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An interview with I Can Be author, Christine Sumner. Interview Jul 1, 2008 439
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm. Interview Apr 1, 2008 1017
A rejoinder to prospero: an interview with M. Nourbese Philip. Thomas, H. Nigel Interview Mar 22, 2008 5723
Remembering 'the forgotten man'. Gillespie, Nick Interview Jan 1, 2008 4243
On behalf of Harry/Harriet: teaching Michelle Cliff's No Telephone to Heaven. Hart, David W. Sep 22, 2007 772
Susanna Scarparo and Rita Wilson, eds. Across Genre, Generations and Borders, Italian Women Writing Lives. Wright, Simona Critical essay Jun 22, 2007 3227
Writing and reading the canons. Giffin, Michael Jun 1, 2007 5049
Unquoted quotable African women. von Wietersheim, Erika May 1, 2007 596
Isabelle M. Budd. Obituary Apr 1, 2007 286
Rosa Praed's readership: in search of an Australian audience. Lamond, Julieanne Mar 22, 2007 5087
Julia Alvarez: progenitor of a movement: this Dominican-American writer weaves passionate sensibilities through her works with the gift of seeing through others' eyes. Coonrod Martinez, Elizabeth Biography Mar 1, 2007 3437
Asia's love for luxury brands; the love that Asian consumers show for brand name luxury goods is well known. Radha Chadha, author of The Cult of the Luxury Brand, shares her views on why the psychology of the Asian consumer differs from that of their western counterparts and what propels them to buy more luxury brands. Ravindran, N. Interview Feb 1, 2007 1914
At war with John Wayne: masculinity, violence, and the Vietnam war in Emily Mann's Still Life. Morales, Marta Fernandez Critical essay Jan 1, 2007 5525
Making it "real": money and mimesis in Suzan-Lori Parks's Topdog/Underdog. Dietrick, Jon Critical essay Jan 1, 2007 9941
Political food for thought from Ruth Reichl: from Kielbasa to Clark bars to ... tasty-if tainted spinach. Olszak, Mitch Dec 22, 2006 531
Staying alive 101: the latest book by transsexual writer Kate Bornstein offers youths creative alternatives to suicide, including sex and drugs. Kennedy, Sarah Interview Dec 5, 2006 422
Christine Marais a natural artist. Taylor, Sarah Biography Dec 1, 2006 603
Promoting women's writing. Dec 1, 2006 491
Everything is possible: an interview with Isabel Allende. Interview Oct 1, 2006 1478
Cutting the tongue: language and the body in Kingston's The Woman Warrior. Lim, Jeehyun Critical essay Sep 22, 2006 5859
"When Black women start going on Prozac": race, gender, and mental illness in Meri Nana-Ama Danquah's Willow Weep for Me. Mollow, Anna Sep 22, 2006 12368
The silencing effect of canonicity: authorship and the written word in Amy Tan's novels. Dunick, Lisa M.S. Jun 22, 2006 6873
Feminist translation strategies: different or derived? Wallmach, Kim Critical essay Jun 1, 2006 9687
Accountability, acknowledgement and the ethics of "quilting" in Antjie Krog's Country of My Skull (1). Harris, Ashleigh Critical essay Jun 1, 2006 11587
Veil: the veil has long been the subject of much controversy, seen as a symbol of subservience in some quarters, while a sign of autonomy in others. The academic and author of the revolutionary book Veil, now in its third printing, Egyptian-born Fadwa El Guindi talked to Pat McDonnell Twair. Twair, Pat McDonnell Interview Jun 1, 2006 1303
Speechmarks. Roy, Arundhati Brief article May 1, 2006 32
Linda Armstrong Kelly inspires conference attendees to persevere. Clayton, Susan L. Speech Apr 1, 2006 1438
Great women writers on writing. Apr 1, 2006 360
First person: Scott Peacock: food and friendship. Buhl, Larry Column Mar 28, 2006 516
Betty Friedan's 1963 nit, The Feminine Mystique, was part an expression of a Smith girl's ambition, yearning for the life her education had accustomed her to expect. Obituary Feb 27, 2006 172
The Left's civility was on display upon the release of Kate O'Beirne's new book, Women Who Make the World Worse. Brief article Feb 27, 2006 208
My brothel's keeper. Howley, Kerry Interview Feb 1, 2006 457
With God On Their side: how Christian fundamentalists are controlling the Bush White House--and interfering with Americans' lives. Kaplan, Esther Interview Jan 1, 2006 2389
