Tara Wanda MerriganinPoetry & PoliticsHow Anne Sexton’s Poem ‘Her Kind’ Turns Pain into ArtIn embracing the ‘witch’ figure, Sexton’s “Her Kind” pushes back against stigma. It’s also object lesson in writing well on tough subjects.Oct 19, 2019Oct 19, 2019
Tara Wanda MerriganinPoetry & PoliticsHow Far-Right Internet Forums Are Misusing Ovid’s ‘Ars Amatoria’ and Other Roman and Greek TextsDonna Zuckerberg’s ‘Not All Dead White Men’ explores the reductive tendencies of online ‘red pill’ communitiesJun 11, 2019Jun 11, 2019
Tara Wanda MerriganinPoetry & PoliticsHow American Protestors Use Apolitical Polish Poetry to Make Anti-Trump ArgumentsThere is a paradox at the heart of Americans’ use of Polish poetry: these verses are highly politicized but were intended to be apoliticalJun 11, 2019Jun 11, 2019
Tara Wanda MerriganFreelance Writers, Ask Editors These Three Questions Before Accepting Their Offer to Publish Your…Because the essay fee isn’t the only way you can benefit from (and be harmed by) your published workNov 11, 20181Nov 11, 20181
Tara Wanda MerriganinPoetry & PoliticsAs the Immigration Debate Rages On, a Q&A with DACA Poet Marcelo Hernandez CastilloCastillo, who grew up undocumented, talks reading his first collection ‘Cenzontle’ nationwide and then at his hometown public library.Nov 3, 2018Nov 3, 2018
Tara Wanda MerriganThe Trump-Era 'Handmaid's Tale' Protests, Reevaluated by a Longtime FanI first read and loved Margaret Atwood's novel in 2010. But in 2018, we need to think carefully about how and what we use it.Aug 22, 20182Aug 22, 20182
Tara Wanda MerriganinPoetry & PoliticsWhat an Adrienne Rich Poem Says About Writing, Creativity and GenderFor Pride Month, I explore the writings of Adrienne Rich, a poet whose work explored female identity, patriarchal oppression, and sexualityJun 17, 20183Jun 17, 20183
Tara Wanda MerriganRobert F. Kennedy and the Ancient Greeks of Edith HamiltonHamilton's reconstruction of Athenian tragedy helped Robert F. Kennedy cope with personal loss.Jun 5, 20182Jun 5, 20182
Tara Wanda MerriganHow Irish Women Campaigned to Win Abortion Rights and Overturn a Constitutional BanOn Friday, Irish citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of repealing the country's ban on abortion.May 22, 2018May 22, 2018
Tara Wanda MerriganinPoetry & PoliticsHow Virginia Woolf Used Fiction to Make a Persuasive Case for EqualityWoolf invented Shakespeare's sister Judith to advance her feminist argument in "A Room of One's Own"May 15, 2018May 15, 2018