by Kelly Fordon The husband and wife rented one of those videos. The wife was up for it, never having seen one. At the time, she believed that a person should try […]
“Tell Me When It Starts to Hurt”
VIDA 2013
Dear VIDA Supporter: Thank you for all that you have given us this year. You have stood alongside us with your letters, tweets, Facebook comments and participation at readings, panels and benefits. […]
“Daughter”
A poem by Ellen Bryant Voigt There is one grief worse than any other. When your small feverish throat clogged, and quit I knelt beside the chair on the green rug and shook […]
“Boob Job”
by Kim Dower Trying on clothes in the backroom of Loehmann’s, a stranger invites me to feel her breasts, a stranger trying on dresses that don’t fit and I can see her […]
Beyonce. Force of nature.
Whatever you think, read this.
Sassy Real-World Advice for Writers
Fellow writers, I just had to share Karyna McGlynn’s blog post “My Top 5 Quick and Dirty Submission Tricks.” In addition to my own writing, I’ve been running a students’ creative writing […]
Shrinking Women
Love Lily Myers and her performance poem! Sing it, little sister siren! Looks like she’s found lots of ways to take up space. “Shrinking Women” is a spoken-word poem about growing up watching […]
The Gloria Sirens 