
In this podcast, Thaisa Frank reads from her novel Heidegger’s Glasses and discusses how “her intuition led her to write about circumstances that were grounded in factual events, but of which she had no knowledge at the time.”

In this podcast, Thaisa Frank reads from her novel Heidegger’s Glasses and discusses how “her intuition led her to write about circumstances that were grounded in factual events, but of which she had no knowledge at the time.”

Khadijah Queen reads from her collection, Black Peculiar, and discusses her poetry with Claire Hart in this One World Café podcast.

Naomi Benaron, winner of the 2010 Bellwether Prize for Fiction, discusses social justice and reads from her novel, Running the Rift.

Rachel Eliza Griffiths reads from her poetry, talks with Claire Hart, and shares two of her poem videos for Her Circle Ezine’s One World Café Virtual Reading Series.

Saher Alam reads from her novel The Groom To Have Been, which was awarded the Janet Kafka Heidinger Prize for fiction by an American woman in 2008. She discusses her book as well as immigration, homelands and family with Claire Hart in a new One World Café interview.

One World Cafe Virtual Reading Series presents Lauren Nicole Nixon. She talks with Claire Hart about poetry and dance in a podcast interview.

In this One World Café podcast, Traci Brimhall reads from Our Lady of the Ruins and discusses for the first time the collection that won her the 2011 Barnard Women Poets Prize.

Poet Luisa A. Igloria joins One World Cafe for a reading from her work and an interview about the politics that have influenced her poetry as well as the poetic inspiration she seeks in new sources.

February 1, 2012 By Lauren Sardi
Lauren Sardi interviews Patricia Leavy, feminist sociology professor and author. Leavy has become known for advocating innovative and artful approaches to conducting social research as a means of getting at the complexity of lived experience and linking the “inner worlds” of women to the social contexts in which they live.

January 24, 2012 By Hannah Eason
Heidi W. Durrow discusses her novel, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky—winner of the 2008 Bellwether Prize for Fiction.

January 3, 2012 By Lourdes Acevedo
It is hard not to believe we’re in a time of empowerment of those less powerful, and to be swept up in the fervor escalating the world over. In 2011, we witnessed the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street protests and most recently, one of the largest protests of women in Egypt’s long history against the [...]

October 17, 2011 By Caroline Palmer
Caroline Palmer looks at the motivations of Minneapolis-based choreographer Ananya Chatterjea and the work of Ananya Dance Theatre (ADT).

December 15, 2011 By Wendy Jones Nakanishi from Writing from the Margins
Natsuo Kirino’s novels are not for the faint-hearted, nor are they for westerners loath to abandon the cultural stereotype of the Japanese woman as a delicate and beautiful “oriental flower”. Wendy Nakanishi explores the role of women in Japanese culture and society through Kirino’s popular works of crime and suspense.
February 3, 2012 By Terri Giuliano Long from The Writer's Life
February 2, 2012 By Kate Robinson from Blogs, InContext
February 1, 2012 By Marina DelVecchio from InContext
February 1, 2012 By Lauren Nicole Nixon from The Writer's Life

January 31, 2012 By Traci Brimhall from The Writer's Life
Traci reveals the impetus to her life journey of writing: “I needed to love something badly enough to change my life, and that thing was poetry.”
Mule & Pear, New Poems by Rachel Eliza Griffiths from Rachel Eliza Griffiths.
Listen to Rachel's One World Café podcast here.
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