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Kalliope and the Communities of Women’s Poetry

Kalliope and the Communities of Women’s Poetry

Published: Aug 23rd, 2014

Shelley famously declared that “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” I find that women poets are often community organizers in the literary world. The collective that formed Kalliope (1978-2005), an internationally acknowledged journal of… Read More

From Siouxsie Sioux to Suzie Bonebreaker: Femininity on the Edge

From Siouxsie Sioux to Suzie Bonebreaker: Femininity on the Edge

Published: Jan 27th, 2014

Last night I got to Talk-Back with other edgy women at the Hippodrome Theatre in downtown Gainesville. The event: a post-screening panel discussion on Gender, Feminism & Pop Culture: Riot… Read More

Revisiting Plath and Her Cultural Afterlife at 50

Revisiting Plath and Her Cultural Afterlife at 50

Published: Jan 1st, 2014

This academic year I offered fall courses to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s death and her novel, The Bell Jar. (My last Plath course coincided with the… Read More