Heroines

It’s kind of a book of utterances … its beautiful and I love it – Kristen StewartThe book is startlingly insightful * Jezebel.com *If you thought you knew a lot about the “wives” of modernism and the various forms of silencing they suffered, Kate Zambreno’s Heroines will teach you more; if you didn’t know much, your mouth will fall open in enraged amazement – Maggie NelsonA lush, lyrical feminist memoir – Laurie Penny * New Statesman *Zambreno doesn’t write with the measured voice of someone who can count on being listened to, but with the wail of someone confined to a shed – Sheila Heti * London Review of Books *Heroines is rigorous and confident, fiercely intelligent in its demand for a fairer way of reading, writing and writing about women - past, present and future – Juliet Jacques * New Statesman *

Kate Zambreno is the author of nine books, most recently The Light Room, a meditation on art and care. Her writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, BOMB, Astra, VQR, and elsewhere. She teaches in the graduate nonfiction program at Columbia University. She is the 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in Nonfiction.

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