Women We Read This Week
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah’s “If He Hollers Let Him Go” on The Believer How do you write a profile about someone you never get to…
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A Hidden Writing Life
For the first time in my life, I have a room of my own in which to write. I also have the precious commodities of solitude and time.
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The Antidote for Personal Narrative
A month from now, I will be a full-time kindergarten teacher. This was not part of the plan. The plan was… well, there wasn’t much of one…
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Women We Read This Week
Nicole Pasulka’s “Wanted: Macho Men With Moustaches” in The Believer I never spent a lot of time thinking about the cultural phenomenon of the…
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Women We Read This Week
Helen Hayward’s “My children, my life,” in Aeon Magazine In this thought-provoking personal essay, Hayward challenges the assumption that a woman can’t dedicate herself…
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Women We Read This Week
A gathering of the best pieces by women we’ve read this week. Rebecca Solnit’s “The Faraway Nearby” on Guernica I love Rebecca Solnit‘s writing…
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Women We Read This Week
A gathering of some of the best pieces by women we’ve read this week. Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life I asked for and received…
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The Writing Life, The Agonies of Process, and A New Year’s Resolution
Kurt Vonnegut wrote for two hours every morning: two hours of intense concentration, giving it his all, and done.
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