IVY SCHWEITZER

ENGLISH, WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES FAVORITE BOOK TO TEACH To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf MUST-READ BOOK IN YOUR FIELD Community-Based Learning & the Work of Literature, edited by Susan Danielson and Ann Marie Fallon FAVORITE PLEASURE READS The Alanna Quartet, The Immortals series, Wild Magic and The Tricksters series, by Tamora Pierce MOST RECENTLY READ Earth's Children series by Jean Auel The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, by E.L. James Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal, by J. Jack Halberstam "Lighthouse is the richest piece of poetic prose I know, in language, allusion and psychological insight, and absolutely fascinating as a fictionalized portrait of an artist and her accomplished parents. Every time I read it, I discover more layers." "From reading with my children when they were young, I was introduced to young adult fantasy, and that is my current favorite pleasure reading. Strong young female pro- tagonists, gender politics, political intrigue, action and magic galore. I highly recommend the Earth's Children series, an amazing, well-researched and very sexy sojourn into the Pleistocene era."