Reading List

May 14, 2021

Nonfiction

• The Nation Must Awake: Our Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 / Mary E. Jones Parrish

• Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America / Gigi Georges

• Nothing Personal: My Secret Life in the Dating App Inferno / Nancy Jo Sales

• Period. End of Sentence: A New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice / Anita Diamant

• Things I Learned from Falling: A Memoir / Claire Nelson

• My Remarkable Journey / Katherine Johnson

• The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams / Jonathan Ned Katz

Fiction

• The Personal Librarian / Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

• One Last Stop / Casey McQuiston

• Dream Girl / Laura Lippman

• The Other Black Girl / Zakiya Dalila Harris

• The Invisible Library / Genevieve Cogman

• Eighty Days to Elsewhere / K.C. Dyer

• When the Lights Go Out / Mary Kubica

• Take It Back / Kia Abdullah

Poetry

• Collected Poems / Sonia Sanchez

• I Am the Rage / Martina McGowan

• frank: sonnets / Diane Seuss

• Selected Works / Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

• The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte / Emily Bronte

• The Secret Life of Aphra Behn / Janet Todd

April 2, 2021

Nonfiction

• This is How We Come Back Stronger: Feminist Writers On Turning Crisis Into Change / Feminist Book Society

• Root & Nourish: an Herbal Cookbook for Women's Wellness / Abbey Rodriguez and Jennifer Kurdyla

• My Broken Language: A Memoir / Quiara Alegraia Hudes

• The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 / Rachel Kushner

• Radicalizing Her: Why Women Choose Violence / Nimmi Gowrinathan

• Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: the Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR / Lisa Napoli

• Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes / Claire Wilcox

• Eleanor in the Village: Eleanor Roosevelt's Search for Freedom and Identity in New York's Greenwich Village / Jan Jarboe Russell

Craft

• Punch Needle Embroidery for Beginners / Lucy Davidson

• Korean Patchwork Quilting: 37 Modern Bojagi Style Projects / Yangsook Choi

• Knitted Baby Blankets and Cuddle Bags: Over 50 Designs to Make and Share / Marta Skadsheim Torkildsen

Poetry

• Mama Phife Represents / Cheryl Boyce-Taylor

• Popular Longing / Natalie Shapero

Anthologies

• New Daughters of Africa / edited by Margaret Busby

• The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers / edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

• Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism / edited by Danielle Barnhart & Iris Mahan

Fiction

• Whereabouts / Jhumpa Lahiri

• Mother May I / Joshilyn Jackson

• Peaces / Helen Oyeyemi

• Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty / Lauren Weisberger

• Interpreter of Maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri

• Never Have I Ever / Joshilyn Jackson

• Boy, Snow, Bird / Helen Oyeyemi

• When Life Gives You Lululemons / Lauren Weisberger

March 5, 2021

Nonfiction

• Bicycling With Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration / Sara Dykman

• Crying in H Mart: A Memoir / Michelle Zauner

• I Am a Girl From Africa / Elizabeth Nyamayaro

• Sensational: The Hidden History of America's "Girl Stunt Reporters" / Kim Todd

• Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature, and Feminism in Our Time / Vivian Gornick

• When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today / Jennifer Armstrong

• Why She Wrote: A Graphic History of the Lives, Inspiration, and Influence Behind the Pens of Classic Women Writers / Hannah K. Chapman

Craft

• Stitch A Masterpiece: 25+ Iron-On Embroidery Designs From Famous Artists, Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne & More

• You Will Be Able To Knit By The End Of This Book

• Simple Stitches Embroidery: 39 Fast And Fabulous Designs For Today's Stitcher

• The Punch Needle Handbook: Easy Guide To Punching Plus 19 Projects

• Simply Stitched With Embroidery: Create Artful Motifs For Purses And More

• Mindful Embroidery: Stitch Your Way To Relaxation With Charming European Street Scenes

• Knit A Hat: A Beginner's Guide To Knitting

• The Crochet Book

• Cross Stitch Wildflowers And Grasses: 32 Beautiful Botanical Motifs To Hand Stitch

• Adorable Animal Quilting: 20+ Charming Patterns For Paper-Pieced Dogs, Cats, Turtles, Monkeys And More

Working and Crafting from Home

• Daily Rituals: Women at Work

• Cosy: The British Art of Comfort / Laura Weir

• The Power of Knitting: Stitching Together Our Lives in a Fractured World

• Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times / Katherine May

• Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting

• The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting / Alanna Okun

Poetry

• Stay Safe / Emma Hine

• Pink / Sylvie Baumgartel

• Black Girl, Call Home / Jasmine Mans

• Best of the Small Presses 2021 / Pushcart Prize XLV

• Sappho: A New Translation / Transl. Mary Barnard

• Selected Poems / Gwendolyn Brooks

• Selected Poems / Adrienne Rich

• Collected Poems / Audre Lorde

Fiction

• Caul Baby: A Novel / Morgan Jerkins

• To Love and to Loathe / Martha Waters

• The Souvenir Museum / Elizabeth McCracken

• Another Brooklyn / Jacqueline Woodson

• To Have and to Hoax / Martha Waters

• Bowlaway / Elizabeth McCracken

January 8, 2021

Nonfiction

• Aftershocks / Nadia Owusu

• Dog Flowers / Danielle Geller

• Ida B. the Queen / Michelle Duster

• Let Me Tell You What I Mean / Joan Didion

• What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness—Lessons from a Body in Revolt / Tessa Miller

Craft

• The Power of Knitting / Loretta Napoleoni

• Easy Masks to Sew / Boutique-Sha

• Shawls, Wraps, and Scarves / Louisa Harding

• Knitting Stashbusters: 25 Great Ways to Use Up Your Yarn Leftovers of One Ball or Less / Fiona Goble

• Crochet Cafe: Recipes for Amigurumi Crochet Patterns / Lauren Espy

• Crochet Mini Animals: 12 Tiny Projects for Animal Lovers / Thúy Dương

Poetry

• American Melancholy / Joyce Carol Oates

• Made to Explode / Sandra Beasley

• Beowulf: A New Translation / Maria Dahvana Headley

• Life on Mars / Tracy K. Smith

• The Octopus Museum / Brenda Shaughnessy

• My Baby First Birthday / Jenny Zhang

Fiction

• Milk Fed / Melissa Broder

• The Four Winds / Kristin Hannah

• The Vegetarian / Han Kang

• The Mothers / Brit Bennett

• Someone to Love / Mary Balough

November 13, 2020

• "On Being Ill" / Virginia Woolf

• Having and Being Had / Eula Biss

October 2, 2020

• Selected portions of "The Female Spectator" / Eliza Haywood

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