Do Muslim Women Still Need Saving? : How Lila Abu-Lughod Interprets Today’s Political Reality
By Mariam Syed
For the past few weeks, I’ve interviewed Lila Abu-Lughod to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of her essay and the tenth anniversary of her book Do Muslim Women Need Saving?. We discussed the ongoing and heightened significance of her projects given our new political reality: Muslim women are leading global liberation efforts, the United States has withdrawn from Afghanistan, and most recently, has staunchly supported the Israeli army’s full-scale assault on Gaza. This interview was conducted over email.
From the Archive: R. Flowers Rivera’s “Exegesis: A World Gone Awry”
By Alex Wexelman
Rivera wrote on her official website, “Growing up, I was steeped in the oral tradition,” the inflection evident in her confident prosody.
From the Archive: Eavan Boland “On Religion and Poetry”
By Alex Wexelman
In 1982, Eavan Boland wrote an essay titled “On Religion and Poetry” for The Furrow, a monthly journal for the contemporary Church. Eleven years later, The Columbia Journal reprinted the tract in its No. 18/19 issue.
From the Archive: Interview with Stanley Kunitz
By Alex Wexelman
The first piece in the debut issue of Columbia Journal features three female poets quizzing the recently retired United States Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz. Kunitz, who lived to be 100, was a teacher, a poet, and a gardener of great repute.
