2011
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Defending Women Writers
Roxane Gay’s on HTML Giant talking about the covers of chick-lit novels and the stigma attached to their formulaic visual coding, though the feminization of book covers is taking over more than just the chick-lit genre. It’s unfortunate that women…
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“How to Write a Love Poem”
“Poetry occupies a cultural space in Contemporary American Society somewhere between Tap Dancing and Ventriloquism.” How do you claim some of this space as your very own? The Awl has a handy guide on how to construct a love poem,…
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Write Like a Motherfucker (on Facebook)
Are you trying to write today but feeling distracted/unmotivated/lonely? If so, perfect. We’re taking “Write Like a Motherfucker,” Dear Sugar’s #48 column one step beyond…
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10 Lashes for Driving
“‘How come women get flogged for driving while the maximum penalty for a traffic violation is a fine, not lashes?’ Zein el-Abydeen said. ‘Even the Prophet (Muhammad’s) wives were riding camels and horses because these were the only means of…
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Your Notes, Your Small Pebbles
Arlene Kim’s book details a crisis of the spirit: moving from country to country, the spirit still needs the family for support, but also needs itself to remain strong and resilient. In these poems, it is the family and the…
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“When Kerouac Met Kesey”
“They [Pranksters] draped a small American flag over Jack’s shoulders, but he took it off, folded it neatly, and placed it on the arm of the couch.” The American Scholar has published an essay titled “When Kerouac Met Kesey” by…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I’m not going to lie to you, I think pictures of taxidermy are way more wonderful than actual taxidermy. Anarchy (covers)! In the future we will all commute by private airplane and spies will communicate via microbes. Baboons are pretty…
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The Week Social Media Broke My Heart
Do you still remember the Internet of last week, just another barrage of all-over-the-place political and cultural events in which millions of people watched, reacted and interacted online?
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Wangari Maathai
“It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I’m a bit crazy because I’m educated in the West and I have lost some of my basic decency as an African…
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7-year-old versus DC
“‘Well, she’s not fighting anyone. And not talking to anyone really. She’s just almost naked and posing.’ ‘Do you think this Starfire is a good hero?’ ‘Not really.’” This is only part of the conversation Michele Lee, fantasy author, has…