Reads for the Rest of Us
Reads for the Rest of Us: The Best Poetry of 2025 and 2026
With help from Violet, I picked the most exciting poetry collections 2025-2026 by women and trans poets of color.
Karla J. Strand
With bibliotherapy, astrology, tarot, and genealogy, I empower people in midlife with knowledge and skills to disrupt harmful conditioning, heal trauma, and discover their authentic selves.
Reads for the Rest of Us
April 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Check out the 25 books we’ve chosen to highlight this month, with special shoutouts to friends and colleagues with books releasing as well.
Reads for the Rest of Us
March 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Check out We Are Each Other’s Liberations: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities (Haymarket Books, 2025), and the 24 books releasing this month.
Reads for the Rest of Us
February 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
This month, I reintroduce the column and suggest the 28 books that Violet and I are most excited about.
Reads for the Rest of Us
January 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Violet and I chose the 25 books by women and trans people of color, and by writers of the global majority, that we're most excited about in January 2026.
Reads for the Rest of Us
Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026
Violet and I chose our most anticipated feminist books of 2026. There's something here for everyone, which ones of the 94 will you choose?
Just So You Know
Yes, you do have pronouns. Whether you like it or not.
The panic over pronouns isn't about ideology - it's about power, identity, and who gets to decide what counts as "normal."
Resource Guides
Yes, You Do Have a Pronoun Resource Guide
This resource guide accompanies my article "Yes, You Do Have Pronouns." It includes popular press articles, peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and websites, all vetted by me (an academic librarian with 20+ years of experience).
Reads for the Rest of Us
2025 ‘Best of the Rest’: Our Favorite Books of the Year
You’ve read the other “Best of” lists—now read this one. You know, the one for the rest of us.
Reads for the Rest of Us
December 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
December’s 14 titles are great for gifting or curling up with on a cold winter’s night. Wishing you all a lovely holiday season!
Archive
Why I’m No Longer Observing Thanksgiving
And what I’m doing instead.
Reads for the Rest of Us
November Reads for the Rest of Us
The feminists are heading to NWSA in Puerto Rico this month! And we're reading these books.