Need You More Than Ever
In Sarah Vap’s newest, The End of the Sentimental Journey, a vivisection of language, gender, and poetics, she writes at one point about the severing of a dog’s vocal cords during scientific … Continue reading
Book Review Round-Up for National Poetry Month
Collected in celebration of National Poetry Month are book reviews and interviews I’ve written and conducted over the past couple of years. For more books written by women use the … Continue reading
Some Last Words as Poetry and Blog Editor for So to Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art
The following post first appeared on So to Speak blog. I don’t have a firm definition of feminism. I have an emotional understanding. Feminism as a verb, noun, adjective, with a … Continue reading
Book Review: Arco Iris by Sarah Vap
As soon as I published a review of my dear friend Sarah Vap′s newest poetry collection, Arco Iris (Saturnalia 2012), she comes out with an even newer collection, End of the Sentimental … Continue reading
Voting is a Feminist Issue
It was not until 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment across the entire United States did American women get the right to vote. For a country that is … Continue reading
Danielle Pafunda and the Manhater
A Mommy V, Illness, Ex-Dog/Ex-Lover triptych, Danielle Pafunda’s Manhater is more of the consumptive tense man (h)eater. A Plath-descendant, Pafunda’s speakers’ polemic attitudes build a cage around opponents’ gazes. Immediately, with a title … Continue reading
Mommy Poems by Medeia Starfire
Start off by showing your love for our poet, Medeia Starfire! In her shining evocation of paranoia, obsession, and oppression in relationships (in this case, a mother-child dynamic) she controls voice through … Continue reading
Natasha Trethewey 2012 Poet Laureate
Thursday, June 7, 2012, Natasha Trethewey will be named the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate! Last Fall, GMU students were honored to hear her read and speak at the yearly festival Fall for the Book. We learned … Continue reading
In Celebration of Wonderful StS Editors
In celebration of our 2011-2012 editorial circle, I wanted to provide our out-going editors a chance to share thoughts on feminism and personal insights in working with the journal. Here we … Continue reading
Why I Am an Argument Series
One of the hardest things to teach in Composition 101 English courses is the argument. Actually, that is probably one of the hardest things to teach in general: the nuances … Continue reading
The Reality and Un-Reality of Race
Race, a culturally-constructed term to genetically categorize peoples of certain ethnic and cultural backgrounds into locked groups, is the backdrop of discrimination and racist mentalities. Anthropologists and scientists have studied … Continue reading
Unveiling of the Immortal
Today, Monday the twenty-second of August two-oceans eleven, the Martin Luther King Memorial unveils! About &*#$!$* time! Placed at Tidal Basin, a cozy post right along the Potomac River and close to the … Continue reading
Ballads of the Appalachians
Elizabeth LaPrelle sat in front of us tuning her bango and sipping water while we waited to hear what her voice would sound like, if she would sound like Joan Baez … Continue reading
Fresh Out of the Oven: Lara Tal Shares with us a Tasty Snack from Pupcakes
Following are some words by Lara Tal, Virginia Tech grad, on her new business, Pupcakes,and some thoughts on the stresses and excitements of working for one’s self and one’s passions. Pupcakes is an online store … Continue reading
