We're delighted that Marisa Crawford, our 2015 Poetry Chapbook Contest winner, will be reading this week in Fairfax, VA at the Fall for the Book festival at George Mason University! All festival events are free and open to the public, with convenient parking options nearby. Marisa will be reading on Saturday, October 3 from 2:30-4:00pm from her chapbook Big Brown Bag. The reading will take place in the Arts Plaza Tent, followed by a reception with food and wine (and, of cours

Sarah Marcus: You serve on the Board of Directors for VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts. How and why did you get involved with VIDA? From the perspective of being both a teacher and a writer, what relevance do you think VIDA holds for our current literary landscape? What do you think people who identify as inclusive feminists can do to further the cause? Metta Sáma: When Cate Marvin, Ann Townsend & Erin Belieu founded VIDA (née WILA), I was deeply interested in being part of a

Here are five awesome titles to add to your own personal back-to-school reading list: 1. Enlightened Sexism by Susan Douglas In this great pop-academic read, Douglas traces the "girl power" movement of 1990s media (as seen in figures like Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Janet Reno) and how it ended up creating a subtle but dangerous message that the work of feminists has all been fully achieved already. If you've ever been frustrated by a conversation with someone who claims that