Women’s confessional journalism: dangerous to readers? [via Jezebel] In a related discussion, Latoya Peterson reviews the inherent misogyny in most women’s self-help dating guides. [via Jezebel]
Into mythology? Check out Madame Yevonde’s gallery was of the Edwardian era’s socialites dressed up as goddesses, Gorgons, witches, and mortals. [via HERSTORY]
Ben Greenman, non-fiction editor of The New Yorker, discusses his new book Please Step Back. [via Broad Set Writing Collective]
Atlanta writer Blake Butler extrapolates on the concept of “heart” in fiction. [via HTML Giant]
Persepolis 2.0: The award-winning Persepolis, a cartoon chronicling the Iranian revolution and its aftermath, has been updated to reflect recent events following the election. [via Guardian]
Children’s author Jacqueline Woodson shares her belief in the empowerment that can be found in literature. [via Teaching Books]
“D'oh! on a Grecian Urn:” Art Scheck considers the painful, but highly satisfying, process of teaching poetry in higher education. [via Chronicle]
Denzy Senna speaks out about coming of age as the product of a doomed biracial marriage, and about “optical ineptitude” when it comes to race. [via Double X]
--Rachel Frier
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