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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 3.86 avg rating — 35 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) 4.08 avg rating — 12 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 4.08 avg rating — 12 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 (The Merlin's Shakespeare Series Book 2) 3.75 avg rating — 4 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) 2.25 avg rating — 8 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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This year saw the almost-a-century-delayed publication of a major work by Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon, an account of Hurston's devastating conversations with Cudjo Lewis, one of last Africans brought to the United States to be forced into slavery. He somehow came to terms with his terribly difficult life and became a kind, giving person. It's shocking that it took so long for this excellent b... Read more of this blog post »

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Carol Douglas and 12 other people liked Sherwood Smith's review of The Mercutio Problem (The Merlin's Shakespeare Series Book 2): "This author's two books on Lancelot are easily my favorite Arthuriana, so even though I'm not really into fiction about Shakespeare or his plays, when I was offered a copy of this book to read, I was intrigued. It's the second in a series, but read..." Read more of this review »
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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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