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No Liberation Without Community: In One of Her Final Interviews, Gloria Steinem on Her New Memoir, Chosen Family and the Future of Feminism

That gives me hope." In one of her final interviews, the late Gloria Steinem discusses her new memoir and the optimism that fueled her feminism. "The written word has always been magic to me," Gloria Steinem—celebrated writer, feminist activist and cofounder of this magazine—observes in her charming new memoir, An Unexpected Life.

No Liberation Without Community: In One of Her Final Interviews, Gloria Steinem on Her New Memoir, Chosen Family and the Future of Feminism

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That gives me hope." In one of her final interviews, the late Gloria Steinem discusses her new memoir and the optimism that fueled her feminism.

"The written word has always been magic to me," Gloria Steinem—celebrated writer, feminist activist and cofounder of this magazine—observes in her charming new memoir, An Unexpected Life.

"One of my greatest pleasures has always been opening a book and finding a friend." In this posthumous release, she gives us exactly that: a volume that is wise and witty, intimate and inspiring.

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That gives me hope." In one of her final interviews, the late Gloria Steinem discusses her new memoir and the optimism that fueled her feminism. "The written word has always been magic to me," Gloria Steinem—celebrated writer, feminist activist and cofounder of this magazine—observes in her charming new memoir, An Unexpected Life. "One of my greatest pleasures has always been opening a book and finding a friend." In this posthumous release, she gives us exactly that: a volume that is wise and witty, intimate and inspiring.

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"Feminism is positive, widely embraced and global. It's a chance to get to know her not as an icon, but as a friend. Gloria and I chatted about the book the month before her death.

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