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Lidia Yuknavitch

Lidia Yuknavitch is an American writer, teacher and editor based in Oregon. She is the author of the memoir The Chronology of Water, and the novels The Small Backs of Children, Dora: A Headcase, and The Book of Joan. She is also known for her TED talk, "The Beauty of Being a Misfit", and its associated book, The Misfit's Manifesto.

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The Big M: 13 Writers Take Back the Story of Menopause

The Big M: 13 Writers Take Back the Story of Menopause

2026
Reading the Waves

Reading the Waves

2025
The Inevitable: A Novel

The Inevitable: A Novel

2023
L'impulso

L'impulso

2022
Thrust

Thrust

2022
Iluminada

Iluminada

2022

with Sarai Herrera and Sergio Chesan

The World As We Knew It: Dispatches From a Changing Climate

The World As We Knew It: Dispatches From a Changing Climate

2022
Das Lied der Kampferin

Das Lied der Kampferin

2021
Verge

Verge

2020
On Being Human

On Being Human

2019
Things that Cannot Be Tamed

Things that Cannot Be Tamed

2018
Il libro di Joan

Il libro di Joan

2017
Het boek Joan

Het boek Joan

2017
Le Roman de Jeanne

Le Roman de Jeanne

2017
The Misfit's Manifesto

The Misfit's Manifesto

2017
The Book of Joan

The Book of Joan

2017
Dunyanin Sonundayiz

Dunyanin Sonundayiz

2017
Lasciarsi cadere

Lasciarsi cadere

2015
The Small Backs of Children

The Small Backs of Children

2015
Dora

Dora

2012
The Chronology of Water

The Chronology of Water

2011
Feminaissance

Feminaissance

2010

with Dodie Bellamy, Christine Wertheim and Wanda Coleman

Real to Reel

Real to Reel

2003
her other mouths

her other mouths

1997

Single issues1

Violence:  Guillotine #1

Violence: Guillotine #1

2012

with Vanessa Veselka