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Literary Alchemy: On Fusing Research and Film Techniques to Write a Novel

Literary Alchemy: On Fusing Research and Film Techniques to Write a Novel

How Mo Ogrodnik Depicts Violence Against Women from Multiple Perspectives

By Mo Ogrodnik | May 8, 2025

More Than a Subplot: Five Novels That Explore and Center Female Friendship

More Than a Subplot: Five Novels That Explore and Center Female Friendship

Disha Bose Recommends Elena Ferrante, R.F. Kuang, Sally Rooney, and More

By Disha Bose | May 5, 2025

If I Was a Rich Girl, I’d Have All the Cover in the World: The Real Mean Girls of Classic Literature

If I Was a Rich Girl, I’d Have All the Cover in the World: The Real Mean Girls of Classic Literature

Sanibel on Social Class, Undine Spragg, Becky Sharp, and Who Society Punishes in Art and Life

By Sanibel | April 15, 2025

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Chloé Caldwell on the Unexpected Yet Rewarding Literary World of Hinge

By Chloé Caldwell | February 10, 2025

Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction

Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction

The Author of “Too Soon” Considers Her Novel in Relation to Etaf Rum, Hala Alyan, and the Politics of Influence

By Betty Samieh | January 22, 2025

The Travails of Maria the Beauty: On the Plight of Indigenous Women in the Brazilian Amazon

The Travails of Maria the Beauty: On the Plight of Indigenous Women in the Brazilian Amazon

Alex Cuadros Explores Patriarchy and Exploitation in a Context of Modern-Day Colonialism

By Alex Cuadros | January 6, 2025

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How Black Female Jazz Performers Confronted a Racist and Misogynistic World

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How a Multitude of Voices Can Broaden Our Understanding of the Natural World

By Rebecca Kormos | May 2, 2024

“Something More Bare and More Raw Than a Man.” Constance Debré on Learning to Love Women

“Something More Bare and More Raw Than a Man.” Constance Debré on Learning to Love Women

When You Abandon Your Marriage, Your Career, and Your Bourgeois Parisian Life

By Constance Debré | April 5, 2024

Between Desirability and Possibility: On the Beauty of the Aging Female Body

Between Desirability and Possibility: On the Beauty of the Aging Female Body

Darcey Steinke Considers the Work of Linda Troeller and the Liberatory Potential of the Self-Portrait

By Darcey Steinke | March 7, 2024

UFO, or Unidentified Female Observer: Kirsten Bakis on the Undersung Life of Anna Fort

UFO, or Unidentified Female Observer: Kirsten Bakis on the Undersung Life of Anna Fort

The Author of "King Nyx" on the Paranormalist Charles Fort, Theodore Dreiser, and Dismissing Women's Intellects

By Kirsten Bakis | February 21, 2024

Jordan Pérez on Understanding Womanhood Through Nature and Learning Poetic Restraint

Jordan Pérez on Understanding Womanhood Through Nature and Learning Poetic Restraint

The Author of “Santa Tarantula” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Jordan Pérez | February 12, 2024

Taking Down the System, Seductively: On Women Who Use Beauty as Currency

Taking Down the System, Seductively: On Women Who Use Beauty as Currency

Celine Saintclare Recommends Mona Awad, Emma Cline, Frances Cha, and More

By Celine Saintclare | January 12, 2024

Vigilantes and Vengeance: On the Women Who Fight Back

Vigilantes and Vengeance: On the Women Who Fight Back

How Elizabeth Flock Immerses Herself in the Lives of Her Subjects

By Elizabeth Flock | January 9, 2024

Month-Disease, Flewsa, Lunations: On the Etymology of Periods

Month-Disease, Flewsa, Lunations: On the Etymology of Periods

Jenni Nuttall Considers the Earliest Written References to Menstruation

By Jenni Nuttall | August 29, 2023

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