Missing the forest for the trees. Peters, Charles Brief Article Jan 1, 2006 167
The quiet revolutionary: Amelia Morton Bishop: following is the story of a simple Texas housewife, mother, sometime denominational worker (especially in the Woman's Missionary Union-WMU), church volunteer, school teacher, university professor, and free-lance writer. (1) That woman, Amelia Morton Bishop, now lives in Austin, Texas. To our way of thinking, she is a quiet revolutionary. Kent, Dan Gentry Biography Jan 1, 2006 3890
Veronica Bailey: the blue gallery. Schwabsky, Barry Dec 1, 2005 565
She's no homophobe: exclusive: How Stella Got Her Groove Back author Terry McMillan tells her side of the story on discovering her husband is gay, going through a tabloid divorce, and using the word "fag". Rowe, Michael Nov 22, 2005 1777
Trauma, testimony, and truth: contemporary South African artists speak. Miller, Kim Critical essay Sep 22, 2005 9896
Flannery O'Connor's witness to the gospel of life. Wood, Ralph C. Sep 22, 2005 5145
Lost in time: scholars react to a doctoral student's discovery that a "pioneer" of African American women's literature was not black at all. Dawkins, Wayne Sep 1, 2005 1358
Sterke vrouwen! De institutionele positie van de eerste Afrikaanse schrijfsters (1). Glorie, Ingrid Aug 1, 2005 6874
Talking with Judy Blume. Freeman, Judy Interview May 1, 2005 1106
Teaching with ... Janell Cannon: introduce Janell Cannon's wonderful animal stories with our exclusive mini-poster and activities. Trierweiler, Hannah May 1, 2005 437
Clumsy sex, women who drink, and Jesus: A. L. Kennedy talks with Bookforum. Bolonik, Kera Interview Apr 1, 2005 3089
Beyond the quarrel, a woman's place is on this page. Estrich, Susan R. Mar 28, 2005 648
Passing for white, passing for Jewish: mixed race identity in Danzy Senna and Rebecca Walker. Harrison-Kahan, Lori Mar 22, 2005 12050
Beyond sacrifice: Gloria Naylor rewrites the Passion. Ivey, Adriane L. Mar 22, 2005 9466
Rehabilitative storytelling: the narrator-narratee relationship in J. California Cooper's Family. Weaver, James Critical Essay Mar 22, 2005 10504
Many ways to remember: layered time in Mora's House of Houses. Christian, B. Marie Critical Essay Mar 22, 2005 4997
The haunted self: visions of the ghost and the woman at the fin-de-siecle. Grimes, Hilary Critical Essay Mar 22, 2005 3738
Flannery O'Connor in her letters: "a refugee from deep thought". Folks, Jeffrey J. Mar 22, 2005 2754
Ayn Rand at 100: loved, hated, and always controversial, the best-selling author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged is more relevant than ever. Young, Cathy Mar 1, 2005 2917
Listening to the Muslim mind: as a Christian married to a Muslim, Lorraine Khan finds inspiration in the books and life of Charis Waddy. Khan, Lorraine Obituary Feb 1, 2005 945
Flannery O'Connor's writing: a guide for the perplexed. Jordan, Michael M. Critical Essay Jan 1, 2005 6029
Guide to the evolving genres of women's fiction: as the lines blur between romance and "chick lit," how does a reader tell the difference? Harris, Monica Jan 1, 2005 744
A platform for nurturing new literary talent: the Hurston/Wright foundation and its cofounder Marita Golden discover and groom emerging writers of African descent. Gaines, Patrice Jan 1, 2005 1963
Neshani Andreas: a passion for writing. von Wietersheim, Erika Dec 1, 2004 1691
Write, sister, write ... von Wietersheim, Erika Dec 1, 2004 1661
"That commonality of feeling": Hurston, hybridity, and ethnography. Jirousek, Lori Critical Essay Sep 22, 2004 6120
Colonialism and gender in the east: representations of the harem in the writings of women travellers. Foster, Shirley Jan 1, 2004 5526
A devoted reticence: the art of telling and not telling in Jane Austen's Persuasion. Fiedler, Elizabeth Jan 1, 2004 4497
Haiti's bicentennial. Valbrun, Marjorie Jan 1, 2004 2244
All abuzz about the Black Madonna: an interview with Sue Monk Kidd. Schlumpf, Heidi Interview Nov 1, 2003 3252
Ron Geering and Stead scholarship. Harris, Margaret Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 717
