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News Flash: There’s No Central Office Called #MeToo

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1 I’d already had a bad day when I read Daphne Merkin’s now-infamous Op-Ed in The New York Times, “Publicly, We Say #MeToo. Privately, We...

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Report from the Field: My MFA Career as a Recovering Prestige Fiend

Report from the Field: My MFA Career as a Recovering Prestige Fiend

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Nearly a decade ago, I made a critical career decision to divest my life from academic institutions that didn’t value me. As a woman of...

25.022016September 10, 2019
VIDA Reads with Writers – Monica Wendel!

VIDA Reads with Writers – Monica Wendel!

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What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today?  I just finished Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, which is motivating me to run —...

24.012016September 10, 2019
VIDA Reads with Writers — Treasure Shields Redmond!

VIDA Reads with Writers — Treasure Shields Redmond!

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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...