Regan Penaluna

Regan Penaluna is a senior editor at Guernica. She is writing a book for Grove Atlantic about long-forgotten women philosophers that opens up an alternative history of philosophy.

Samantha Rose Hill on Hannah Arendt: “You see the politics on her face”

By and October 25, 2021
Revealing a more personal side of the renowned philosopher, in the archives and on Twitter.
The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century by Amia Srinivasan

Amia Srinivasan: “Feminism is a political practice, not just a set of ideas”

By September 28, 2021
The philosopher on sex as a political phenomenon

How To Corrupt the Youth

By September 1, 2020
For Briana Toole, philosophy is the key to helping young people understand the world around them—and stand up for themselves.

Heather Widdows: The Ugly Side of Beauty

By January 30, 2019
The philosopher on how our appearance intolerance hinders ideas and human flourishing

Does Great Writing Require Solitude?

By November 15, 2018
A conversation between three authors on the tensions between family, the writing life, and what it takes to make great art.

Merve Emre: Portals to Self Discovery

By October 2, 2018
The author, scholar, and critic on her new book about personality testing, and the importance of holding women writers to high standards.

Robert Fieseler: Speaking Their Names

By June 15, 2018
The author of "Tinderbox" on the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire, which until the Orlando shooting was the worst mass killing of gays in history.