Joanna Russ, Nebula-winning author, essayist, and critic died in hospice yesterday. She was a strong and courageous voice for reason and for feminism. Agree with her or not, one has to admire her vision and intellect.
Here's her obituary from Locus Online:
http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/04/joanna-russ-1937-2011/
And Todd Mason posted this touching appreciation (you may have to scroll down for this):
http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/
To get a taste of her work, here's a 1979 performance of Shockwave Radio Theater, with Laramie Sasseville reading the short story "When It Changed':
http://www.archive.org/details/SRT19790926
Her influence was widespread. Here ia a 2010 operatic performance of fragments from Russ's novel The Female Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq4yFbtpNw0
Magic Mommas and Trembling Sisters are weeping today.
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