FEMSPEC
An interdisciplinary feminist journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres.
Femspec Vol 18, Issue 1, 2017
Editor's Corner
BATYA WEINBAUM
Introduction
EMILY COX
Criticism
NAOMI R. MERCER. "Utopia as a Process in Jewish Feminist Dystopian Writing"
BATYA WEINBAUM. "Seeking the Divine Mother: The Disappointed Feminist Field Worker in South America, or Should She Be?"
Interview
ALICIA COLE. "Interview with Ana Castilo"
Creative Work: Poems
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ALICIA COLE. "Invisible"
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BATYA WEINBAUM. "Who We Were"
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Book and Media Reviews
CAIT COOKER. "Carol Anne Douglas 'Lancelot: Her Story'"
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NAOMI R. MERCER. "Naomi Alderman 'The Power'"
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MERRY LYNN BYRD. "Maybe The Answer was Miranda All Along: A Review of Margaret Atwood’s 'Hag Seed' and Jacqueline Carey’s 'Miranda and Caliban'"
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TUCKER PAMELLA FARLEY. "Transfixed: A Review of Sharon Leder’s 'The Fix: A Father’s Secrets, A Daughter’s Search'"
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NAOMI R. MERCER. "The Handmaid’s Tale"
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CHAZ KADER. "Don’t Let Anyone Clip Your Wings: Celeste Newbrough’s 'Angel on Polk Street'"
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Conference and Event Coverage
EMILY COX. "Philip K. Dick and Vast Narrative, Birmingham City University, 22nd April 2017"
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BATYA WEINBAUM. "Report on the Second Annual Handmaids’ Gate Gathering"
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Obituaries
BATYA WEINBAUM. "Death at Twin Oaks"
BATYA WEINBAUM. "Dancing with Joe, or How to Get A Graduate Thesis Advisor"
Books and Media Received
Contributors
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