Vox

"Baker has written a novel that remaps the territory of sex -- solitary and telephonic, lyrical and profane, comfortable... (more)

"Baker has written a novel that remaps the territory of sex -- solitary and telephonic, lyrical and profane, comfortable and dangerous. Written in the form of a phone conversation between two strangers, Vox is an erotic classic that places the author in the first rank of America's major writers."--Publisher's description. (less)

On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than one hundred words per day, Dr. Jean McClell... (more)

On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than one hundred words per day, Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial. This can't happen here. Not in America. Not to her. This is just the beginning. Soon women are not permitted to hold jobs. Girls are not taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words each day, but now women have only one hundred to make themselves heard. For herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice. (less)

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