20th-Century Women Novelists Worth Rediscovering
20th-century women novelists worth rediscovering, who deserve to be read and enjoyed just today as much as they were in their time.| Literary Ladies Guide
20th-century women novelists worth rediscovering, who deserve to be read and enjoyed just today as much as they were in their time.| Literary Ladies Guide
This essay is excerpted from “An Unreasonably Deep Analysis of Goodnight Moon: On Finding (or Creating) Meaning in Dreams” by Eponynonymous. My daughter used to fight sleep like grim death. Every night as she was dozing off, she would suddenly recoil, bouncing back from that hypnagogic state with flailing arms and banshee screams. It was as if she saw what lay on the other side of sleep and what she saw was death. Oblivion. I don’t think the analogy is too dramatic. To a baby, bedtime r...| Literary Ladies Guide
This roundup of intriguing personal essays celebrates Jane Austen’s life and legacy, and the unique place she holds in literary history. In 2025, the year of Jane Austen‘s 250th birthday, her influence and talent have been recognized far and wide. Unusually for a woman of her time (she was born in 1775) her talent was recognized early on and taken seriously by her entire family. Despite the popular portrayal of her as all charm and modesty, Jane was a writer and observer in full mastery...| Literary Ladies Guide
In 1838, Sarah and Angelina Grimké were likely the best-known — and most hated — women in the United States. Both published extensively, including essays and pamphlets promoting abolition and women’s rights. Arm in Arm: The Grimké Sisters’ Fight for Abolition and Women’s Rights by Angelica Shirley Carpenter (Zest Books, 2025), introduces these fascinating figures to middle grade through high school readers, but can be enjoyed by all ages. Sarah Grimké(1792 – 1873), the more res...| Literary Ladies Guide
Shelf Control is a weekly celebration created by Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies, of the unread books on our shelves. Lisa says: “Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (sugge…| The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Overview of Toni Morrison as editor and publisher, which was hugely influential in contemporary Black literature and the publishing world.| Literary Ladies Guide
These trailblazing ibrarians built diversity and cultural awareness into the fabric of what has evolved into the contemporary library.| Literary Ladies Guide
Learn about fascinating women of the past through novelizations of their lives, now widely known as the genre of biofiction.| Literary Ladies Guide
Edna St. Vincent Millay was just nineteen when she began to compose “Renascence” some time toward the end of 1911. Written at a time of uncertainty about her future, it was a poem about herself, yet it dealt with the common human struggle to find hope when everything seems hopeless. She had been an outstanding student in her tiny Maine high school, and a star contributor to the popular children’s publication St. Nicholas Magazine. Once she had passed the age limit (eighteen) for submis...| Literary Ladies Guide
It's incredible (and sad) that we're still grappling with the same issues presented in these five 1920s novels by women writers.| Literary Ladies Guide
Fascinating facts about Ursula Parrott (1899 – 1957) bestselling author who was best known for her first novel, Ex-Wife (1929).| Literary Ladies Guide
