Neil deGrasse Tyson Selects the Eight Books Every Intelligent Person on the Planet Should Read
How to “glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world.”
Anne Sexton’s Sensual Love Poem “Song for a Lady,” in an Animation Inspired by Oliver Sacks
“So many doors open when you are present with an angle.”
Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde review – prophetic and necessary
The black lesbian feminist writer and poet, who died 25 years ago, is better known than ever, her words often quoted in books and on social media
Grandma Turned Me into a Ghost
Who were the very first people who helped solidify your identity? The people who really influenced the way you see yourself and how you interact with the world? For most of us,…
Criminal Podcast: The Gatekeeper
“I keep saying, ‘Where’s the body? Kill someone’,”
“It’s the Language, Stupid.”
Matthew Zapruder discusses the role of language and meaning in poetry and his book of criticism, Why Poetry. {listen}
Women Writers on Reading Literature’s “Midcentury Misogynists”
For many of these women, the reading experience begins from a place of seething rage. Take Sara Marcus’ initial impression of Jack Kerouac: “I remember putting On the Road down…
Why Are We So Unwilling to Take Sylvia Plath at Her Word?
New Letters Alleging Abuse are Only Shocking if You Haven't Been Listening {read}
Understanding Poetry Is More Straightforward Than You Think
“I can say that sooner or later poets figure out that there are no new ideas, only the same old ones — and that nobody who loves poetry reads it…
What, Prithee, Is a Poetess?
…Although studies reliably find that women read more than men, when a book is written for and consumed by women, or made popular by women, it is seen again as…