To Write Like a Woman is a rare example of a feminist tackling science fictuion using postmodern theory which makes for a much more sophisticated and nuanced appraisal than the usual fare. --Passion Russ essays are witty and insightful. An excellent book for any writer or reader. --Feminist Bookstore News In her new book of essays . . . Russ continues to debunk and demand edify and entertain. . . . Appreciative of surface aesthetics she continually delves deeper than most critics yet in terms so simple and accessible that her essays read like lively angry humorous dialogues conducted face-to-face with the author. Russ is the antithesis of the distant critic in her ivory tower. --Paul Di Filippo The Washington Post Book World . . . 20 years of the author s feisty reports from the front lines of literature. --The San Francisco Review of Books This is a book of imaginative and provoking essays but you should read it for the sheer fun of it. --The Women s Review of Books Collects more than two decades of criticism by Joanna Russ one of the most perceptive forthright and eloquent feminist commentators around. --Feminist Bookstore News . . . a super book. . . .This is a book that for once really will appeal to readers of all kinds. --Utopian Studies If you enjoy science fiction this is definitely a book that you ll want to talk about. I found myself sneaking a few pages at times when I really didn t have time to read. --Jan Catano Atlantis Classic essays on science fiction and feminism by Nebula and Hugo award-winning Joanna Russ. Here she ranges from a consideration of the aesthetic of science fiction to a reading of the lesbian identity of Willa Cather. To Write Like a Woman includes essays on horror stories and the supernatural feminist utopias popular literature for women (the modern gothic ) and the feminist education of graduate students in English.