On Writing As Liberation

On Writing As Liberation

I. What is the word ‘expression?’ An utterance, a declaration, a representation. Of feeling, of thought, of character. Becoming a radical against silence, expression is...

Guarding the Self: Some Notes from the Commute

Guarding the Self: Some Notes from the Commute

The importance of protecting the inner life against the stresses and assaults of ordinary life seems to be on everyone’s minds lately. Vox Populi published...

VIDA Reads with Writers — Elisabeth Reidy Denison!

VIDA Reads with Writers — Elisabeth Reidy Denison!

What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? Stacy Schiff’s The Witches. Camille Rankine’s Incorrect Merciful Impulses. What book popped...

The Intensity of The Reader: Reading as a Guest / a Thief in the Classroom / in the Wreckage

The Intensity of The Reader: Reading as a Guest / a Thief in the Classroom / in the Wreckage

The Intensity of The Reader: Reading as a Guest / a Thief in the Classroom / in the Wreckage   “I want a heart-broken university....