To Write Like a Woman Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction

Joanna Russ has written extensivelyÑas novelist, short story writer, and criticÑon feminism, science fiction, and fantasy. These essays, spanning almost twenty years of that career, range from RussÕs consideration of the aesthetic of science fiction to a reading of Willa CatherÕs lesbian identity as it emerges in her writing. To Write Like a Woman includes essays on horror stories and the supernatural: feminist utopias; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the ÒmotherÓ of science fiction; popular literature for women (the Òmodern gothicÓ); what the fascination with ÒtechnologyÓ often hides in popular culture, especially in science fiction movies and Star Trek; and the feminist education of graduate students in English. As a writer, Russ also addresses theorists and critics of literatureÑas they address her own work and the work of other writers.Russ, Joanna is the author of 'To Write Like a Woman Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction', published 1995 under ISBN 9780253209832 and ISBN 0253209838.