On the Seriousness of Young Women’s Stories – Chicago Review of Books

On the Seriousness of Young Women’s Stories – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] I’m hardly the first writer to suffer through some unkind feedback in a workshop—and still, I’m going to talk about it. This happened to me years ago, in grad school. In the short fiction draft I was working on, which I’d brought in for feedback, a young woman recalls an almost laughable unkindness done … Read more

Telling the Story of the National Women’s Football League in “Hail Mary” – Chicago Review of Books

Telling the Story of the National Women’s Football League in “Hail Mary” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] For as long as sports shape so much of our culture—globally, nationally, and locally—the stories we tell about them will shape us, too. In the United States, football remains the most popular sport, generating billions of dollars in revenue every year. Women and other people of marginalized genders have been systematically shut out of … Read more