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women authors

Wollstonecraft, Austen, and femininity

Jon D. Schaff   |  May 30, 2024

Did Jane Austen read Mary Wollstonecraft? If so, what did she learn?

On this International Women’s Day, celebrate by reading women

Nadya Williams   |  March 8, 2024

The intellectual world of those whose reading diet does not regularly include the work of women is greatly impoverished.

The Author’s Corner with Elizabeth Kimball

Annie Thorn   |  April 29, 2021

Elizabeth Kimball is Assistant Professor of English at Drexel University. This interview is based on her new book, Translingual Inheritance: Language Diversity in Early National Philadelphia (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Translingual Inheritance? EK: […]

The Author’s Corner with Kate Mulry

Annie Thorn   |  April 19, 2021

Kate Mulry is Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Bakersfield. This interview is based on her new book, An Empire Transformed: Remolding Bodies and Landscapes in the Restoration Atlantic (NYU Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write […]

The Author’s Corner with Kelly Jones

Annie Thorn   |  April 12, 2021

Kelly Jones is Assistant Professor of History at Arkansas Tech University. This interview is based on her new book, A Weary Land: Slavery on the Ground in Arkansas (University of Georgia Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write A […]