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A kerfuffle over Jonathan Franzen's new book has exposed a controversy in the literary world: to hear some writers tell it, women may get the money, but men get all the praise. Except when men get both. More »
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Anticipating the release of My Sister's Keeper, about a girl conceived as a donor for her sick sister, a Times profile of author Jodi Picoult asks why Americans today love stories of children in trouble. More »
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Today's NY Times profiles Gail Simone, the former hairstylist who has become the first female "ongoing writer" of the Wonder Woman comic book series. Ms. Simone sees WW as a second-wave heroine, someone who stood for the burgeoning feminist movement in the 70, saying that the character is "just the best kind of person... She was a princess who didn't need someone to rescue her. I grew up in an era — and a family — where women's rights were very important, and the guys didn't tend to stick around too long. She was an amazing role model." More »
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