VIDA Archives • VIDA: Women in Literary Arts

21.082017September 10, 2019

Transcending Spaces: A Literary & Aerial Spectacular

By Katie PriskeIn VIDA NewsTags Events, H.I.P. Lit, literary events, Readings, The Rumpus, VIDA

Transcending Spaces: A Literary & Aerial Spectacular Presented by H.I.P. Lit, VIDA, and The Rumpus H.I.P. Lit, VIDA, and The Rumpus present “Transcending Spaces: A...

01.022017September 10, 2019

VIDA Panels and Events at AWP

By VIDAIn VIDA NewsTags Ada Limon, aforementioned productions, Alicia Ostriker, Amy King, anthology of booty, apt, Ashaki Jackson, AWP, awp women's caucus, Camille Rankine, CantoMundo, cream city review, disability, dj mothershiester, education, eric sasson, Gabrielle Bellot, Hafizah Geter, holly burdorff, iota short prose conference, jill khoury, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Lambda Literary, letras latinas, Lidia Yuknavitch, luis j. rodriguez, Lynn Melnick, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Marlena Chertock, Melissa Febos, Melissa Studdard, Mike Northen, Prageeta Sharma, sarah marcus-donnelly, Sheila McMullin, split this rock, storyscape, sundress publications, VIDA, VIDA Count, VIDA in the classroom, vona/voices, weird sister, women's caucus reading

BOOTH #464 Visit our table to say hello, arm yourself with information, and stock up on swag! E V E N T S :...

18.122016September 6, 2019

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Brittney Scott

By Sarah ClarkIn Bettering American PoetryTags activism, AM Brant, Bettering American Poetry, biphobia, Brittney Scott, Chasing Amy, class, confessional poetry, Emcee G Yamazawa, identity, labels, lesbian, Leslie Ullman, literary activism, literature, poetry, queer, Rich Chigga, self-care, spoken word, suicide, the count, trauma, VIDA, visibility

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

04.102016September 6, 2019

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Melissa Studdard

By VIDAIn Bettering American PoetryTags activism, Amy King, art, Audre Lorde, Bettering American Poetry, Claudia Rankine, Danez Smith, Descartes, Eileen R. Tabios, fear, Hafizah Geter, identity, Interview, Jennifer Givhan, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Kaveh Akbar, Leonora Carrington, literary activism, literature, Lois P. Jones, Melissa Studdard, Pamela Uschuk, patriarchy, poetry, racism, respectability politics, Salomon Grimberg, self-care, sexism, silencing, social change, VIDA

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...

15.082016September 10, 2019

Report from the Field: Encounters with Misogynists or, the Lap Dances I Never Received

By VIDAIn Reports from the FieldTags bisexuality, Feminism, feminist erotica, Kendra DeColo, misogyny, motherhood, publishing, sexism, sexuality, VIDA

This isn’t a lesbian club, the bald-headed bouncer spat before tossing us onto the icy Montreal street. The details before and after are hazy. I...

12.032016September 10, 2019

VIDA Dance-a-Thon at 2016 AWP Los Angeles

By Amy KingIn VIDA NewsTags 2016, Ace Hotel, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, AWP, Charlie Jane Anders, Christopher Soto (aka Loma), Conference, DJ Marion Hodges, event, General Assembly, Gregory Pardlo, Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles, Michelle Tea, Party, Sheila Black, VIDA, VIDA Dance-a-Thon, WENDY C. ORTIZ

Don’t worry, it’s not a competition, we just want to have a good time! Come party with VIDA at our AWP offsite event, and support...

15.022016September 10, 2019

FPP and VIDA present: First Person Plural Reading Series featuring Sarah Gambito, Hafizah Geter, Ashley Grier, & Amy King.

By Sheila McMullinIn VIDA NewsTags Amy King, Ashley Grier, FFP Harlem Collective, Hafizah Geter, Sarah Gambito, Shrine Music Venue, VIDA

On Monday February 22 join VIDA and First Person Plural for an amazing reading featuring Sarah Gambito, Hafizah Geter, Ashley Grier, and Amy King! RSVP...

05.072015September 10, 2019

VIDA PAST AND FUTURE: VIDA ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP

By Amy KingIn VIDA NewsTags Board of Directors, disability, Executive Committee, feminist, gender, gender identiy, INTERSECTIONAL, Leadership, literary, literature, organization, race, sexual identity, the count, VIDA

For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Amy King, VIDA Executive Board aking@vidaweb.org VIDA PAST AND FUTURE VIDA ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP WELCOMES FOUNDERS...

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