Ladies in read: A dramatic new collection of sacred poetry by women
Anger, humour and irreverence mark the poems in the new anthology, Wild Women. Writers include a former courtesan, a ...
Wild Women: Read an excerpt from a collection of sacred poetry by women
A work by Rupa Bhavani, a poet-saint from Kashmir, as featured in Wild Women: Seekers, Protagonists and Goddesses in Sacred ...
Lowy Institute12 天
The cruelty in banning Afghan women from poetry
While the Taliban claims that it is acting on Afghan culture, by banning women’s access to poetry it is acting completely ...
Cambridge University Press8 个月
A History of Nineteenth-Century American Women's Poetry
XII Literature 1780–1830: The Romantic Period. The Year's Work in English Studies, Vol. 98, Issue. 1, p. 620. A History of Nineteenth-Century American Women's Poetry is the first book to construct a ...
Stylist1 年
5 of the most beautiful poems to read when you need a good cry
Sometimes we all need a cathartic cry. If that’s you today, then give these beautiful and moving poems, selected by women including Judi Dench, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Elena Ferrante ...
The Washington Post7 年
Ashley Judd reads poem: ‘I am a nasty woman’
Actress Ashley Judd read a poem by 19-year-old Nina Donovan from her home state of Tennessee. “I am a nasty woman,” the poem began. “Not as nasty as a man who looks like he bathes in Cheeto ...
Cambridge University Press3 年
A History of Irish Women's Poetry
XIThe Eighteenth Century. The Year's Work in English Studies, Vol. 102, Issue. 1, p. 646. A History of Irish Women's Poetry is a ground-breaking and comprehensive account of Irish women's poetry from ...
BBC1 年
Poet becomes first woman to scoop Forward best poem award twice
A writer has become the first woman to win a prestigious prize twice after scooping the award with a poem inspired by grief and Caribbean rituals. Malika Booker's Libation was named best poem at ...
BBC6 个月
Woman who won National Poetry Competition recalls 'blanking out'
A writer who won one of the world's most prestigious poetry competitions has recalled how she "blanked out" when she was told the news. Imogen Wade's poem, based on her real-life experience of ...