JOANNA RUSS

     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.