This is the first year I have waited for the results of Orange Prize Winner for the entire day, hour by hour, like I’m waiting for X-factor singing contest winner to be announced, which only goe… more →
JoV's Book Pyramidwrote 4 days ago: In this week’s class, there was discussion of women writers being published and what they may … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Dear James Franco, This letter isn’t addressed to you in particular, but to all the literary journal … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Check out this awesome list of Black women bloggers. … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Today, I have a guest post from author Kerry Connelly. As a female author who deals with hard issues … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This week the first ever Stella Prize was awarded to Carrie Tiffany for her novel Mateship with Bird … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I was saddened to read about the death of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. She died today in Manhattan. She lov … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Back in 2010, up and coming young writer Elissa Bassist wrote into the popular advice column “Sugar” … more →
wrote 1 month ago: By Svetlana Alliluyeva; @1967; Harper & Row Publishers; New York and Evanston Svetlana Alliluyev … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Writer Roxane Gay, my feminist fairy godmother The first time that I heard of Roxane Gay, I was mind … more →
wrote 2 months ago: When I was 13 I wrote a poem about an old woman. I shared it with my boyfriend who also considered h … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Fourth day in and the first record that I would put in my all time top ten records. To call Hounds O … more →
wrote 2 months ago: English: Toni Morrison, Miami Book Fair International, 1986 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Toni Morris … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The novels of Jane Austen are full of educated young ladies but they are generally of the urban vari … more →
wrote 2 months ago: English: Doris Lessing, British writer, at lit.cologne, Cologne literature festival 2006, Germany (P … more →
wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been stressing about being an early success since I was a teenager. Maybe even before the … more →
wrote 2 months ago: By Iris Murdoch; @ 1978; Penguin Books; 502 pages. This is fast becoming monsters week (literary, th … more →
wrote 2 months ago: English: Cropped portrait of Mary Shelley (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Mary Shelley; Pocket Books, a … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Sonora Desert, Mexico (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Kathleen Alcalá; Harcourt Brace & Company; @ … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Via: Flavorwire.com Flavorwire: 17 Essays by Female Writers that Everyone Should Read ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ … more →