Published in 1995
200 pages
Joanna Russ has published science-fiction novels, short stories, and criticism for thirty-five years and has been active as a feminist for twenty-five. Her books include The Female Man, The Two of Them, How to Suppress Women’s Writing, and Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts: Feminist Essays.
What is this book about?
Classic essays on science fiction and feminism by Nebula and Hugo award-winning Joanna Russ. Here she ranges from a consideration of the aesthetic of science fiction to a reading of the lesbian identity of Willa Cather. To Write Like a Woman includes essays on horror stories and the supernatural, feminist utopias, popular literature for women (the “modern gothic”), and the feminist education of graduate students in English.
To Write Like a Woman is a rare example of a feminist tackling science fictuion using postmodern theory, which makes for a much more sophisticated and nuanced appraisal than the usual fare.
“This is a book of imaginative and provoking essays, but you should read it for the sheer fun of it.” ―The Women’s Review of Books
“Collects more than two decades of criticism by Joanna Russ, one of the most perceptive, forthright and eloquent feminist commentators around.” ―Feminist Bookstore News
