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What do Sylvia Plath, Mae West, Taylor Swift, Shirley Chisholm, Helen Keller, Sally Ride, Toni Morrison, Dolores Huerta, Lizzie Borden, Billie Jean King and Eleanor of Aquitaine have in common? They're all stars in Fast Famous Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction (Woodhall Press), the latest volume in Gina Barreca's Fast Women series.

As in previous titles, brilliant well-known writers and columnists with established voices are joined by a chorus of emerging writers from diverse backgrounds. A number of writers from the Erma writing community (Pat Wynn Brown, Kim Dalferes, Julie Danis, Bonnie Jean Feldkamp, Angie Klink, Leighann Lord and Amy Hartl Sherman) have pieces in the book. 

“Fast Famous Women is, in effect, the most glamorous of great dinner parties, welcoming all readers to the world of women's lives lived in public view,” says editor Barreca, a former EBWW keynoter and faculty member. “Some guests whoop it up over champagne and oysters while others weep in corners; a few dance on the veranda and while others set out plates or, hands on hips, face the mess. Fast Famous Women is a literary event you won't want to miss.”

Barreca is a humorist and author of 10 books, including the bestselling They Used to Call Me Snow White But I Drifted, Babes in Boyland: A Personal History of Co-Education in the Ivy League, Sweet Revenge: The Wicked Delights of Getting Even and It's Not That I'm Bitter, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World. Fast Famous Women is the fourth book of the series.