Christina Stead correspondence. Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 4153
Christina stead: the integrity of the writer. Blake, Ann Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 4356
Christina Stead and the "Marxist Imaginary". Cowden, Stephen Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 5718
Love and death in Christina Stead's last letters to William J. Blake. Harris, Margaret Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 4491
The business of friendship: Cyrilly Abels's letters to Christina Stead. Pender, Anne Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 4263
"a stuffed carp": Christina Stead's analysis of financiers at dinner. Dizard, Robin Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 4331
The adventure of geography: women writers un-map and re-map imperialism. Norcia, Megan A. Critical Essay Mar 22, 2003 8944
Blue ribbon books. Excerpt Mar 1, 2003 35
Naked history: lesbian historian Lillian Faderman talks about her brave new memoir--and her tantalizing past as a stripper. (books). Marler, Regina Interview Feb 18, 2003 751
Women writers, the "Southern Front," and the dialectical imagination. Hall, Jacquelyn Dowd Critical Essay Feb 1, 2003 17850
Austen's Emma and the gendering of Enlightenment satire. Mason, Nicholas Critical Essay Jan 1, 2003 2883
Piikani woman inspired by need to share, teach. (Education). Narine, Shari Dec 1, 2002 677
The mirror of honour and love: a woman's view of chivalry. (History). Masson, Sophie Column Nov 1, 2002 2949
Meeting the angel. (Essays). Rockel, Angela Sep 22, 2002 3904
Possibilities for Australia. (Writer and Reader). Slater, Lisa Sep 22, 2002 1474
Maria Ginanni: futurist woman and visual writer. Sica, Paola Sep 22, 2002 6558
Artemisia: the invention of a `real' woman. Scarparo, Susanna Sep 22, 2002 7305
"A being of a new world:" the ambiguity of mixed blood in Pauline Johnson's "My Mother". Lukens, Margo Critical Essay Sep 22, 2002 5344
Leslie Marmon Silko: reading, writing, and storytelling. Velikova, Roumiana Critical Essay Sep 22, 2002 6650
Coyote loops: Leslie Marmon Silko holds a full house in her hand. Fitz, Brewster E. Critical Essay Sep 22, 2002 6768
Ceremonial healing and the multiple narrative tradition in Louise Erdrich's Tales of Burning Love. Rosenberg, Roberta Critical Essay Sep 22, 2002 6960
Meet the author: Mary Pope Osborne. Interview Sep 1, 2002 707
Can this book change your life? In Journey to the Well, Bishop Vashti McKenzie offers lessons in spiritual transformation. Stanley, Kathryn V. Interview Sep 1, 2002 1761
Ann Lane Petry. (tribute). Reynolds, Clarence V. Jul 1, 2002 1898
A new racism: just when we thought apartheid had been banished for good. Gordimer, Nadine Brief Article Jul 1, 2002 731
Isabella inventrix: History and creativity in Maria Bellonci's Rinascimento privato: Romanzo. Roush, Sherry Critical Essay Jun 22, 2002 6912
"Apple pie with Oreo crust": Fran Ross's recipe for an idiosyncratic American novel. Mullen, Harryette Critical Essay Mar 22, 2002 8853
Crossing gender borders: sexual relations and Chicana artistic identity. Martinez, Elizabeth Coonrod Critical Essay Mar 22, 2002 7186
Rituals of rememory: Afro-Caribbean religions in Myal and It begins with Tears. Feng, Pin-chia Critical Essay Mar 22, 2002 10664
Teaching women writers of the Americas. Bickford, Donna M. Mar 22, 2002 3650
Is any anybody home? Rewriting the crisis of belonging in Margaret Somerville's Body/Landscape Journals. Slater, Lisa Critical Essay Mar 22, 2002 4538
From mushrooms to Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter grew up with a passion for science and nature. Jarrow, Gail Mar 1, 2002 839
Fragments of a memoir. Moussa-Mahmoud, Fatma Brief Article Jan 1, 2002 200
The life of Riley. Higgs, Kerryn Critical Essay Sep 22, 2001 4413
From scribbles to spacious skies. Feeney, Donna D. Jul 1, 2001 849
From Edwards to Slosson: typology, nature, and the New England domestic gothic. Wilczynski, Marek Critical Essay Jan 1, 2001 3170

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