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
Axis or Allies? World War II and Latin America
Mary Jo McConahay’s “The Tango War” has the heft of comprehensive history and the drama of a spy novel.
Elaine ElinsonJan 15, 2019
“Learn the Use of Explosives!”: On Jacqueline Jones’s “Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical”
Elaine Elinson praises “Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical” by Jacqueline Jones.
Elaine ElinsonMar 20, 2018
An Arduous but Triumphant Journey
Elaine Elinson on Susan Burton and Cari Lynn's "Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women."
Elaine ElinsonJun 21, 2017
Spain in Our Hearts: Adam Hochshild’s Latest
A look at the Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
Elaine ElinsonJun 27, 2016
- Law
An Enduring Response to Injustice
Fred Korematsu was an ordinary man who took an extraordinary stand and ended up transforming not only himself and his community, but also the nation.
Elaine ElinsonJan 30, 2016
- Law