Woman Writer Willa Cather: A Forever View of the Mountain
A couple of years back, my sister Theresa and I visited the grave of novelist Willa Cather and her...
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“I Would Prefer Not To”: Why The Bride! Is a Writerly Movie about (and by) a Nasty Woman Writer
The title of the 2026 feature film, The Bride!, indeed includes the exclamation point, and that is...
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Judy Chicago: Feminist Art, Collaborative Works and ChangeMaker
In the summer of 2021, I went to an exhibit by George Fok titled Passing Through at the...
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Wildly Different: How five women reclaimed nature in a man’s world
I never tire of learning about women who defy the constraints of patriarchy. Sarah Lonsdale’s...
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An Uprush of Flight: Woman Writer May Sarton’s Grave
Each summer I return to New Hampshire and often drive through Nelson where May Sarton lived for...
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The Cemetery of Untold Stories, by Julia Alvarez
Alma Cruz is the central character in Julia Alvarez’s most recent novel, Cemetery of Untold...
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Simin Daneshvar: I Dream of a Universal Reconciliation (Iranian Woman Writer 1921-2012)
“When I am shivering from the cold, and darkness envelops me due to the scarcity of fuel and...
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Celebrating Trailblazer Margaret Fuller (1810-1850)
Happy Birthday to Margaret Fuller, born on May 23, 1810. Our collective gifts to Margaret are the...
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Five Poems and Introductory Notes about Five Famous Nasty Women by Peggy Landsman
In honor of April, National Poetry Month, here are five poems with introductory notes about five...
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