She has also written two books on the anarchist Emma Goldman and several children’s books. She is the author of three other novels, Burning Questions, On the Stroll and In Every Woman’s Life… and of a memoir, Drinking the Rain, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. alix kates shulman - Drinking the Rain Drinking the Rain Winner of the Body Mind Spirit Award of Excellence Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist At fifty, Alix left a city life dense with politics, family, and literary community, and went to live alone on an island off the Maine coast. In the 1960s she became a political activist, feminist and writer and was an early member of the Redstockings, one of the first radical feminist groups. At 50, Alix Shulman left a life dense with political activism, family and literary community and went to live alone on an island off the coast of Maine. This year on the 25th anniversary of its publication Penguin is reissuing this classic story of self-discovery with a new introduction by the author.Īlix Kates Shulman moved to New York from Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 20. Alix Shulman is the author of four other novels, three memoirs including the award-winning Drinking the Rain, two books on the anarchist Emma Goldman, an essay. It was one of the first novels to expose the cultural and sexual contradictions of the 1950s from a female perspective and was heralded as an important feminist novel. Published in 1972, Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen was received with both shock and acclaim. Penguin Books, 12. The reading is free and open to the public for further information the public may call (212) 998-2596. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of her first groundbreaking novel, Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, Alix Kates Shulman will present a reading from the book on Tuesday, October 7, 6:15 p.m., at New York University’s Fales Library, 3rd floor of the NYU Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South. Recognizing the pretentiousness ways to acquire this book Drinking The Rain Shulman Alix.

Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman