Indigenous Woman Writer Paula Gunn Allen: Pocahontas was a Powerful Medicine Woman with a Plan
#Nastywomanwriter Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) sets the record straight about another #nastywoman...
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Author: Theresa C. Dintino
Women Writers on Writing – Toni Morrison’s Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
In her book, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, Woman Writer Toni...
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Toni Morrison’s Sula: Available to and for her own imagination—a rare kind of freedom and a black woman writer’s manifesto.
Toni Morrison’s Sula (1973) has long been one of my favorite books. Besides simply wanting to...
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You say: “I’m #antiracist” but do you actually know what that means? Here are some highlights, in case you missed them….
So you say you are #antiracist. Are you ready to commit to what that means? This week’s post...
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Lorraine Hansberry: A Black Woman Writer’s Voice we need NOW! American(1930-1965) By Theresa C. Dintino
Lorraine Hansberry is a National Treasure. We need her voice. Especially now when, as a country we...
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Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre’s Righteous Anger, British Woman Writer (1816-1855)
Jane is plain. Jane is fiery. Jane is passionate. She is outspoken. She will not be controlled....
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Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers – They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
In her book, They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South, Stephanie...
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin: Ambisexuality, both male and female in the same body, explored in a novel written in 1969 by one of the greatest women writers and thinkers of our time.
In the preface to the 2019 edition of the novel, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin,...
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Ona Judge – American (1773-1848): Enslaved by and On the Run From Martha and George Washington
Ona Judge’s freedom meant more to her than anything, in spite of what those who chose to enslave...
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