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Karla Strand

Karla Strand

Columnist at Ms. Magazine

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June 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us

Are you vaccinated, masked up and ready to get back out there this beautiful Pride Month? I am two of the three because, let’s be honest, I would rather stay home and sit on my sunny porch with a cocktail and a good book. However you spend it, I hope you have a lovely June and that you can squeeze i…
over 3 years ago
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May 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us

Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Let’s get to this month’s list of 35 titles. Happy Spring!
over 3 years ago
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2021 Poetry for the Rest of Us

Some of the most exciting and necessary poetry collections published late last year and forthcoming throughout 2021 that will leave you at a loss for words
over 3 years ago
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April 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us

None of us has been left untouched by the health, social justice and economic crises of the last year. I find that the right book, at the right time can make a world of difference.Here’s to this year being better than the last; at the very least, may we all find the book(s) that we need. Perhaps you…
over 3 years ago
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February 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us

Here’s to all of us getting through the rest of winter as gracefully and painlessly as possible. I’m confident that the 47 books on this list will help.
over 3 years ago
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Most Anticipated Reads for the Rest of Us 2021

You’ve read all the 2021 most anticipated book lists? Well, now see what other books are out there, you know, for the rest of us. I pride myself on finding and highlighting some of the books you haven’t seen on other lists because they are from indie publishers, debut authors or historically exclude…
over 3 years ago
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January 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us

Karla Strand is back and bringing you 30 of the most exciting books releasing this month. Some of these are already out, so you’ll have to catch up!
almost 4 years ago
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Reads for the Rest of Us: Best of the Rest 2020

Overall, 2020 can suck it. But we’ve almost made it through and if nothing else, there were some amazing books released this year. I’ve reviewed my Reads for the Rest of Us monthly lists and chosen the 35 best feminist books below as my very favorite reads of the year (in alphabetical order). It was…
almost 4 years ago
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The Ms. Q&A: Sara Sinclair on the Imperative of Indigenous Voices

Karla J. Strand had an opportunity to speak with Sara Sinclair—editor of ‘How We Go Home: Voices From Indigenous North America’—about the book, its impact and the power of collective memory.
almost 4 years ago
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November 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us

Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically underrepresented groups.To all reading this, join me as we look toward the future with a renewed sense of hope, unity and power. Enjoy these 20 books, in solidarity.
almost 4 years ago
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October 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us

With all that is going on in the world, I hope some of the 30 titles on this list can provide you some respite from all the important work you are doing right now, or some new information to help in that work, in whatever capacity that may be.
about 4 years ago
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September 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us

Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically underrepresented groups.September is normally a big month as it is, and this list proves it. It was a challenge to get it down to 40 titles, but I did it!
about 4 years ago
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Civil Rights Hero JoAnne Bland: ‘This Time, We’re Going to Go All t...

JoAnne Bland, founder of Journeys for the Soul tour company, was 11 years old when she crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965—a day that would come to be known as Bloody Sunday. ’To look at those kids out there trying to do what’s right and saying they’re not gonna take it anymore, brough…
about 4 years ago
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August 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us

As we reach the dog days of summer—a summer of challenge and change—you may be reading more. Some of the 31 books I’ve included may have slipped under your radar. You’re sure to find something of interest, so which will you read?
about 4 years ago
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Zerlina Maxwell on Her New Book, Identity Politics and the 2020 Ele...

MSNBC contributor Zerlina Maxwell and Ms. writer Karla Strand talk Maxwell’s new book, identity politics and the November elections.
over 4 years ago
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July 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us

Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically underrepresented groups. Now more than ever, we need to read and buy books by women of color, and let’s continue to buy books by Black women writers. This month, all 24 of the books on the list ar…
over 4 years ago
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Laurie Halse Anderson on Her New Book, Writing Graphic Novels and W...

For her most recent book, New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson teamed up with DC Comics and an amazing group of women artists on a graphic novel telling the story of Diana of Themyscira as a teen, before becoming the iconic Wonder Woman.
over 4 years ago
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June 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us

As I write this, much of the country is burning. As a queer white person who works hard to be an anti-racist accomplice, I sometimes find it challenging to know what to do to best support Black people and to collect and educate white people. But one thing I feel strongly about is this column. The wh…
over 4 years ago
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The Ms. Q&A: Madame Gandhi on Creativity and Feminism—During COVID ...

‘Unfortunately, we are in a world that takes so much offense to being feminine, that we try not to be. ... We are constantly aspiring to masculine standards, instead of being brave enough to see what it is that femininity brings to the table.’By 2019, Gandhi had released two EPs as Madame Gandhi, op…
over 4 years ago
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May 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us

Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically underrepresented groups. This month, I’ve included 32 titles on the list. Which ones strike your fancy?
over 4 years ago
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Poetry for the Rest of Us: 2020 Roundup

Inside: the most exciting poetry collections coming your way this year, all by and for the rest of us: poets who are women, womxn, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, AAPI, international, LGBIA+, TGNC, queer, disabled, fat, immigrant, Muslim, neurodivergent, sex-positive or of other historically marginalized…
over 4 years ago