After the polls closed for the 2016 presidential election, my husband and I strapped our soon-to-be-one-year-old daughter into her high chair and turned her towards...
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Where We Go From Here: Writers Who Remember Freedom
You say you are my ally, stand up! Brush yourself off. There is no time for tears, for self-pitying platitudes. There is a rich, racist,...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
What poets do you identify with, or feel you are grouped with by editors, readers, conference organizers, or educators? What misconceptions do you see about...
Finding Home Through Literature: A Study of Filipino Fiction
All my life, I felt ashamed because I was born in America. Growing up in Los Angeles, CA, in the nineties, an American, to me,...
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...