Joanna Russ [SEP] place of birth
story "When It Changed".
Background.
Joanna Russ was born in The Bronx, New York City, to Evarett I. and Bertha (née Zinner) Russ, both teachers. She began creating works of fiction at a very early age. Over the following years she filled countless notebooks with stories, poems, comics and illustrations, often hand-binding the material with thread.
As a senior at William Howard Taft High School, Russ was selected as one of the top ten Westinghouse Science Talent Search winners
The Country You Have Never Seen: Essays and Reviews" (2007)
External links.
- BBC Radio 4 Programme Cat Women of the Moon
- Guide to the Joanna Russ papers at the University of Oregon
- Joanna Russ obituary at NY Times
- "Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts: Feminist Essays", by Joanna Russ (1985)
- Databases
- Joanna Russ, entry at the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 3rd edition (draft)
- NovelGuide.com Biography
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