“A lesbian is a memoir.” – Lou Robinson “Lesbian-feminism invites us to be present, to follow the crumbs.” – Julie Enszer1 “We saw ourselves as...
Archive for tag: Adrienne Rich
Report from the Field: The Fearful I: Confessional Modes of Address and Speaking the Self
When I crested 12 and took the first tentative steps down authorship’s overgrown path, the trees and buzzing insects spoke with the voices of Sylvia...
To Insist on the Depth and Complexity of Our Lives
In a book I found years ago, Adrienne Rich is quoted as saying, “This is the work I see for us now: to insist in...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Jericho Brown
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? I’ve been falling in love with this poem all over again and the ways that...
On Writing As Liberation
I. What is the word ‘expression?’ An utterance, a declaration, a representation. Of feeling, of thought, of character. Becoming a radical against silence, expression is...
VIDA Reads with Writers – Tamiko Beyer!
What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I’ve been reading a lot of novels lately; I’m enjoying how it feels to...
Report from the Field: The Other Section
I attempt to practice a feminism rooted essentially in intersectionality. As a woman who has had the privilege of studying feminist theory that illuminates the...
Report from the Field: I Don’t Know How She Does It
I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase in reference to myself: I don’t know how she does it. Perhaps it was when...