"To Write Like a Woman is a rare example of a feminist tacklingscience fictuion using postmodern theory, which makes for a much more sophisticatedand nuanced appraisal than the usual fare." --Passion

"Russ' essays are witty and insightful. An excellentbook for any writer or reader." -- Feminist BookstoreNews

"In her new book of essays... Russ continues to debunkand demand, edify and entertain.... Appreciative of surface aesthetics, shecontinually delves deeper than most critics, yet in terms so simple and accessiblethat her essays read like lively, angry, humorous dialogues conducted face-to-facewith the author. Russ is the antithesis of the distant critic in her ivorytower." -- Paul Di Filippo, The Washington Post BookWorld

..". 20 years of the author's feisty reports from thefront lines of literature." -- The San Francisco Review ofBooks

"This is a book of imaginative and provoking essays, but you should read it for the sheer fun of it." -- The Women's Review ofBooks

"Collects more than two decades of criticism by JoannaRuss, one of the most perceptive, forthright and eloquent feminist commentatorsaround." -- Feminist Bookstore News

..". a superbook....This is a book that, for once, really will appeal to readers of allkinds." -- Utopian Studies

"If you enjoy sciencefiction, this is definitely a book that you'll want to talk about. I found myselfsneaking a few pages at times when I really didn't have time to read." -- JanCatano, Atlantis

Classic essays on science fiction and feminism byNebula and Hugo award-winning Joanna Russ. Here she ranges from a consideration ofthe aesthetic of science fiction to a reading of the lesbian identity of WillaCather. To Write Like a Woman includes essays on horror stories and thesupernatural, feminist utopias, popular literature for women (the "moderngothic"), and the feminist education of graduate students in English.