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Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 – April 29, 2011) was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny.
Jan 30, 2020 · B. D. McClay writes about the life and work of the feminist science-fiction writer Joanna Russ, the author of “The Female Man” and a rival of Ursula K. Le Guin’s.
May 7, 2011 · Joanna Russ, a writer who four decades ago helped deliver science fiction into the hands of the most alien creatures the genre had yet seen — women — died on April 29 in Tucson. She was 74.
Nov 3, 2023 · Learn about Joanna Russ, a groundbreaking author who wrote The Female Man, We Who Are About To... and other novels and stories that challenged gender and sexual norms in science fiction. Nicole Rudick, the editor of a Library of America anthology of Russ's work, talks about her life, legacy and influence.
Apr 24, 2019 · A comprehensive overview of the life and work of Joanna Russ, a pioneer of women's science fiction and a critic of the genre. Find introductions, reviews, essays, and awards of her novels, short stories, and nonfiction.
Oct 8, 2023 · Now a new collection of her most significant works, JOANNA RUSS: Novels & Stories (Library of America, 711 pp., $37.50), offers a valuable introduction to a pioneer who defied categories.
Apr 29, 2011 · Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 – April 29, 2011) was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny.
