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On Parsing
A few months ago, Claire Vaye Watkins’ courageous piece, On Pandering was published on the web site for the literary magazine Tin House. I watched...
VIDA Reads with Writers — Treasure Shields Redmond!
What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I am reading Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow and Toni Cade...
“I’m nothing, if not”: An Anecdote of a Jar
To discuss my own entry into writing and publishing, I must admit a contrary relationship to publication, one probably not unique to myself. I feel...
Report From The Field: The Defensive Male Writer
There are so many very important articles on the victimization of women in society. And this is not one of them. Nope. This is an...
The Count in the Ivory Tower: Gender Parity in MFA Programs
A graduate PhD student and a tenured professor walk into a coffee shop—sounds like the beginning of a hackneyed joke. Instead, it’s the catalyst for...
Report from the Field– What We Don’t Name: The Delicate Path of Literary Crimes
When I launched The Atlas Review a bit over two years ago, I felt certain that the best way to highlight new and exciting work...
VIDA Roundtable on Misogynist Content and Editorial Responsibility
Recently, following the publication of a troubling poem about violence against women, a social media backlash began, along with a conversation about misogynist content, editorial...
Report From the Field: White People Love Me: Dispatches From The Token
I get along with white people really well. Growing up, they brought peppermint bark down the cul-de-sac to my parents’ house every Christmas. They smiled...
Required Reading
This year, Girls Write Now is counting. A mentorship program that pairs established writers with teenage girls from underprivileged areas and underserved schools in New...
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