Sandra Cisneros’ “Women Without Shame”: Poetry for a New Year
Almost 30 years in the making, this collection of poems is to be savored. This latest book of...
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Woman Writer Virginia Woolf: A Bench of Her Own, With Room for You
Such an invitation! We were invited to the unveiling of the full-size bronze sculpture of Virginia...
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Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso: “A personality with a thousand faces” now in bronze
I’ve never been to Milan, Italy, but next time I’m in that country, I plan to visit this city that...
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Women Writers on Writing: Virginia Woolf’s “Angel in the House” and what it takes to be a #NastyWoman
In 1931 Virginia Woolf was asked to give a speech to the London/National Society for Women’s...
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Woman Writer Brenda Ueland: Sharing an Exhilarating Existence
In preparation for a women’s writing group, I was lining up well-known teachers of writing, those...
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Being Poor While Female in 19th Century Woman Writer Charlotte Brontë’s Villette (1853)
Nearly eighty years after the publication of woman writer Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Villette,...
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“The phoenix takes its rest”: Visiting Woman Writer May Sarton’s Grave
It’s been 3 years since I wrote this original post. My daughter and her husband will...
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Woman Writer Willa Cather: A Forever View of the Mountain
Last week, my sister Theresa and I took advantage of the opportunity to visit the grave of...
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Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights: A 19th Century Woman Writer Calling Out White Supremacist Patriarchy
Wuthering Heights (1847) is so brutal in its exposure of life in the white supremacist patriarchy...
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