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Read With Us: Anna Ceballos
Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom is a short story Plath wrote when she was only 20 years old. The story follows the main character Mary after her parents put her on a train going north to the Ninth Kingdom. The story is heavy with imagery of suicide and the Ninth Kingdom seems to be a nod to the ninth ring of Hell from Dante’s Inferno. This ring was known as Treachery and it was maintained for those who betrayed their loved ones. The guiding light throughout this story was a lady who sat next to Mary on the train who reminded her that she had a choice all along…
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“Tasting Ecstasy” by Kila Lambertt
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“Legacy of Silence,” “Women: My Church,” & “Siren Song” by Crystal Murr
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“A Sensorial” & “What the Old Woman Knows” by Melissa Ridley Elmes
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“Suddenly, Loreena McKennitt Songs” by Mārta Ziemelis
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Excerpts from Experts: “Dressed for Success” by Dr. Anna Claire Hodge
The following personal essay was written by Dr. Anna Claire Hodge. “I was scouring the closet, looking for a wool beanie for a trip when the old journal caught my eye. Its cover was turquoise with a red fairy crouching on a toadstool. I flipped to the first page and was puzzled to find my 14 year-old self scribbling about “what kind of girl to be.” It was cute, at first, to remember waxing poetic about the possibilities. But I soon realized that I’d been having that same conversation with myself for many years. It was an identity crisis laid bare, the urge to choose a personality and aesthetic then…
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Doing Away with the Taboo: Women’s Mental Health in Literature
From the early days of women's mental health in literature with Charlotte Perkins Gilman to more modern takes like Colleen Hoover, it is easy to see the value of writing women's mental health into popular literature. Here are a few women writers who have changed the game and helped to normalize women's mental health.
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Read With Us: Daphne Hall
This is one of my favorite collections of short stories. Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing never fails to amaze me. Her story, “Hell-Heaven'' is an unrequited love story told through the lens of the woman’s estranged daughter. This poignant and real piece drew me to the rest of the collection. Lahiri takes on many different perspectives, each as important as the last.
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“The Trees are Fake” / Flash Fiction
By Daphne Hall I’ve never been before, unless you count when I was born (Mom doesn’t). She wanted out of there quicker than a bull in a rodeo, which sounds very Texas to me. When I ask why, she talks about her daddy, my papa, and reminisces about him before his mind got lost. There’s nothing left for us in Tallahassee. Except I got friends there—and a cat that I’d sneak food out to when Mom wasn’t looking. She says that I’ll make new friends in Commerce and even get a dog. When I told her I wanted a cat she glared at me. Texas is dog country. But I’ve…
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Read With Us: Brooke Davis
To quote my favorite sit-com, New Girl, this novel will make you feel a "Taylor Swift-like range of emotions," from humor to empathy to self-reflection.
