Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Literary Criticism
Bonus prompt!! Choose a book of literary criticism or reviews about the genre, subgenre, or tropes you're interested in working with in one of your projects to get a sense of how that work fits in the world.
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Le Guide des fées : Regards sur la femme by Audrey Cansot, Virginie Barsagol

Le Guide des fées : Regards sur la femme

Audrey Cansot, Virginie Barsagol

141 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction adventurous informative medium-paced
Who Is Mary Sue? by Sophie Collins

Who Is Mary Sue?

Sophie Collins

112 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
On Joanna Russ by Farah Mendlesohn

On Joanna Russ

Farah Mendlesohn

285 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction essays science fiction challenging reflective medium-paced
How to Suppress Women's Writing by Joanna Russ

How to Suppress Women's Writing

Joanna Russ

160 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism informative reflective medium-paced
Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters by Jessica P. Pryde

Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters

Jessica P. Pryde

262 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Mythmakers & Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction by

Mythmakers & Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction

218 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history literary science reflective medium-paced
Books v. Cigarettes by George Orwell

Books v. Cigarettes

George Orwell

126 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha Womack

Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture

Ytasha Womack

213 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays music race short stories speculative fiction informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry, 2nd Edition by Harold Bloom

The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry, 2nd Edition

Harold Bloom

208 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction art race challenging informative reflective slow-paced