Making a Selection for Women's History Month

Women’s History Month is coming up and Sisters of the Desert Sun should begin to think about a selection for 2011.  Last year our meeting included powerful discussions on Ensler’s book listed below and information regarding women’s heart health and tobacco cessation. 

Here’s a list of past Women’s History Month selections and a list of recommendations for 2011: 

2005 - The Country Under My Skin – Gioconda Belli

2006 - Women of Sand and Myrrh – Hanan Al-Shaykh

2007 -  Falling Leaves:  The Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter – Adeline Yen Ma

2009 - Bitter is the New Black – Jennifer Lancaster

2010 - A Memory, a  Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer – Eve Ensler and Naked:  Black Women Bare all about Their Skin, Hair, Lips and Other Parts – Ayana Byrd, Akiba Solomon

Leave a comment or e-mail your vote for one of the following recommendations for March 2011 to sistersofthedesertsun@gmail.com.

Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat
The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture by Marjane Satrapi
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia
The Purity Myth:  How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Womenby Jessica Valenti