In Olha Kobylianska’s 1891 novella “A Human Being,” the heroine Olena commits an unforgivable transgression. Not adultery, not theft, not the abandonment of her family — her "crime" is intellectual ...

Carla Freccero, distinguished professor and chair of the Literature Department and a beloved mentor to hundreds of graduate ...

In New York during the 1960s, I came under the influence of Black cultural nationalists, such as Askia Touré, the founder of the Black Arts Movement. The Umbra Workshop, which published four issues of ...

Peacock's thrilling series Ponies depicts the surprising role of housewife spies in the CIA during the Cold War.

Irene Coslet’s new book claims Shakespeare was actually a black Jewish woman, Emilia Bassano Willoughby, which argues historical narratives erase diverse identities. She suggests ...

Eminent historian Romila Thapar criticized the removal of Mughal history from textbooks, calling it 'nonsense' during the Kerala Literature Festival. Thapar emphasized the importance of continuous ...

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In the early Seventies, a lesbian-led feminist storm was brewing in Downtown Austin. At the center of those winds of change was a fledgling bookstore, brimming with bright ideas and sharp minds ...

Georges Borchardt, a literary agent of cosmopolitan taste and style who found U.S. publishers for future Nobel laureates Elie ...

SHARJAH, 18th January, 2026 (WAM) -- The 2026 Sharjah Festival of African Literature (SFAL) hosted a panel titled “Feminist Writing and Preserving Memory,” featuring Emirati writer Nadia Al Najjar and ...

Entrepreneur and politician Saira Shah Halim on Saturday said feminism was fundamentally about equity and equal opportunity, arguing that standing up for women’s rights was unavoidable in a country ...