Do you feel that your writing is necessarily assumed to be autobiographical? How do you feel about this assumption? The vast majority of my writing is...
Archive for tag: Audre Lorde
VIDA Reads with Writers — Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie!
What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I’m re-reading The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara. What book...
Report from the Field: My MFA Career as a Recovering Prestige Fiend
Nearly a decade ago, I made a critical career decision to divest my life from academic institutions that didn’t value me. As a woman of...
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...
VIDA Reads with Writers — Carina del Valle Schorske!
What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? Poetry was made for the wiggle room in a tight day. Today,...
VIDA Reads with Writers – Stacy Szymaszek!
What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? Keith Haring Journals. What book popped for you in 2015? Paul Beatty’s The Sellout....
On Fear, Fearlessness, and Intergenerational Trauma
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it...
VIDA Reads with Writers – Jamia Wilson
What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I am usually reading a couple of books at a time depending...
Report from the Field– Speak Test: The Silencing of the Racialized Body
In my third year as an MFA student, I received an email from my English department requesting that I schedule and pass a Spoken English...
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