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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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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Margaret Fuller (1810-1850): Share the Joys!
A piece titled “Christmas” written by Margaret Fuller is included in a collection of her works...
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Girlfriends & Improbable Dreams: Casualties of Patriarchy
Discovering Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls is the first in a trilogy of novels, I...
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Sandra Cisneros: “Women Without Shame”
Almost 30 years in the making, this collection of Sandra Cisneros’ poems is a gift to be...
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Rachel Blaustein (1890-1919): “The Mother of Modern Hebrew Poetry”
We need not dwell in great detail on Rachel’s life, because unlike her, it was utterly typical of...
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Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway: Being, Non-Being, and the Spiritual Continuum Holding Up the World
In her autobiographical memoir, “A Sketch of the Past,” Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) writes of...
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: A Woman Writer Living Life On Her Own Terms
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953) was a wild woman: independent, strong-willed, super ambitious...
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Woman Writer Edna O’Brien: ‘Fearless Teller of Truths’
Who is Irish writer Edna O’Brien? How had I not heard of her before spotting her obituary, titled...
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