Literary Lists Are Records of Female Desire
For centuries, women have been using lists to reach for a radical future
Oct 15 - Cynthia Gralla
books 
essays
Why I Had to Rewrite the Ending of My Middle-Grade Book After Charlottesville
The rise of Trumpism made me realize that my characters needed to stop compromising
Oct 14 - Laurel Snyder
books 
The Politically Radical Family That Inspired “Little Women”
The Marches were loosely based on Louisa May Alcott's real family: suffragists, abolitionists, and passionate troublemakers
Oct 1 - Rebecca Long
books 
Tegan and Sara Are Just Like Me—And I’m Finally Okay With That
I resisted listening to the queer pop icons because I wasn't ready to see myself reflected
Sep 30 - Camille Perri
books 
Victor Hugo’s Most Underappreciated Work Is This Lavish Four-Story House
Hauteville House, the home Hugo decorated during his exile in Guernsey, is the key to fully understanding his work
Sep 26 - Amy Beth Wright
books 
William Wordsworth Saves the Internet
Even in the 18th century, we were subject to the firehose of news and information—and poets had opinions about it
Sep 24 - Fiore Sireci
books 
The Women Who Write Themselves Out of the Story
What we can learn from the effaced narrators of "Fleishman is in Trouble" and the Outline trilogy
Sep 23 - Amanda Minoff
writing 
The Antifascist Message Hidden in This Greek Coming-of-Age Novel
"Three Summers" is a sweet, non-political story about sisters that should make you feel deeply complicit
Sep 11 - Niko Maragos
books 
Where Are All the Memoirs About Abortion?
Hundreds of thousands of us have them every year, and more consider it—so why aren't we writing about them?
Sep 10 - Emily Heiden
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