Open Letter by Susan Terris
TW salutes Madeleine Albright (1937–2022) as a role model for women in government.
Fame
Dear Madeleine Albright
Mar 24, 2022
Your Baby's Ugly
May 17, 2021
Essay by Joan Frank
People bring unknowable baggage to their readings—and to the author herself.
Darling Nikki
Oct 05, 2020
Comic Feature by Alicia Augeri
I see Mars on TV.
Dear Taylor Swift (and Other White Feminists)
Sep 12, 2016
Open Letter by Lorraine Berry
I don’t believe we get to pick and choose whose struggle for civil rights we align ourselves with.
Some Failed Nocturnes for Sylvia Plath
Sep 12, 2016
Hybrid Poetry by Marie Chambers
Verbs begin to spiral from her mouth and coil outward into the sky.
Not Looking Stupid While Talking to Neil Gaiman
Mar 11, 2013
Theme Essay by J.p. Lawrence
My reporter face is hard, but inside I am quaky. Neil Gaiman, after all, is a hero of mine.
Giving Stephen King Another Chance
Feb 11, 2013
Theme Essay by Wendy Glaas
His work has entered my psyche thoroughly, like tentacles from his nightmarish creations.
Fame, Fortune, and a Purposeful Life
Feb 08, 2013
TW Column by Steven Lewis
My father was not impressed with my first triumphant literary efforts, nor with the staple-bound magazines in which they appeared: Modine Gunch and Road Apple Review.
Elizabeth Bishop at Harvard
Jan 21, 2013
Theme Essay by Robert Boucheron
Her idea of the poet was old-fashioned—a custodian of language.
Writing and the Joy of Obscurity
Jan 14, 2013
Editor's Note by Martha Nichols
While a love of gossip is part of the human condition, there’s another aspect to contemporary fame that’s raised the stakes for all of us.
