Swimming in Gilead

Swimming in Gilead by Cassie Premo Steele takes us through the journey of a woman who, empowered to express herself through the feminist spirit of a writing group, explores what it means to be a woman and an ally in an era of uncertainty. In the summer of 2020 as the pandemic was raging, Cassie joined a group of six women-three from Canada and three from the United States, four white and two women of color, and five lesbians and one straight-to sit and write remotely once a week. They called the