Second Time Around: A Self-Interview

Thoughts and Musings

So, how does it feel to know that your 1999 memoir, Apples and Oranges: My Journey Through Sexual Identity, originally published by Houghton Mifflin, will be reissued by Seven Stories Press? Do you think this is a good moment for that to happen? It definitely feels...

“Spotty-Handed Villainesses” Revisited

Thoughts and Musings

“[F]emale bad characters can…act as keys to doors we need to open, and as mirrors in which we can see more than just a pretty face. They can be explorations of moral freedom — because everyone’s choices are limited, and women’s choices...

Em Bowen on Marriage Equality

News Flash

When the Supreme Court issued its historic decision affirming marriage equality on June 26, the MFAW-VT residency had just gotten underway. Taking time out from her G-4 study planning, Em Bowen answered a request from the National Journal for an opinion piece...

Narrating Beyond Narration

Faculty News, Thoughts and Musings

Tarpaulin Sky has just published Part II of an interview with Jan Clausen about her recent book Veiled Spill: A Sequence. Here’s a quick excerpt: For me, “Veiled Spill #14” is an effort to narrate beyond narration. To tell a kind of story in the space beyond...