FARRAR, STRAUS GIROUX
Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine (Aug., $15) by Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler collects rants and raves on topics from Martha Stewart to the "gayby boom."
HOLT/OWL
Secrets of the Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women's Lives (May, $15) by Rosemary Daniell features wisdom and stories from a creative writing workshop.
INNER OCEAN
Secret Lives of Lawfully Wedded Wives: 25 Women Writers on Love, Infidelity, Sex Roles, Race, Kids, and More (June, $14.95) by Autumn Stephens offers no-holds-barred essays on the truth of married women's lives.
NEW WORLD LIBRARY
Imagining Ourselves (Mar., $26.95), edited by Paula Goldman, collects art, poetry, fiction, songs and essays from young women in 57 countries. Ad/promo.
RUTGERS UNIV. PRESS
Cut Loose: (Mostly) Older Women Talk About the End of (Mostly) Long-Term Relationships (Aug., $21.95), edited by Nan Bauer-Maglin.
STYLUS
The Balancing Act: Gendered Perspectives in Faculty Roles and Work Lives (Mar.; $24.95, cloth $59.95), edited by Susan J. Bracken et al., asks why many women attain advanced degrees but don't enter academic careers.
UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, and Power (June; $19.95, cloth $55) by Psyche A. Williams-Forson considers how black women arrive at degrees of self-reliance using certain foods.
UNIV. OF OKLAHOMA PRESS
Cleopatra: A Sourcebook (Apr., $19.95) by Prudence J. Jones collects readings about the Egyptian ruler.
UNIV. OF TEXAS PRESS
Texas Monthlyon Texas Women (Mar., $18.95) by the magazine's editors collects articles celebrating the strength of Lone Star State women.
