Literary Girls: Momo (Momo)

Momo, or Momo and The Grey Gentlemen is the translated title of a book by the German author Michael Ende. Ende also wrote the famous fantasy novel which was re-imagined into the 1984 film The Neverending Story. Momo is a philosophical work of fantasy fiction which can...

Literary Girls: Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games Trilogy)

For those who don’t know, Katniss Everdeen is the heroin of the trilogy of books written by Suzanne Collins and is played by Jennifer Lawrence in the movie adaptation of the series. The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay are set in a dystopian future...

Breaking barriers in toe shoes

My goal has always been to be a principal dancer with ABT [American Ballet Theater]. Before I knew that there’d never been a black woman that was always my goal. I wanted to dance “Odette-Odile” and Kitri in Don Quixote and Aurora in Sleeping Beauty....

Lillian Leitzel: Queen of the Air

In an era before television and Hollywood stars, some of the world’s most famous celebrities were circus performers. Most of these performers had high aspirations of joining the big league of circus companies, the Ringling Brothers Circus. The...

Inspirational Girls: Katherine Anne Porter

Some inspirations are more silent than others. Katherine Anne Porter is one those lesser-known, often silent ones. Yet she wasn’t a silent woman by any means. She was born in Texas in 1890, a rural Southern girl from white privilege. But she would...

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