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...
Archive for tag: history
Fighting Against Ghosthood
“I met History once,” the St. Lucian writer Derek Walcott said in his sprawling poem “Schooner Flight,” “but he ain’t recognize me.” As a transgender...
The House With Feet: The Dire Importance of Ruth Stone’s Bequest
“Who are the women who brought my great-grandmother tea and straightened her bed? As anemone in midsummer, the air cannot find them and grandmother’s been...
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...