Katha Pollitt is a poet and essayist and a columnist at The Nation. Her most recent books are Learning to Drive (Random House, 2007), The Mind/Body Problem (Random House, 2009), and Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (Picador, 2014).
Susan Jane Gilman is a storyteller with a lot to say—about life in our unequal and bewildering America, about refugees, about what happens to youthful ambition ...