We turn dystopian with Octavia E. Butlers Dawn; the first novel in a trilogy with Lillith (of before Eve (watch Tragic Love Story on Netflix & listen to Lillith episode in the podcast Onde Kvinder)).

For our next read, we turn to Toni Morrison's debut novel, The Bluest Eye, first published in 1970. A devastating, poetic, and deeply important story about childhood, beauty, racism, shame, and longing.

We continue Oma's Reads with Patti Smith, the "Godmother of Punk," celebrated for fusing poetry with rock & roll. Her memoir, Just Kids, won the National Book Award for Nonfiction shortly after its release in 2010. It is a deeply raw & moving story documenting her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. A perfect follow-up: a fierce,...

We begin Oma's Reads with Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in 1909. Her debut novel, Gösta Berlings Saga, published in 1891, is a dramatic, strange, vivid, & deeply human story. A beautiful place to begin: with a groundbreaking woman writer, & with a novel full of life, chaos, morality, & feeling....