25.012018September 10, 2019
The White Fists of Old Letters: On Being Plathian

The White Fists of Old Letters: On Being Plathian

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I. October 5, 2017 It’s hard to say when my work was first called Plathian. It certainly could have been during a senior year college...

17.122017November 12, 2019
Report from the Field: Poets on Strike, Irish Women Poets and the Canon

Report from the Field: Poets on Strike, Irish Women Poets and the Canon

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This Report from the Field includes a republication of Fired! Irish Women Poets and the Canon’s pledge in response to the ongoing conversation surrounding gender...

07.122017September 10, 2019
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

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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....

10.102017September 10, 2019
A Dossier of Red Flags: Literary Encounters with (White, Straight, Cis) Men

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

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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...

29.092017September 10, 2019
The Authored Self

The Authored Self

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Writing, for me, means freedom. Which is to say, everything prior to discovering writing was entrapment. You cannot desire freedom, you cannot be gripped by...

07.092017November 12, 2019
Report from the Field: “It’s okay, it’s art, keep going.”

Report from the Field: “It’s okay, it’s art, keep going.”

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This Report from the Field is a republication of Kolleen Carney’s personal blog post at https://kolleencarney.com/2017/08/24/82317-pt-2/amp/ regarding the developing controversy regarding a member of the...

29.082017September 10, 2019
Mary Shelley Lives Again

Mary Shelley Lives Again

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Mary Shelley is such a well-known cultural figure, it’s easy to forget she was ever a real person. Her best-known work, the novel Frankenstein, or...

27.072017September 10, 2019
Body of a Poem: Genrequeer and Genderqueer in Alabama

Body of a Poem: Genrequeer and Genderqueer in Alabama

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Most of the jokes I hear about Alabama from my Northern liberal friends have nothing to do with the gorgeous, fierce resistance that I see...