After completing her education at Princeton and Harvard Law, Susan Cain worked for years as a corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant. Though she was quite successful, she admits that she was “shy and daydreamy,” dreaded the spotlight and disliked aggression—traits that aren’t typically celebrated in the cutthroat world of corporate law. read more

Every single day, we are disgusted. It just happens. We blanch at unpalatable foods. We feel revulsed by corruption and intolerance. We’re grossed out by snails, worms and cockroaches. read more

Award-winning reporter Deborah Scroggins turns a critical eye on the intersection between women’s rights and modern Islam in her latest, Wanted Women. read more

Former high school teacher turned New Yorker staff writer Caitlin Flanagan dissects the harrowing world of female adolescence in her second book Girl Land. read more