“…a bold, and stylistically varied compilation whose 20 contributors span a range of topics—religion, race, motherhood, hiking, writing—each in conversation with the rest. (‘Pussy Fever,’ Cheryl Strayed’s thoughts on why she wishes sex work were obsolete, is followed by ‘Locker 29,’ Antonia Crane’s gritty expose about auditioning for a New Orleans strip club.) This is a Rumpus production, so the authors tend to be hip and urbane, and many of them discuss sexuality that’s outside the norm. But no matter what they cover, these well-written pieces share a probing intelligence and raise more questions than they answer—the perfect antidote to the pat personal reflections in most collections with the word women in the title.”
San Francisco Magazine has some extremely kind (and deserved) words for Rumpus Women, Volume I, which they gave an A-.
While we don’t really sweat grades here at The Rumpus, and we’re not sure what that “sexuality that’s outside the norm” quote is all about, we’re damn excited that folks are loving the book.
