In this collection of creative non-fiction, or “true stories,” as the author calls them, Kennedy captures the essential purpose and the deeper good of her subjects--from the author of The Joy of Sed to the world's smartest parrot.

The Score, part sociological inquiry, part biology primer, and full of blessed wit, explores why the male of the species is who he is.

Less an argument against the institution of marriage than a comprehensive history, this is a fun read that's simultaneously cheeky and no-nonsense.

This academic argument that inequality between the sexes is not historically the “natural” state of things is compelling but dry.

A simple, poetic story about a a Chinese peasant who abandons her rural life in search of something better.