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Brenda Knight Writes Testament to Women Writers

Women writers have had and exhibited the courage to write about all subjects - from religious and political ideas to erotic and romantic stories, no subject or literary form has been left untouched. In honor of those women whose pens pioneered, persevered, and proved that the female voice is brilliant, we invite you to read Brenda Knight`s testament to these female writers.

`This book is a testament to the relationship and contributions of women writers, lest we forget their impact and inspiration. Brenda paints the portraits of women writers with her energetic and enigmatic words in an accessible and engaging manner. Please join me on this amazing journey through women`s history ? I know you will be as inspired by it as I have been.` Brenda Knight brings more than one hundred female authors to life for today`s readers. She makes their tumultuous and admirable paths to literary expression easily accessible in chapters such as Literary First Ladies, Ink in Their Veins, Banned, Blacklisted, and Arrested, and Women Whose Books Are Loved Too Much.

The book features a directory for book groups and reading resources with sixty illustrations and photographs. Also featured are quotes from two hundred of the greatest women writers including Kate Chopin, Agatha Christie, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Simone de Beauvoir, Virginia Woolf, Djuna Barnes, J.K. Rowling, Anne Rice, and Iris Murdoch. From religious transcribers and political dissidents to erotic playwrights and romantic poets, no subject or literary form is left untouched. In honor of those women whose pens pioneered, persevered, and proved that the female voice is brilliant, we invite you to listen.