Toni Morrison’s Sula: Available to and for her own imagination
Toni Morrison’s Sula (1973) has long been one of my favorite books. Besides simply wanting to...
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MaVynee Betsch: Preserving History and the Environment
“It’s history and nature all wrapped together, baby.” -MaVynee Betsch Recently I visited the Best...
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Nasty Characters: Chinese Literature through the Lens of Feminism
Introduction I began to study Chinese because I was vastly impressed by a mediocre translation of...
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Woman Writer, Educator and Activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955): Standing Tall in the Hall!
The crack in the bronze ceiling continued to widen when the 11-foot marble sculpture of Mary...
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Alison Bechdel: The Secret to Superhuman Strength
I’ve never been drawn, no pun intended, to graphic novels. I’m not sure why since as a child I...
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Ntozake Shange & Ifa Bayeza: Some Sing, Some Cry, Part I
Ntozake Shange. The name jumped to me from the screen. Searching around, I learned Shange, born...
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The Memoir of Glückel of Hameln (1646-1724): The First Life Story Written by a Jewish Woman
In The Life of Glückel of Hameln: A Memoir, said to be the first life story written by a Jewish...
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Books, Glorious Books
Books, in any and all formats, are human evolution’s most valuable resource. Books invite us into...
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Journey to Freedom: Harriet Tubman Still on the Move
It’s quite fitting that the 9-foot bronze statue of Harriet Tubman, named Journey to Freedom is...
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