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Rose Rankin

Rose Rankin (she/her) lives and writes outside of Chicago. A historian by training, she primarily reviews non-fiction with an emphasis on women's studies. She recently completed a comparative study of female-authored poetry in Late-Renaissance Italy titled Cautious if Not Chaste: The Poetry of Tullia D'Aragona and Veronica Franco. In addition to freelancing for various publications, she is also a marketing copywriter with experience in technical writing.

Books reviewed by Rose Rankin

Women of War (05/07/25)
A Sand County Almanac (01/29/25)
The Mighty Red (10/02/24)
Becoming Earth (08/21/24)
Liberty Equality Fashion (05/15/24)
Dispersals (04/17/24)
The Bullet Swallower (03/06/24)
Gator Country (01/10/24)
Crossings (09/20/23)
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night (08/23/23)
The West (05/17/23)
The Exceptions (04/05/23)
The Climate Book (02/15/23)
The Marriage Portrait (10/19/22)
Bitch (08/03/22)
His Name Is George Floyd (06/08/22)
The Treeline (03/02/22)
In the Shadow of the Empress (11/03/21)
The Man Who Hated Women (09/08/21)
How the Word Is Passed (07/14/21)
In Search of a Kingdom (04/21/21)
God's Shadow (08/19/20)
Silver, Sword, and Stone (09/04/19)
An American Summer (04/17/19)
In Byron's Wake (01/09/19)
American Prison (09/19/18)
New World, Inc. (05/16/18)
Tomorrow Will Be Different (04/18/18)
Renoir's Dancer (03/07/18)
Leonardo da Vinci (01/03/18)
A Disappearance in Damascus (09/20/17)

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