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Read Marge Piercy's Poem "Right to Life"

Marge Piercy's poem "Right to Life," remains painfully relevant, touching on themes of reproductive justice and women's bodily autonomy.

Two Poems: The Male Gaze Fixes on the Maternal, and the Maternal Speaks

I examine how "Mary Bly" by James Wright and "Summer in the suburbs: 6:00 A.M." by Jane Kenyon interact with the male gaze and the maternal.

Teaching Lucille Clifton's "wishes for sons"

The first time I taught this poem at Georgetown, most of the young men in the class were outraged.