VIDA Reviews! Not That Bad, edited by Roxane Gay

VIDA Reviews! Not That Bad, edited by Roxane Gay

Content note: this piece discusses the trauma and minimization of sexual misconduct In the introduction of Not That Bad, Roxane Gay begins, “When I was...

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,...

A Dossier of Red Flags: Literary Encounters with (White, Straight, Cis) Men

A Dossier of Red Flags: Literary Encounters with (White, Straight, Cis) Men

I was eleven years old the first time I submitted my writing for literary consideration: a state-wide short fiction contest open to all middle and...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Natalie Eilbert

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Natalie Eilbert

What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? I only...

VIDA Reads with Writers–Sayantani Dasgupta!

VIDA Reads with Writers–Sayantani Dasgupta!

What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I am rereading Sonali Deraniyagala’s searing memoir Wave, about the Indian Ocean...

VIDA Reads with Writers: Naomi Jackson!

VIDA Reads with Writers: Naomi Jackson!

What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I’m taking a break from my beloved Brooklyn at the moment, living...

VIDA Reads with Writers — Ocean Vuong!

VIDA Reads with Writers — Ocean Vuong!

What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? Christopher Soto’s Sad Girl Poems and Garth Greenwell’s What Belongs To You....

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