Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations by Adrienne Rich. W.W.Norton & Company, 2001. Hardcover $34.99 Cdn.
A fascinating collection of essays from the last decade of the twentieth century that trace Rich's engagement with her time, her arguments with herself and others. These essays search for possibilities beyond a compromised, degraded system. They call instead on the fluidity of the imagination, from poetic vision to social justice, from the badlands of political demoralization to an art that might wound but not tear apart.

Turbo Chicks: Talking Young Feminisms edited by Lara Karaian, Lisa Bryn Rundle, & Allyson Mitchell. Sumach Press, 2001. Paperback.
An energetic new collection of prose, poetry, theoretical exploration, zines and photo essays from a diverse group of young women. Themes include the meaning of feminism for different women, multiple identities of sexuality, body image, approaches to feminist theory and activism. Turbo Chicks is an insightful dialogue of feminist thought and ideas.

The Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr by Susan Crean. HarperCollins, 2001. Hardcover $32.00 Cdn.
A fresh and unique exploration of Emily Carr, her influence on Canadian culture and our fascination with her life. Crean uses historical research, never-before-published material, and fictional accounts of Carr's life to create an insightful and valuable contribution to Canadian art and cultural history.

We Gotta Get Outta This Place: The True, Tough Story of Women In Rock by Gerri Hirshey. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. Hardcover $38.95 Cdn.
An in-depth look at the music and lives of female rock singers that chronicles the stories of artists such as Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Patti Smith, Dolly Parton, Madonna, Lauryn Hill and Debbie Harry. Hirshey, who has been travelling with and writing about musicians for many years, takes us on an insider's tour of the music business and writes an evocative, affectionate and feminist account of these fascinating women and the music that drives them.