Sunday, March 08, 2026

Fifteen memoirs & bios for Women’s History Month

One title on Tertulia's list of "memoirs and biographies [that] spotlight remarkable women across literature, activism, and the arts:"
The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit

Few writers have done more to help readers understand the hidden rhythms of social change than Rebecca Solnit. In this sequel to her influential Hope in the Dark, she surveys decades of political, cultural, and scientific transformation to argue that change is not only possible but already underway. The result is a bracing meditation on collective action, interconnection, and the long arc of progress—what the Los Angeles Times calls “an urgent manifesto for our tumultuous time.”
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--Marshal Zeringue