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No people can be both ignorant and free. - Thomas Jefferson. Creator of SelectiveFocusBlog.com - a deep dive into family dysfunction as portrayed in film Drama Movies Editor - Bellaonline.com Aficionado of American Film in the 1970s

Picture of a black-and-white cat curled up in a pet bed, soundly asleep.
A stunning image of medieval Japanese warriors is foregrounded in this poster for the home video release of "Ran".
Photo shows Copenhagen street at night, pierced by light from oncoming cars. It graces the cover of short story compilation "Copenhagen Noir".
Photo is the cover of Mary Webb's novel "Precious Bane". The TV adaptation starred Janet McTeer as Prue, the novel's heroine. The last entry in the book challenge for March celebrating female authors.
Photo shows the cover of book "My First Time in Hollywood", edited by film historian Cari Beauchamp. Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
A color photo of Australian actress Noni Hazlehurst illustrates the cover of her recently published memoir "Dropping the Mask". Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
A black-and-white still of Mary Nolan in the 1928 release "West of Zanzibar" illustrates the cover of this biography. Written by Louise Carley Lewisson, the title is "Mary Nolan: Ziegfeld Girl and Silent Movie Star". Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
A sepia-toned photo of Victoria Woodhull is shown on the cover of Lois Beachy Underhill's biography of her, titled "The Woman Who Ran for President". Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
A black-and-white photo of makeup artist Dottie Ponedel working with her client-friend Judy Garland on a book cover. The book is "About Face: The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel, Makeup Artist to the Stars". Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo shows book cover of "Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism" by Susan Jacoby. Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
A black-and-white photo of a traditional family illustrates the cover of Stephanie Coontz's book "The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap". Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo shows the cover of Carrie Courogen's biography of writer/director/actress Elaine May. A black-and-white photo of May deep in thought is visible behind the title in bold letters, "Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius". Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
A candid portrait of actress/director Ida Lupino taken in the 1940s is featured on the cover of Alexandra Seros's new book. The title is "Ida Lupino Forgotten Auteur: From Film Noir to the Director's Chair". Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
Book cover shows a young woman smoking a cigarette, a still from the Claire Denis film "Nenette et Boni". The book is simply titled "Claire Denis" and is written by film professor Judith Mayne. Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo shows a pink book cover with a distorted image of a female. The book is "Slow Days, Fast Company" by Eve Babitz. Posting a book a day by a female author in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo shows the painting "Judith Slaying Holofernes" by Artemisia Gentileschi on the cover of Mary Garrard's biography of Gentileschi. Posting a book a day in honor of Women's History Month.
A portrait of film director Dorothy Arzner is featured on the book cover of "Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood", written by Karen Ward Mahar. Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo shows cover of the book "Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema", edited by Melody Bridges and Cheryl Robson. The photo shows camerawoman Margery Ordway working in 1916. Posting a book a day in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo shows smoky-eyed actress Pola Negri gracing the cover of the book "Silent Stars", written by film studies professor Jeanine Basinger. Posting a book a day by female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo shows book cover of Danish writer Tove Ditlevsen's memoir "The Copenhagen Trilogy". Posting a book a day by a female author in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo shows cover of book "Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Women's Experience of Power in Hollywood". Author is Rachel Abramowitz. Posting a book a day from female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo shows book cover of Maria Sandoz's "Hostiles & Friendlies". Posting a book a day by a female author in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo of novel "Monkey Grip" by Helen Garner. The cover photo shows actress Noni Hazlehurst, who played the lead character in the film adaptation.
Photo shows cover of Stacy Schiff's book "The Witches: Salem, 1692". Posting a book a day by a female author in honor of Women's History Month.
Photo shows cover of the book "Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada". I'm posting a book a day written by female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
Cover of Joyce Tyldesley's book "Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh". Posting a book a day by female authors in honor of Women's History Month.
Cover of Maya Montanez Smukler's book "Liberating Hollywood: Women Directors & the Feminist Reform of 1970s American Cinema". Celebrating Women's History Month.
Cover of Maria Rosa Cutrufelli's novel "Tina, Mafia Soldier", in observation of Women's History Month.