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Carol Anne Douglas is a writer of fantasy novels and plays. She passionately loves the Arthurian legends and the works of Shakespeare, and is using them as the basis of her own fiction. Her book Lancelot Her Story will be published this fall, and its sequel will be published in 2016.

She worked on a feminist news journal for many years and published many essays. She has taught women's studies classes at George Washington University. She is now focusing on her novels and plays. One of her short plays was read at the Kennedy Center, and several have been read at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Md.

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	Lancelot: Her Story 3.79 avg rating — 43 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love & Politics: Radical Feminist & Lesbian Theories by Carol Anne Douglas (Goodreads Author), Joan E. Biren (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lancelot and Guinevere 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mercutio Problem 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merlin's Shakespeare (Merlin's Shakespeare #1) 2.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To the Cleveland Station 1.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives by Susan Hawthorne (Editor), Susan Hawthorne (Editor), Carol Anne Douglas (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Silk Roads by Peter Frangopan is a study of history from a perspective that is new for most Westerners: It sees Central Asia as the place where "civilization" developed. I thought China and India had the only important Asian ancient history east of the Tigris and Euphrates. I never thought of the cultural heritage of the Read more of this blog post »

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If you have never seen a swallow-tailed kite, I hope you do. These kites are among the most elegant birds in the Americas. White and black, with a wide wingspan and a flowing tail, they appear and disappear, giving the viewer just a glimpse. They soa ...more
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I often read novels in which Shakespeare is a character. I have written some myself, the YA novels Merlin's Shakespeare and The Mercutio Problem. I find Shakespeare as a character endlessly fascinating. This novel is well-written, with a good descrip ...more
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I am a Louise Penny fan. I've been rereading some of her older novels to soothe me in these difficult times and I realized that they were even better written than I thought the first time around. Her new novel, All the Devils Are Here, is a worthy ad ...more
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“Love and Politics should be on the reading list of all activists and academics seeking to understand how feminist theory gives perspective and power to strategy and action. Charlotte Bunch, author of Passionate Politics: Feminist Theory in Action”
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