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Wislawa Szymborska: Nothing of the Ordinary: Mark Ordon in conversation with the Nobel Laureate’s personal secretary, Michal Rusinek

Mark Ordon interviews Michał Rusinek, personal secretary to the Polish poet Wisława Szymborska.

An Interview with Maryse Condé

It would be easy for a book set during the Salem Witch Trials to disintegrate into yet another western racial pastiche where the character of Tituba remains a culturally unimportant shadow in the background of a privileged white morality play. Yet in the strong, capable hands of French (Guadoluopean) author Maryse Condé, Tituba at […]

by Mason Street

Ursula Phillips on Polish Author Zofia Nałkowska

The Thornfield Review warmly welcomes translator Ursula Phillips, as she reflects upon the prolific Polish feminist author Zofia Nalkowska.

by Mason Street

Three Questions for…Marge Piercy

Marge Piercy has written 17 novels including The New York Times Bestseller Gone To Soldiers; the National Bestsellers Braided Lives and The Longings of Women, and the classics Woman on the Edge of Time and He, She and It. Among her 19 volumes of poetry the most recently published include Made in Detroit (Alfred A. […]

by Mason Street

Three Questions for… Kim Addonizio

The award-winning poet talks about Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life (Penguin) and more.

by Mason Street

The Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 109 times to 113 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2016. Out of those, women have received 14.

by Mason Street

The Nobel Prize in Literature- is it a boy’s club?

A complete list of the 113 Nobel Prizes in Literature between 1901 and 2016

by Mason Street

Welcome

Welcome- The Thornfield Review is an online blog and archive which celebrates women authors and honors them as an integral part of world literary tradition. We feature discussions about great women’s literature, both fiction and nonfiction, in book form and also in adaptation to stage, screen, music and other arts. As well, we’ll bring you […]

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List #6: 87 sci-fi, fantasy and magic realism novels by female authors: which titles would you add?

We’re going for a printable reading list of the best science fiction and fantasy fiction by women. From magic realism and sword and sorcery to dystopian epic and feminist future, we want you to weigh in. What’s your ranking of the finest 100 titles available? Let us know your top choices!