Member Monday: Member Updates!

Emily Albarillo has been appointed member coordinator for the NYC-Metro chapter of the Editorial Freelancers Association, and is looking forward to a year full of fun and educational events for chapter members. For more information on the EFA: //www.the-efa.org. Diana Altman is reading from her short story The Farm, Wednesday,…

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Around Town: The Worlds of Ntozake Shange

Join Barnard College’s Africana Studies Program for a two-day celebration of playwright, poet, and novelist Ntozake Shange. The conference features student performances of her work, reflections on her legacy with Shange herself and acclaimed dance artist Dianne McIntyre, and an interdisciplinary exploration of African American arts and letters and gender…

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Feature Friday: Bookish

By Hannah Bennett There’s a new book retailer in town, and by “town,” of course, I mean online. Bookish, the long-anticipated book retail website, was launched this week after several years of development. And while the website is a retailer, it aims to be much more—a book recommendation engine, a…

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WNBA Wednesday: Guided Tour of DC Comics!

SPLATT! BLAM! KA-POW! As Guardians of the Book, the Women’s National Book Association hereby forgives DC Comics’ crimes against the English language in gratitude for the decades of thrills they’ve given the world in return. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels, and magazines each year, including Mad Magazine, DC Entertainment…

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Feature Friday: The Count

VIDA is a grassroots collection of people across the country, driven by the mission to explore “critical and cultural perceptions of writing by women.” Founded in 2009, VIDA seeks to build a public forum through which the literary community can engage in conversation about the reception of women’s creative writing. To…

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