Photo: Sandra Barba & Edited by Hugo González In Mexico’s “glitter revolution,” women stand in solidarity, protesting escalating violence against women. …

Shri B. Ramkinkar, River Kopai (1946), Public.Resource.orgTranslated thoughts or poetry in translation? Well, it can be a debatable topic in a seminar. Poetry is essentially an outpouring of…

Karl Ove Knausgård / Photo by Thomas Wågström / Forlaget OktoberWhat are the advantages and pitfalls of the short-short nonfiction essay? And what are the advantages and pitfalls of framing creative n…

Photo by Volkan Ölmez / PixabayThis text speaks of simplism. Inspired by the rhetorical language of manipulation of reality, it fulfills the function of a scenography that pretends to mak…

Photo by sandid/PixabayI write novels set in South India. In English, I invent characters shaped by other languages, primarily Tamil, but also sometimes Hindi. Many of my characters don’t just not…

 Photo: PixabayWhen you think of “westerns” as a genre, you might picture messy saloons, sun-kissed cowboys, and quick-draw duels. A lone tumbleweed rolls across the dirt road while the whistle f…

Photo: kendricklamar.comBy far the most talked-about award of this year’s Pulitzer cycle was the Pulitzer in music, awarded to Kendrick Lamar for his fourth studio album, DAMN. The discu…

 Virginia Woolf: An Exhibition Inspired by Her Writings (Tate St. Ives, England) Through April 29, 2018Virginia Woolf’s writing acts as a prism through which to explore feminist perspectives on l…

Herman Trunk, Jr., (1894‑1963).  Mount Vernon, 1932.  Oil on canvas, 34 1/4 × 46 1/16in. (87 × 117 cm).  Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; With Permiss…

Journeys with 'The Waste Land' at Turner Contemporary. photo: thierry balLitFilm: A BPL Film Festival About Writers (Brooklyn, NY)2/20/18—2/25/1…

 Episode summary One of the country’s worst acts of violence against a minority community happened in Oklahoma. The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot led to the destruction of Greenwood, a wealthy all-bl…

Jose Antonio Vargas holds a sign at a Mitt Romney presidential campaign rally in 2011 in a scene from his film “Documented.” Photo courtesy of Apo Anak Productions.Episode summary Pulitzer P…

 Just weeks before voters caucus in Iowa and head to the polls in New Hampshire, who will become the two major parties’ standard-bearers and win the nominations is still anyone’s guess. But race…

Episode summary Blowback against the long-standing use of Native American mascots highlights issues of identity and cultural appropriation. Supporters of using Native American symbols, names, and…

Dr. George Henderson and WLT art director Merleyn Bell in the KGOU studio.Issues related to race have become headline news with greater frequency in recent years. As a result, my own lack of…