Poetry Friday: Edwidge Danticat Voices Haiti, Always
As we all shudder through news of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, pausing to send money though text messages on our cell phones to well-established NGOs such as the Red Cross or Partners in...
View ArticleWVFC Holiday Gift List, Anniversary Edition
Last year, we were thrilled to inaugurate our annual celebration of WVFC writers, which compiled all the books and authors we’d covered into an easy-to-use holiday shopping list— one for poetry and one...
View ArticleThe Wednesday Five: Edwidge Danticat in Haiti, Remembering Benazir Bhutto,...
As we sail through January's third week, it brings news on health reform, conversation advice for career-jugglers, and seven reasons to pamper your feet with a winter pedicure.
View ArticleVideo Pick: Edwidge Danticat Wins Langston Hughes Award
After winning the Langston Hughes Award--following Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker--Danticat describes herself as "an accident of literacy." We think otherwise.
View ArticleNew & Notable: Family Dramas
We’re always on the lookout for books that strike a chord with our readers. This week in New & Notable we focus on the “family dramas”—a young girl's disappearance unearths a community's secrets; a...
View ArticleWed 5: Poets, Journalists, and Scribes
More women than men are covering the war zones in Syria; Dr. Maya Angelou, at 85 years old, will receive National Book Award; a few things you may not have known about the adventurous Agatha Christie;...
View ArticleWednesday 5: Roles That Win Women Oscars, Unknown Heroines, and More
Amazing women you've never heard of, Michelle Obama dunks her way into fabulous and 50, roles that are more likely to win women Oscars, women are reading more than ever, and Happy Birthday to writer...
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