Firebrands: 25 Pioneering Women Writers to Ignite Your Reading Life

(Hardback)

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A beautifully produced alternative female canon, inspired by the 'Feminize Your Canon' articles Joanna Scutts originally wrote for theParis ReviewFor readers who cherishedGoodnight Stories for Rebel Girls,Difficult WomenandThe Story of Art Without MenLandmark scholarship from an author with a growing platform, ideally placed for features, reviews and broadcast coverage

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'Scutts' companionable and sprightly volume of literary women deftly questions the gatekeeping terms of the literary canon, delivering profound insights with a lightness of touch' - Catherine McCormack, author of Women in the Picture

Author Bio

Joanna Scutts is a literary critic and historian and the author ofThe Extra WomanandHotbed. She has written for theNew York Times,New Yorker,Guardian,TLS andParis Review. Raised in London and educated at Cambridge, Sussex and Columbia universities, she now lives in Paris.Firebrands is her third book.