Writers
The case of Lydia Cacho, Mexican feminist and human rights activist, who was censored and targeted with death threats because of her exposure of a ring of pedophiles.
A discussion of the persecution of Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasrin, and a review of the first volume of her memoirs.
Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series and the place of fantasy in fiction.
A review of Silko's magesterial Almanac of the Dead.
A review of the first four books of the Earthsea series, and an interview with the author.
A meditation on the career and prospects of the historical novel as a genre, with many examples current in 1985.
A review of The Integral Trees by Larry Niven and Extra(Ordinary) People by Joanna Russ, with some reflections on the way science fiction is gendered.
