Jane Hirshfield on Ono no Komachi
May 3, 2018
Award-winning poet, essayist, and translator Jane Hirshfield tells us about ancient Japanese poet Ono no Komachi, a woman whose work feels so contemporary that it speaks to Jane as if it is her own experience. Komachi is ...
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Jesse Bliss on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
March 21, 2018
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a bisexual Mexican nun/writer/inventor, controversial for writing the first Feminist Manifesto in the New World. Playwright Jesse Bliss tells Sor Juana’s story and explains why it gives her hope ...
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Anna Thomas on the Persevering Carobeth Laird
July 19, 2017
The illustrious Anna Thomas shares the story of linguist and anthropologist Carobeth Laird, who dedicated herself to exploring little-known Native American tribes. Her life was not easy, but in it, there was genius, passion, sacrifice ...
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