11 Books About Women Who Rewrote Life and Art

I’ve been on the hunt for books by women for as long as I can remember. My favorite stories are usually not romances, but stories of women trying to make sense of how they can be the main characters in their own lives, even when people around them keep relegating them to supporting roles. In high school in Seattle, I would get off the bus a few stops early to comb the shelves of B. Bailey Books. I…