The Silencing of Sylvia Plath The Silencing of Sylvia Plath
In Emily Van Duyne’s Loving Sylvia Plath she asks if we can fully understand the poet’s work without understanding her abusive marriage to Ted Hughes.
Oct 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Lynne Feeley
Is the History of American Art a History of Failure? Is the History of American Art a History of Failure?
Sara Marcus’s recent book argues that from the Reconstruction to the AIDS era, a distinct aesthetic formed around defeat in the realm of politics.
Jul 31, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Lynne Feeley
How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism
Encompassing everything from the ecosystems novel to sci-fi, a growing body of literature is imagining and interrogating the past, present, and future of the planet's climate.
Aug 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lynne Feeley
Diane di Prima and the Dream of the East Village Avant-Garde Diane di Prima and the Dream of the East Village Avant-Garde
The poet’s recently released memoir of the 1960s, Spring and Autumn Annals, is an essential document in the history of New York’s downtown art scene.
Nov 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Lynne Feeley
The Forgotten Women’s Arts Fellowship That Forged a New Way of Writing The Forgotten Women’s Arts Fellowship That Forged a New Way of Writing
Maggie Doherty’s The Equivalents tells the story of the Bunting Institute, which played a foundational role in the works of Anne Sexton, Maxine Kumin, Tillie Olsen, and more.
May 26, 2020 / Lynne Feeley
The Overlooked Women of Black Mountain College The Overlooked Women of Black Mountain College
A new anthology of poems shows how those who tell the story of the North Carolina avant-garde institution have continued to exclude the school’s women artists.
Nov 25, 2019 / Lynne Feeley
Naomi Klein Knows a Green New Deal Is Our Only Hope Against Climate Catastrophe Naomi Klein Knows a Green New Deal Is Our Only Hope Against Climate Catastrophe
In her new book, Klein argues that our current crisis cannot be separated from a long history and brutal present of human exploitation.
Sep 10, 2019 / Q&A / Lynne Feeley
White Women Prospered on the Brutality of the Slave Economy White Women Prospered on the Brutality of the Slave Economy
Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers’s new book is a definitive account of how deeply invested white women were in slavery in the South.
Feb 26, 2019 / Lynne Feeley