A Poet’s Encounter Ladies Lazarus is a work of creative nonfiction that offers the experience of poetry to me. Language that transports you to a...
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Fatimah Asghar – VIDA Voices & Views Interview (Part II)
About This Episode: This is Part II of a two-part interview. In this episode of VIDA Voices and Views, Melissa Studdard interviews poet and filmmaker, Fatimah Asghar,...

Body of a Poem: You Cannot Make Home In A Lie
Presence teaches me, through all complexity—this mass and mess of body animate with breath—that gender is irreducible. i can remember not having it, or not...

VIDA Reviews! This Will Be My Undoing, by Morgan Jerkins
It’s no accident the cover of Morgan Jerkins book has her looking up with eyes closed as though she’s imagining the positive impact of her...

VIDA Reviews! Women in Sound Zines
“Why is the largest audio forum on the internet called Gear Slutz? Why is this guitar pedal called Screaming Whore? Why have no women been...

Report from the Field: Money, Writing, & Opportunity: A Manifesto
In creative fields where labor is undervalued, writers and artists are asked to work for “exposure” in lieu of compensation that would address our most...

Literacy Breaking the Cage
The day my mother decided to move was not easy. I was sitting on the couch in my overalls studying for my exam. She seemed...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 – Michael Wasson
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? There were...

Aut Lit By Neurotypicals; Or, Another Case Of “Where Are The Women?”
Does the trend piece make the trend? When it comes to sub-genres such as women’s literature or lesbian and gay literature, the field’s development hinges...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 – Joey De Jesus
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? Who would...
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