Grobman, Laurie. Teaching at the Crossroads: Cultures and Critical Perspectives in Literature by Women of Color. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2001. 206 pp.

by Jennifer Hastings

"I have never seen so much power in the ability to move and transform others as from that of the writing of women of color" (1). Opening her book with Gloria Anzaldúa's powerful words, Laurie Grobman invites her readers to consider the ways English classrooms can be transformed by a feminist multicultural pedagogy, one that takes literature by women of color as its focus. Assuming that her audience already supports the objectives of multicultural education, Grobman wastes no time getting to her argument—that any literature course can be built around texts by women of color. Her enthusiasm is palpable as she offers feminist educators a compelling, accessible, and most importantly practical guide for re-imagining how we teach literature.