Alissa Wilkinson

Alissa Wilkinson

<a href="http://www.alissawilkinson.com">Alissa Wilkinson</a> founded The Curator in 2008 and was its editor for two years. She now teaches writing and humanities a <a href="http://www.tkc.edu">The Ki

Fashion in literature

From the Guardian: Off the page: fashion in literature. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/fashion-in-literature] > As a book-obsessed suburban adolescent, Iread Jack Kerouac, Henry Miller and the fantastical

Amish Romances are Hot

From the Wall Street Journal: They’re no bodice rippers, but Amish romances are hot. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125244227154093575.html] > Beverly Lewis, who sets her novels among the Amish in

Time for a Cultural Diet

From the Guardian: Too much stuff [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/05/charlie-brooker-cultural-diet] . > I’m fairly certain I recently passed a rather pathetic tipping point, and now own more

Good hair day

From Newsweek: Celebrating Good Hair [http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thehumancondition/archive/2009/10/05/celebrating-good-hair-a-week-of-follicular-coverage.aspx] . > The relationship between black women and their hair goes well beyond the occasional bad hair