Teacher Guide

Cat Person Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

Roupenian has published a collection of short stories, You Know You Want This, in which "Cat Person" is included; students might benefit from understanding the story in the context of her other work.

Other books about challenging sexual dynamics and questions of power between men and women might include Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Difficult Women by Roxane Gay, Whipping Girl by Julia Serano, The Interestings and The Wife by Meg Wolitzer, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, and The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston.

Other works that particularly engage with the #MeToo Movement and the histories of sexual harassment and assault that...

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