Lioness in Winter: Sheri S. Tepper
Lioness in Winter: Sheri S. Tepper When I was forty, in the midst of raising children and being a corporate drone, I read Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Tepper. Gate, published in 1988, is an audacious book. I had grown up in the heyday of male-centric post-apocalyptic science fiction. By contrast, Tepper’s novel […]
Blonde at 65 or The Tale of the Peacock
Blonde at 65 or The Tale of the Peacock What have peacock tail feathers ever done for the peacock? They are heavy, they harbor ectoparasites, and they add nothing to the bird’s ability to eat, drink, or move. So why have they persisted, generation after generation? A peacock’s tail is a prime example of an […]
