mouse reviewed Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart by Betty De Shong Meador
The earliest known author of written literature was a woman named Enheduanna, who lived in …
Very interesting material, not so interesting book
2 stars
The subject matter of this book is fascinating but I found the book itself disorganized and not terribly well written, and the author seems to be projecting intensely onto Enheduanna from scant evidence.
While I don't know anything about Sumer, I found a lot of her scholarship kinda fishy, and frankly it had a bit of TERF-y smell (although that might just be a second-wave-feminist smell that has developed a bad association for me).