Literatura, Música, y (Huracán) María: Reflections from the Diaspora

Literatura, Música, y (Huracán) María: Reflections from the Diaspora

“Maria’s thunder skirts flew high when she danced” —from “Siblings” in Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith “No hemos contado aún a los muertos, no sabemos nada...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Lisa Summe

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Lisa Summe

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...

Survived or Remained Alive?: An Imagined Interview with Babushka Vera

Survived or Remained Alive?: An Imagined Interview with Babushka Vera

Julia: Is it alright that I’m writing about you? Vera: Well, I suppose so. I just do not understand why you would want to. And...

Writing as a Mother Worker: A Socratic Inquiry

Writing as a Mother Worker: A Socratic Inquiry

Things we know: Lorrie Moore is a writer of humorous fiction, and many would call her prolific and successful. Lorrie Moore is also mother to...

Report from the Field: The Other Section

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...

Self Censored: When Writing is Not Right

Self Censored: When Writing is Not Right

I stopped jumping in and out of trouble. Once, it was a moving car, my father pissed; the walk home slow and only mildly treacherous....

Report from the Field: To Lift Off My Veil

Report from the Field: To Lift Off My Veil

When I began considering Anne Sexton, the American poet who could not bear the sexism of the mid-20th century Western world, and read in her...

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