In her new memoir, Edna O’Brien is rebellious and ravenous for adventure. Anchee Min struggles in America after shocking deprivation in China. Marisa Silver imagines the hope and disenchantment experienced by the “Migrant Mother” in Dorothea Lange’s famous photograph. And Khaled Hosseini’s novel examines the spiritual scarring left by tyranny, war, crime, lies, and illness on his characters.

A mother teaches her daughter about “true” role models; a film counters the stories of women instrumentalists in the jazz movement; Marie Dutton Brown traces her journey in the publishing world over the last 43 years; Dr. Jackson Katz argues that violence against women should be reframed as a man’s isssue; and, after they’ve attracted more than 10 million YouTube views, meet the Internet’s “Cutest Couple Ever.”

Many a poem will be read today. Some of them will be treacle, some treasure. “Boiling Point,” by Andrea Cohen, is treasure.

This Mother’s Day, we share with you the gifts we gave our mothers that, often to our great surprise (and relief), lit up their world. These gifts—some frivolous, some extravagant, some well-planned, others whimsically chosen—would turn out to create lasting memories of our relationships with our mothers.

In this week’s Wednesday 5: Afghan Journalist Najiba Ayubi wins a ‘Courage in Journalism’ Award; a father’s well-intentioned letter to his young daughter about keeping a “man’s interest” turns controversial; the “Great Gatsby” film unearths a myriad of misrepresentations and stereotypes about the 1920s flapper; “Scandal,” as ridiculous as the plots are, works because of cast chemistry; and a poignant video re-imagines a world where hate crimes don’t exist.

In [Screened], poet, photographer, and teacher Star Black turns her lens toward her youth, never relaxing her grip on the reality of adolescence.

A hat is the perfect embellishment: it can create an entire look by dramatizing an ensemble; it can disguise a mood in a way that’s more personal and creative than donning a pair of dark shades. And a hat with a brim can serve a more pedestrian need—UV protection!

In this week’s Wednesday 5: Women behind the lens at the recent Tribeca Film Festival; TV shows that hired no women writers in 2011-12; Jenna Lyons takes J.Crew from “ugly duckling to fashion arbiter”; a centenarian, Kathryn Wasserman Davis, dazzles us; and Saudi Arabia launches its first anti-domestic-violence campaign.

Ginger Andrews has been known to say she thinks each of her poems is actually a prayer. Today we give thanks for her gifts and for the chance to present one of her joyful poems of thanksgiving.

At Thursday’s luncheon at the Harmonie Club, Women’s Voices for Change’s board members, editors, writers, donors, and general well-wishers gathered to celebrate WVFC’s expanding readership (2 million page views, and counting) and broadening mission.

The definition of the “modern woman” is constantly shifting. Here at Women’s Voices, we are often asked by our readers what the 40-, 50-, 60 (etc.)-year-old “modern woman” might wear.

In this week’s Wednesday 5: The world’s oldest yoga teacher is a 94-year-old woman; can black women ‘Lean In’ like Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg?; the women of TIME’s 100 most influential people; women are not the only ones to blame for being their worst critics; and a hilarious clip of when TV anchors get a case of the giggles.

This week, in celebration of the Pulitzer recognition of the luminescent Sharon Olds, we salute each of the six women who have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry since the year 2000.

Spring is here, and that means it’s time to pack away the winter boots and booties and step into some comfy spring flats. We know many of you are wedded to your heels—no matter what the season—but once in a while it’s nice to feel grounded.

Leslie Morgan Steiner reminds us that domestic violence can happen to anyone; student-loan debt is growing fastest among adults 60 and older; what happens when you replace food aid with cash payments?; righting a 22-year-old wrong done to architect Denise Scott Brown; and Indian women plant trees each time a girl is born in their village.