Blog Posts

Writing about music

By Kate Blackwood / September 30, 2023

“This Woman’s Work” gathers 17 essays by women who use concrete experiences of music – a mix tape, a favorite song, an embarrassing encounter with a rock star – to open up larger stories.  

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Reading with Kelley in 2021: A year of a room of one’s own

By Kate Blackwood / January 2, 2022

In 2021, my two-woman reading group consumed 10 books. We started out with the pandemic-defying theme of “distant places” but it turns out we were testing a feminist classic.

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The intangible gift of the moon

By Kate Blackwood / November 29, 2021

A cosmic search for connection guided by planets and William Blake told by an obstinate woman who seeks meaning amidst the chaos of a shifting world.

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Building a woman’s world with words

By Kate Blackwood / November 15, 2021

“Matrix” by Lauren Groff and the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival both use language to construct worlds in which female is the norm.

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