Report from the Field: Of Myopia, White Supremacy and the Personal Essay

Report from the Field: Of Myopia, White Supremacy and the Personal Essay

In 2017, I took my first creative nonfiction workshop with a reputed author, editor, and teacher of creative writing in the heart of Los Angeles,...

Many Englishes: On Editing and Power

Many Englishes: On Editing and Power

“Can I say this?” I would ask my American partner every time (everytime) I doubted the use of a preposition or felt like I was...

Where Do We Go From Here? Against Hegemony, Toward Integrity: The Dissident Artist’s Struggle

Where Do We Go From Here? Against Hegemony, Toward Integrity: The Dissident Artist’s Struggle

Artists have declared their dissent from Trump. #WritersResist, #ArtAfterTrump, and #J20ArtStrike are a sample of many anti-Trump events organized by artists worldwide. It’s important to...

Fighting Against Ghosthood

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...

VIDA Reads with Writers — Maxe Crandall!

VIDA Reads with Writers — Maxe Crandall!

What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I’ve just started Jarett Kopek’s new novel I Hate the Internet, crucial & convenient because I’m...

VIDA Reads with Writers – Brynn Saito!

VIDA Reads with Writers – Brynn Saito!

What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? The beautiful anthology, Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle...

VIDA Reads with Writers – Hannah Sanghee Park!

VIDA Reads with Writers – Hannah Sanghee Park!

What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? Kazim Ali’s Resident Alien: On Border-crossing and the Undocumented Divine. Amazing. What book...

VIDA Reads with Writers — Melissa Chadburn!

VIDA Reads with Writers — Melissa Chadburn!

What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I’m slutting out on all sorts of books right now. I’m reading Meredith...