Katha Pollitt

3/05/2012

Pollitt on NPR for Women's History Month

Women's History Month starts on Thursday. All through March, Tell Me More will dig into inspiring, bold and sometimes disturbing stories of notable women — from Cleopatra to Coco Channel. To launch the biography series, host Michel Martin talks with two essayists about why it's important to tell women's stories, and how that storytelling has evolved.

Listen to the podcast.

New Nation Column: "Wislawa Szymborska, 1923–2012"

Read Pollitt's latest column online.

12/22/2011

Regarding Christopher

Read Pollitt's complicated and touching tribute to the late Christopher Hitchens, online at her Nation blog.

12/20/2011

Occupy the Holidays!

Mulled wine, fruitcake, carols and latkes are all very well. (Wait, latkes? I'll take some of those!) But the best holiday tradition is helping others through our annual end-of-year donations list. Whip out your checkbook and read on.

10/13/2011

10/03/2011

Feminist Conversations: Katha Pollitt

Sarah Erdreich recently interviewed Katha Pollitt for the website Feminists for Choice. Read Katha's thoughts on feminism today online.