Her Stories: Backlist Backbones 2021
By Rachel Kramer Bussel | Feb 26, 2021 Penguin Classics introduced the Penguin Vitae hardcover series in 2020 as a way to highlight what it calls “seminal works” by “a diverse world of storytellers from the past.” Many of the featured authors are women, with books by Nella Larsen and Audre Lorde on the launch list. A new edition of 1982’s The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor, due out in May, joins forthcoming reissues from several publishers that convey a variety of female experiences. Gretchen Schmid, associate editor at Viking/Penguin, tapped An American...
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