“Art has, at its core, a highly individual, stubborn regard for truth. And only a few truths are pretty.” — Sallie Bingham
- The Dear Old—Or Not So Old—Atlantic Magazine
- The Dear Old-Or Not So Old-Atlantic MagazinePosted 16 days ago
What a pleasure it is to see, in the midst of disheartening news about the low number of women writers whose writing appears in major national periodicals, that the Atlantic is at least at the top of the list.
- Name It / Change It: Just In Time For The New Year
- Name It / Change It: Just In Time For The New YearPosted 30 days ago
Our heartfelt attempts at cheer and goodwill this holiday season bark their knees-if they had knees-on reports like Name It/Change It. Just when we wanted to forget all about misogyny comes this portent reminder that it is always with us, especially in the various forms of media I attempt to…
- On To The Next
- On To The NextPosted 39 days ago
Now that my newest book, Mending: New and Selected Short Stories is reaching its readers, I find myself in a rather delightful quandary: Sarabande Books will publish my next book, The Blue Box, a family narrative based on the letters and papers of three of my foremothers, in August, 2014—which…
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- Pepper Spray
- Pepper SprayPosted 62 days ago
In an economy of high unemployment, dependent on five percent annual growth, the woman spraying her fellow shoppers joins the ranks of the immigrant shattering the peace of a neighborhood with a leaf blower and the bulldozer beeping as it destroys a hillside for another expensive development.
