Book description
In 1981, Rebecca Solnit rented a studio apartment in San Francisco, her home for the next twenty-five years. There she began the process of forging a voice in a society that preferred women to be silent. Liberated by West Coast activism, growing gay pride and punk rock, she broke through…
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I picked up Rebecca Solnit’s memoir because I was so impressed with her social consciousness, feminism, and concern for the planet on FB.
As soon as I started reading it, I realized I was facing a major talent, zooming out from the minutest details of where she lived when she left home as a college student to the farthest reaches of the universe. What kept me doubly hooked was her recounting of the influences that made her into a writer, and her inspirational exploration of feminist concerns.
What Rebecca Solnit wrote about her fear of being sexually assaulted as she…
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