Theme Essay by Emily Boghossian
We inherit our passions—perhaps from critics like Douglas Crimp, perhaps from professors like Ross.
Diversity
Who Cries for Critics Now?
Mar 31, 2014
A Feminist Invades the Halls of Phallocracy
Mar 24, 2014
"My Favorite Critic" by Emily Toth
Carolyn Heilbrun once observed that James Joyce was 'a world class shit.'
Why Mainstream Critics Fail Writers of Color
Feb 24, 2014
Theme Essay by Aimee Phan
I’ve heard writers complain about editors passing on manuscripts because 'they already have a Korean book on their list.'
"Wake up, New York Review of Boys!"
Feb 17, 2014
Theme Essay by Amy Hoffman
Suppressing women’s writing—which, make no mistake, is what our culture does—is suppressing our thought.
What Should We Do About Wikipedia?
May 20, 2013
Feature by Martha Nichols and Lorraine Berry
There’s good reason not to trust an information source that can erase its own mistakes as if they never happened.
Can Editors Change the World?
Mar 15, 2013
Essay by Martha Nichols
Given what VIDA has turned up, I don’t see how anyone in charge of a literary magazine can ignore the political and cultural impact of editors.
Michael Lowenthal: “A Stone Down a Bottomless Well”
Feb 18, 2013
TW Interview by Fran Cronin
The whole online world drives me nuts. I hate the pressure of feeling like I need to go on Facebook and be witty."
Women Writers and Bad Interviews
Feb 15, 2013
Feature by Lorraine Berry
By this point, I was shouting at the radio. What did this have to do with writing?
A Tale of Two Polands
Nov 26, 2012
Essay by Richard Zimler
On November 20, 2011, I became the first person in my family to walk Brzeziny’s slanting, potholed streets in nearly seventy years.
What Students Need: a BS Detector
Oct 19, 2012
TW Opinion by Lorraine Berry
Here’s what I see each semester when I look out at the crop of new faces: terror.
