Anna Yin: “The Path”
“The Path” may appear simple, but its ending moves me, every time. Fairy tale, love poem, ars poetica—“The Path” is all of these and more.
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‘Tina’: Thank You and Farewell
With excerpts from exhilarating performances that span her career, 'Tina' gifts the viewer with a front-row seat to experience a live performer like no other.
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Women Voters say U.S. Health Care and Workplaces Must Change Post-Pandemic, Poll Shows
Most women are worried about both racial and economic disparities in vaccine rollout, as well as the toll of the pandemic on low-income workers.
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Janée J. Baugher: “Public Sale, 1943”
and mini-review of The Ekphrastic Writer
Learning how to read art by way of “deep-looking” can lead to a more creative way of seeing that could be applied to a number of other areas of human endeavor, and maybe, even to a way of life.
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‘Til Kingdom Come’: Fundraising for the Apocalypse
‘Til Kingdom Come,' which has been nominated for awards in both Israel and the U.S., examines the unlikely partnership between Evangelical Christians and Israeli Jews.
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Florencia Milito:
“Villanelle for Henry Darger/Oda a Henry Darger”
Florencia Milito’s poem paints a sympathetic portrait of the complicated artist and his work as “a celestial housekeeper” whose mission was “to pleat the folds of sky” and “stitch its gems,” in lines that communicate tenderness and awe.
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‘The Barbizon,’ 700 Rooms of One’s Own
'The Barbizon, The Hotel That Set Women Free' traces the history of the storied residence from its jazz age, prohibition beginnings to its eventual demise and rebirth. Along the way, she analyzes New York’s social, political, and economic environment.
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Susan E. Gunter: “Sestina for Esther”
You could call this poem an elegy to a lost mother, but I read it more universally as an elegy to the lost kingdom of childhood.
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Promising New Director and Her
‘Promising Young Woman’
In 'Promising Young Woman,' the mind-blowing feature film debut of director/screenwriter Emerald Fennell, there are lots of “good men” willing to do a bad thing.
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Three Erasure Poems from Sarah J. Sloat’s
‘Hotel Almighty’
The careful balance S.J. Sloat strikes between elements of erasure and visual art in each poem reveals new depths upon multiple readings. The compressed lyrics sing of introspection and offer wisdom, and they are richly enhanced by the inspired variety and ingenuity of erasure modalities and concrete imagery.
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Golden Globe-Winner ‘Nomadland’:
On the Road to Nowhere
'Nomadland’s' willingness to shine a light on a shadowy alternative lifestyle and its use of non-actors make the film uniquely relevant and emotionally affecting.
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My Experience Getting Two Doses of
the COVID-19 Vaccine
I’d like to share my experiences getting the two doses of the vaccine because I’m like most people—a typical patient who has never lived through a pandemic. I want to demystify the process.
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Yona Harvey: You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love
Yona Harvey’s 'You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love' is an astounding book that reminds us that we don’t have to undertake extraordinary measures for love or realization.
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Sisters for Life: Common Problems That Persist Into Adulthood
Siblings are our longest-lived and often among the most complex relationships. No matter how old we are, the template of our early family stays with us throughout our lifetime.
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Women Who Used Their Voices for Change
We’ve gathered some of the best titles about trailblazing Black women available on the most popular streaming services.
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Mahogany Browne: “When Fanny Lou Hamer said”
"When Fanny Lou Hamer said” champions the assertion of the most basic human and civil rights through means sanctioned by our Constitution: peaceful assembly and protest, voting, running for office, and the everyday radical acts of poetry, hope, and prayer.
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Regina King’s Powerful Directorial Debut: ‘One Night in Miami’
'One Night in Miami' is based on the 2013 stage play by Kemp Powers. It imagines an evening with four iconic Black figures: Cassius Clay, Malcom X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke. Regina King has brilliantly brought it to the screen.
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Aracelis Girmay: “You Are Who I Love”
Today’s is a love poem for everyone and a model for how to love expansively and wholly. It embraces us and loves us for who we are and what we do, and its range allows each of us to feel seen and recognized.
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Viola Davis as ‘Ma Rainey’: Lady Sings the Blues
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen Viola Davis turn in a less than extraordinary performance, and she gives her all once again as Ma Rainey.
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Amanda Gorman: “The Hill We Climb”
“The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman is an example of an occasional poem that exceeded itself by happening to be the perfect message at the perfect time and place, delivered by the perfect messenger.
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Cicely Tyson:
Tremendous Talent, Transcendent Spirit
“Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray Black women who have made positive contributions to my heritage.” —Cicely Tyson
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Barbara Crooker:
“Poem with an Embedded Line by Susan Cohen”
It will help, the poem seems to suggest, if we focus on family and the world of nature rather than the world of the human. Some aspects of that world are just too unbearable right now for a sustained gaze.
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Netflix Review: ‘Pretend It’s a City’
Every conversation comes back again and again to New York, which — despite decades of change and her own growing vexation — Fran Lebowitz is obviously deeply in love with.
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Getting Women Workers the COVID Vaccine Could Pose a Complex Challenge, Experts Warn
Barriers such as paid time off, transportation and child care make frontline workers — who are disproportionately women — particularly tough to reach.
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