Elaine Elinson

Elaine Elinson is co-author of the award-winning Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California (2009).

Articles

Opening the Pandora’s Box of Latin American Women’s Writing
Elaine Elinson reviews Kit Maude’s new translation of “We, the Casertas,” a novel by Argentine author Aurora Venturini.
Elaine ElinsonMay 14
- Fiction
The Country of the Apocalypse: On George Black’s “The Long Reckoning”
Elaine Elinson reviews George Black’s “The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam.”
Elaine ElinsonSep 9, 2023
- History
- Nonfiction
Unearthing Conflict and Complicity: On Kerri K. Greenidge’s “The Grimkes”
Elaine Elinson reviews Kerri K. Greenidge’s “The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family.”
Elaine ElinsonFeb 15, 2023
- Nonfiction
Toil and Trouble
A novel about an English witch hunt enlivens women’s voices missing from the record.
Elaine ElinsonAug 19, 2021
- Fiction
Before “Migrant Mother”
A novel of Dorothea Lange’s formative years in San Francisco, before she went on the road.
Elaine ElinsonJun 2, 2021
- Fiction
Vibrant Voices
An anthology of Chicanx literature dazzles.
Elaine ElinsonMar 8, 2021
- Poetry
- Politics
Free Yet Flawed: On Sherry L. Smith’s “Bohemians West”
Elaine Elinson reviews “Bohemians West: Free Love, Family and Radicals in Twentieth Century America,” the new dual biography by Sherry L. Smith.
Elaine ElinsonNov 28, 2020
Home: The Most Dangerous Place for Women
Elaine Elinson reviews Rachel Louise Snyder's "No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us."
Elaine ElinsonDec 8, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Law

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