A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls

ΓÇ£Wholly transportive and spellbinding. I was beguiled.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöLing Ma,bestselling author of Severance and Bliss Montage ΓÇ£A fascinating account of a remarkable woman dangerously ahead of her time.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöKevin Kwanbestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians ΓÇ£Exquisitely researcheddeeply feltand poignant. This one belongs on your shelf.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöSarah Rose Etterauthor of Ripe and The Book of The life and times of literary pioneer and queer icon Margaret C. Andersonwho risked everything to be the first to publish James JoyceΓÇÖs Ulysses in America. Perfect for fans of The EditorFlapperand Nasty Women. Already under fire for publishing the literary avant-garde into a world not ready for itMargaret C. AndersonΓÇÖs cutting-edge magazine The Little Review was a bastion of progressive politics and boundary-pushing writing from then-unknowns like T.S. EliotEzra PoundWilliam Butler Yeatsand Djuna Barnes. And as its publisherAnderson was a target. From Chicago to New York and Paristhis fearless agitator helmed a woman-led publication that pushed American culture forward and challenged the sensibilities of early 20th century Americans dismayed by its salacious writing and advocacy for supposed extremism like womenΓÇÖs suffrageaccess to birth controland LBGTQ rights. But then it went too far. In 1921Anderson found herself on trial and labeled ΓÇ£a danger to the minds of young girlsΓÇ¥ by a government seeking to shut her down. Guilty of having serialized James JoyceΓÇÖs masterpiece Ulysses in her magazineAnderson was now not just a publisher but also a scapegoat for regressives seeking to impose their will on a world on the brink of modernization. Authorjournalistand literary critic Adam Morgan brings Anderson and her journal to life anew in A Danger to the Minds of Young Girlscapturing a moment of cultural acceleration and backlash all too familiar today while shining light on an unsung heroine of American arts and letters. Bringing a fresh eye to a woman and a movement misunderstood in their timethis biography highlights a feminist counterculture that audaciously pushed for more during a time of extreme social conservatism and changed the face of American literature and culture forever.