K. Rowlings are presented in this fantastic book, nice to look at with its fantastic layout & nice to feel the weight of in the hand. The authors are revealed under imaginative headlines like "Ink in Their Veins", "Sisters in Crime" and "Women Whose Books Are Too Much Loved"...You get thrilled and mused while reading about those female writers. Brenda Knight writes tremendously well - she has knowledge and she knows to share it with us in an entertaining way!As a European Editor, publishing this book in my own language, I am very proud to present some female writers (like Anne Rice and Maya Angelou) for the first time to my countrymen. This is a tremendous gift to buy to a friend who also love books too much (or to oneself!).

Absorbing, revealing, fun reading.

Women Who Love Books Too Much blends cultural and social history with a dash of comic angst, considering how readers and writers interact as a group and affect society. Writers' biographies form the foundation of this consideration, documenting authors whose works changed both their lives and those of others. An absorbing, revealing work is created which is both fun to read and pointed in its observations.