Pernille Ipsen spent her early years in a feminist collective in Copenhagen. She recently wrote a book about the seven women who raised her, which won a major Danish literature prize. On this week’s Desire Lines, Pernille talks to feature story contributor Carrie Ann Welsh about the story of her seven mothers. Images from the […]
Double Feature on Strictly Jazz Sounds!
This week’s edition of Strictly Jazz Sounds celebrates Women’s History Month, spotlighting Asian women jazz artists including pianist and NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi, Linda May Han Oh, Miki Yamanaka, Yasuko Hayakawa and Junko Onishi. Also featured is drummer Rodrigo Villanueva-Conroy, a professor of Jazz Studies at Northern Illinois University who teaches jazz drumset and […]
Nasty Women Poetry Event to Benefit Planned Parenthood
Two years ago, the Arts and Literature Laboratory moved from its birthplace in New Haven, Connecticut to another college town here in Madison, Wisconsin. Since landing at its new home in a former print shop at 2021 Winnebago Street, the Laboratory has settled in nicely, bringing an eclectic mix of poetry, literature, performance and visual […]
