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Author Archives: Jennifer Messing

Interview: Franny Choi

October 16, 2014by Jennifer Messing 1 Comment

Franny Choi is a Korean-American writer, performer, and teaching artist. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and the author of Floating, Brilliant, Gone (Write Bloody Publishing, 2014). She has been a finalist […]

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No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay

September 22, 2014by Jennifer Messing Leave a comment

No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay Write Bloody Publishing, 2014 ISBN: 978-1938912481 100 p.p. What is there to say about Sarah Kay’s poetry collection No Matter the Wreckage? What […]

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The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwarz-Bart

August 13, 2014by Jennifer Messing Leave a comment

The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwarz-Bart Heinenmann, 1982 ISBN: 97-80435987701 192 p.p. Courageous and empowering, the Lougandor women written about in Simone Schwarz-Bart’s novel The Bridge of Beyond, are an […]

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Interview: Sarah Kay

August 5, 2014by Jennifer Messing Leave a comment

Sarah Kay is an American poet. Known for her spoken word poetry, Kay is the founder and co-director of Project V.O.I.C.E., founded in 2004, a group dedicated to using spoken word as an […]

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A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

April 3, 2014by Jennifer Messing Leave a comment

A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Penguin Books, 2013 ISBN: 978-0143124870 432 p.p. Imagine that, for the time being, you’re in a world of your own, in […]

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Interview: Katie Manning

March 10, 2014by Jennifer Messing Leave a comment

Katie Manning is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Azusa Pacific University, specializing in poetry and women’s literature, with intersecting interests in the areas of linguistics, Romantic […]

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Interview: Ruth Ozeki

March 3, 2014by Jennifer Messing Leave a comment

On January 23, 2014, Jennifer and Allison sat down with Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale For The Time Being, at Warwick’s Bookstore in La Jolla, CA. Just before Ruth addressed an eager audience of […]

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    • The Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik
  • Catherine Ruiz
    • And I Don’t Want to Live This Life by Deborah Spungen
    • Interview: Hannah Brencher
    • Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
    • If You Find This Letter: My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers by Hannah Brencher
    • Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
    • Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
    • You’re Wearing That? Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
    • Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
    • Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
    • Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice
  • Isabel López Ruiz
    • Stealing the Language: The Emergence of Women’s Poetry in America by Alicia Suskin Ostriker
  • Jennifer Messing
    • Interview: Franny Choi
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    • Interview: Sarah Kay
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    • Interview: Ruth Ozeki
    • Paris Was the Place by Susan Conley
    • Sula by Toni Morrison – An African American Analysis
    • Interview: Sara Ryan
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    • The Travels of Daniel Ascher by Déborah Lévy-Bertherat
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