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Essays exploring the lives and literary achievements of twelve women writers focus on how they shaped beliefs about issues ranging from sexual freedom to racial issues to politics.
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Pierpont (an award-winning writer and scholar; no university affiliation) profiles Gertrude Stein, Mae West, Anais Nin, Eudora Welty, Margaret Mitchell, Zora Neale Huston, Marina Tsvetaeva, Hannah Arendt & Mary McCarthy, and Doris Lessing. In particular, she explores these writers in terms of their involvement with issues of sexual freedom, race, and politics. These essays were originally published in The New Yorker during the past eight years but appear here in revised and expanded form. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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