Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies
Anaïs Nin, the author of works such as Delta of Venus and House of Incest, is the patron saint of taboo-breaking pop culture sexual iconoclasts. Not only is she an…
Beatrix Potter: The Secret Life Of A Victorian Genius
Following in the footsteps of the Victorian publishing sensation, Patricia travels from London to Scotland and the Lake District to discover what fired Beatrix's imagination and where her love and…
The Great Women Artists Podcast: Hilton Als on Jean Rhys
am so excited to say that my guest, returning for his second interview on the GWA Podcast, is the esteemed American writer, critic, and curator, Hilton Als… A staff writer…
Rebel with a Clause
A career-spanning collection of Lynne Tillman’s digressive, renegade fictions
Female difficulties : sorority sisters, rodeo queens, frigid women, smut stars, and other modern girls by Carroll, E. Jean
Examines sorority rushing, the Miss Rodeo America contest, pornographic movie stars, sexual frigidity, and the experiences of women in a variety of walks of life
The Great Women Artists Podcast – Elif Shafak on storytelling in art
In this episode, we talk about the power of storytelling, the importance of writing women's lives into history and fighting for their rights. Shafak has said: "…as a young Turkish…
The Great Women Artists Podcast: Marina Warner on Eve, Lilith, Athena, Medusa
A writer, lecturer, author of almost 40 books, and former president of the Royal Society of Literature, Marina Warner, according to the New Yorker, is an authority on things that…
A Decade of Women Who Submit
Accolades was released on March 4, 2020, a week before the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 crisis a pandemic. Three days later, the Saturday before schools and businesses were…
Maybe Depression Is the Natural Reaction to a World Full of Pain
That’s the journey of life really, figuring out the balance between what’s cynicism and what’s hope, and what’s protecting yourself and what’s closing yourself off. That’s why we’re all in…
Leonora Carrington Rewrote the Surrealist Narrative for Women
In one of Carrington’s earliest stories, “The Debutante,” a young woman who does not want to go to a ball switches places with a hyena. The débutante allows her maid…