On Bad Behavior: An Interview with Therese Anne Fowler

On Bad Behavior: An Interview with Therese Anne Fowler

On the November 25th cover of The New York Times Magazine, Nancy Pelosi poses in a crisp coral pantsuit and matching heels. Her legs are...

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’

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...

Why I Can’t Have Coffee with You: Saying No to the Patriarchy

Why I Can’t Have Coffee with You: Saying No to the Patriarchy

Faculty Meeting This summer at a faculty meeting, I joked with a colleague. I’ve learned how to do this as a woman in the patriarchy....

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Melissa Studdard

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Melissa Studdard

What’s the earliest experience, or a stand-out experience, you can remember that made you realize that you can be yourself, write as yourself, and write...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Joanna C Valente

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Joanna C Valente

What do you have to say to those who would suggest your writing is too intense or upsetting? Life is upsetting and intense, so why...

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...

Report from the Field– What We Don’t Name: The Delicate Path of Literary Crimes

Report from the Field– What We Don’t Name: The Delicate Path of Literary Crimes

When I launched The Atlas Review a bit over two years ago, I felt certain that the best way to highlight new and exciting work...