5 New and Noteworthy Books to Read This Spring

We asked the landmark Women & Children First bookstore in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood to tell us which books they’re excited to dig into this spring. Here are five to put on your must-read list. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower Brittney Cooper The popular Cosmopolitan.com columnist embraces the “mad black woman” stereotype and […]

A Chat With Bay Area Author Deborah Santana

We sat down with San Rafael’s Deborah Santana to discuss “All the Women in My Family Sing: Women Write the World: Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom,” a new anthology centering on experiences of women of color published, edited, and with a foreword by Deborah Santana. Marin Magazine: What is the main message of your foreword? […]

9 of the Best Beach Reads to Pack on Vacation

January and February always seem to stretch on interminably: By months’ end the snow is dirty and slushy; the kids are alternating between being sick and bouncing off the walls, but it’s too cold to kick them outdoors; and you? Well, you could use a break. A SPRING break. (See what I did there?) Vacation […]

8 Steamy Romance Novels Just in Time for Valentine’s Day

Say “romance novel,” and most people will immediately think of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy, which has had a firm hold on pop culture for the past several years (with no end in sight; you might have heard that the whole series is being reissued from the point of view of Christian Grey, because […]