alix kates shulman

Selected Works

Fiction

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen
"A devastating expose of the all-American girl plight." Boston Globe

Burning Questions
"A perfectly realized novel about feminism." Rita Mae Brown

On the Stroll
"Insightful and compassionate." Publishers Weekly

In Every Woman's Life
"Fierce, funny, touching." NY Times Book Review

Memoirs

To Love What Is
Publishers Weekly: "Deeply affecting." Kirkus Reviews: "Gripping,engaging, and surprisingly frank." Booklist: "Penetrating...poignant."

Drinking the Rain
"A ten year voyage of discovery [that] could even, if we were willing, change our lives." San Francisco Chronicle

A Good Enough Daughter
"Refreshingly upbeat, infused with insight, affection, and respect." NY Times Book Review

Non-Fiction

Red Emma Speaks: an Emma Goldman Reader
Emma Goldman's writings and speeches compiled and edited by Alix Kates Shulman

"A Marriage Disagreement"
Revisits controversial proposal to share childcare and housework

Events for Fall/Winter 2008-2009

For ABOUT FACE, new essay anthology from Seal Press

Reading and signing: Wed, Oct 1, 7 pm
Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St, 1 block s of Houston St, NYC

For TO LOVE WHAT IS, Alix's new memoir from FSG

Talk, reading, signing: Sun, Oct 12, 11 am
Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY

Reading, discussion, signing: Tue, Oct 21, 7 pm
Barnes & Noble, Broadway at 82nd St, NYC

Signing: Sun, Oct 26, 9:00 am to noon
Table at the Annual Memory Walk of the Alzheimer's Assoc. NYC Chapter, Riverside Park, 97th St entrance

Reading, discussion, signing: Wed Nov 5, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Narrative Medicine Rounds (Speakers Series of Narrative Med Program of Columbia University Medical College), Columbia-Presbyterian Faculty Club, 630 W 168th St, between Broadway and Ft Washington Ave, NYC

Talk, discussion, signing: Thu Nov 13, 10:00 am
Wellesley Authors On Stage, Wellesley College Club (on Wellesley campus), Wellesley, MA

Talk, reading, signing (with Anne Roiphe): Wed Dec 10, 8 pm
National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, NYC