20.072018September 9, 2019
VIDA Reviews! Sharp by Michelle Dean

VIDA Reviews! Sharp by Michelle Dean

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Women today are still fighting a fight that began in the 1970s—namely, to carve out their own space in the canon of cultural greatness. The...

29.032018November 12, 2019
Report from the Field: Native Women Writers Take on the ‘Indian Du Jour’

Report from the Field: Native Women Writers Take on the ‘Indian Du Jour’

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Indian Country and, in particular, the Native writing community, is grieving today because of the scandal (known among many Native women writers for years) that...

01.022015October 9, 2020
VIDA Roundtable on Misogynist Content and Editorial Responsibility

VIDA Roundtable on Misogynist Content and Editorial Responsibility

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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...

18.112014September 9, 2019
Against Our Own Best Time: Competition Among Writers in the Margins

Against Our Own Best Time: Competition Among Writers in the Margins

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In the small town where I grew up, I was strange and lonely. Books were my solution. The page was the easiest place to name...