Race, again and again and again

In her essay collection “No Man’s Land,” Eula Biss’ approach to race is fueled by a quest for intellectual clarity so intense that it takes on a spiritual tone

Miles From Nowhere   Issue #38

by Nami Mun

Fucking Daphne shows performance poet Daphne Gottlieb in full control

A political fable told by the ruler’s servants

In Blood Kin, never has the second-wave feminist maxim seemed so true: The personal is political

There’s something in the water

Environmental alarmism is nothing new in Dam Nation, but it’s more and more obvious that the free-market approach to solving problems through technology can’t work fast enough to prevent large-scale disaster

Swimming against the tide

In Nine Ways to Cross a River, Akiko Busch embarks on a swim through nine American rivers and tells us what she’s learned

Sabine   Issue #30

By A.P. (Black Cat, 224 pages, $12)

Special Topics in Calamity Physics   Issue #29

By Marisha Pess (528 pages, $25.95)

Dao Strom

The Vietnamese novelist’s second book pushes beyond grass, tin, and borders

The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys   Issue #28

Dao Storm

'Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984' by Simon Reynolds

A music journalist chronicles what happens after punk dies

Breast-thinking

a review of Fresh Milk: The Secret Life of Breasts

M.I.A.   Issue #33

With big love for her mama and her signature punk approach to dance music, is she the modern girl next door or the most exciting thing since riot grrrl? We're convinced she's both.

By Anne-Marie Payne

Get into Flower Arranging

By Cortney Heimerl

Elsie Flannigan of A Beautiful Mess

By Amy Strauss

The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, H–M   Issue #35

By Venus Zine Staff

Venus Zine Crowns the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll!   Issue #44

PART 1: STAFF PICKS

By Venus Zine Staff

The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, A–G   Issue #35

By Venus Zine Staff