Read Women discussion

Nominations for our March Non-Fiction read are now open!

The them is Essays. This can either be an individual essay if it has been published as a book, or a collection of essays (by majority female authors), up to you.

Criteria:
1. Book must be by a female author or authors (transwomen and women using male pseudonyms are women).
2. No books that have already been group reads (see our list of previous reads).
3. You cannot nominate your own book.
4. Must be either an essay or collection of essays.

How to Nominate:
1. Give both the title of the book and the author's name when nominating to avoid mix-ups - title only nominations may be missed
2. Please use the 'add book/author' button when nominating - otherwise your nomination may be missed.
3. One nomination per person.
4. Please indicate whether you would be willing to lead the discussion.

Nominations are open until the 8th when the poll will go up

Nominations so far:
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay - Kristin to lead
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women by Siri Hustvedt - Louise to lead
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin - Liesl to lead

I nominate Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit. I can lead.

Carol wrote: "I nominate Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit."

I've read that. I thought it was very good.

A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind by Siri Hustvedt - happy to lead

I would like to nominate "Dead Girls: Essays on surviving an American obsession" by Alice Bolin.

I would by happy to lead the discussion.

Liesl wrote: "I would like to nominate "Dead Girls: Essays on surviving an American obsession" by Alice Bolin.

I would by happy to lead the discussion."

Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin

Carol wrote: "Liesl wrote: "I would like to nominate "Dead Girls: Essays on surviving an American obsession" by Alice Bolin.

I would by happy to lead the discussion."

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Thanks Carol. I was using my mobile at the time and as Kristin mentioned, you can't access the link to add book/author on it.

Liesl wrote: "Carol wrote: "Liesl wrote: "I would like to nominate "Dead Girls: Essays on surviving an American obsession" by Alice Bolin.

I would by happy to lead the discussion."

[book:Dead Girls: Essays on..."

Use the desktop version on your mobile device and eschew the app for a while host of reasons :). But I digress. You’re very welcome.

Agreed. The app is the wooooooorst.

Anyway. Nominations now closed. Poll to go up soon.