Archive of Paradise Rot

An extract from the novel Paradise Rot, on the loneliness and absurdity of being in a foreign city as a young exchange student, plus dealing with the everyday effects of patriarchy.

Don't get tide down in apathy. Dive into our alternative beach reading and spend the summer dreaming about life after capitalism!

Feminism for the 99%, Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights, and lots more!

Our bestselling books on feminism, gender, race, and political theory by Verso's top women authors. 

Featuring books on migration, identity politics, the rise of right-wing populism and the struggles of 1968.

Foundational texts in critical and left feminist traditions with contemporary books on sex work, gender identity and fluidity, and theories of feminism in the age of neoliberalism.

An exclusive excerpt from Jenny Hval's debut novel, Paradise Rot.