The Last Straight Woman
On Desiring Men
$42.89
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
23 June 2026
Summary
A fiercely intelligent, funny, and much-needed reality check on the state of heterosexual women.
The Last Straight Woman is a call to set aside the baggage of what female heterosexuality evokes, in favour of a definition of what it actually entails: women liking men. No more, no less. That a woman is straight implies nothing about how conventional or submissive she is. It does not mean she wants to be accommodating to men generally.
Using that simple definition as its…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780771013027 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0771013027 |
| Author: | Phoebe Maltz Bovy |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Imprint: | Signal |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 23 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 366g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 149mm x 217mm |
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Critics Review
“An affectionate tribute to women’s unrequited desire… . An ode to the everywoman.”
—Wall Street Journal
“Delightful… . You never know exactly what Maltz Bovy is going to think about something until you read her: in the world of opinion journalism, a rarer gift still.”
—The Bulwark
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Phoebe Maltz Bovy is a cultural critic based in Toronto. She is the author of The Perils of “Privilege” (2017).
She is a regular columnist for The Globe and Mail and a senior editor at The Canadian Jewish News. Phoebe is also a co-host, with Kat Rosenfield, of the podcast Feminine Chaos. Her newsletter, Close-reading the Reruns, connects contemporary North American issues to 90s British sitcoms.
Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Atlantic, The Forward, and The New Republic. Phoebe holds a Ph.D. in French from New York University.
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