Atlanta's Third Season Will Feature More Stories About Women
Good news for Zazie Beetz fans: Season 3 of Atlanta will likely feature more stories specifically focused around women.
Women TV Writers in the UK Demand to Know Why Networks Won't Work With Them
Some network executives have been forced to respond to an open letter penned by 76 women television writers asking why there is such a gender disparity in the writing staff of primetime shows.
Cover of New Sylvia Plath Volume Sells Her as a Blonde in a Bikini
A literary milestone,” and an“essential to any student...of modern literature,” is how Kirkus describes the forthcoming collection, The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume I: 1940-1956. This new volume of Plath’s early letters, edited by Plath scholars Peter Steinberg and Karen Kukil is, by all accounts, a serious and…
New Film Chronicles Virginia Woolf's Romance With Vita Sackville-West
Where are all my Bloomsbury Group(ies)? A film chronicling the romance between Virginia Woolf—novelist, essayist, and foundational feminist thinker—and fellow author Vita Sackville-West is in the works.
Cool: Journalist Gay Talese Cannot Name One Woman Writer Who Inspires Him
At an April 2 conference held at Boston University, literary journalist Gay Talese remarked to his audience that he could not name a single woman writer who inspired him. Wow guy!
What's Really Behind Our Obsession Over Unmasking Elena Ferrante?
Ever since so-called Ferrante fever struck, there’s been a cottage industry dedicated to unraveling the true identity of the pseudonymous Italian novelist. “Who is Elena Ferrante?” is a question that understandably haunts fans of the novelist and her complex rendering of her female protagonists. And yet, Ferrante…
Devil Wears Prada Sceenwriter to Adapt 'Jane Eyre' Graphic Novel
Aline Brosh McKenna is onboard to write the film adaptation of Rochester, an unreleased graphic novel that's a modern retelling of Jane Eyre. Fox 2000 acquired the rights in a deal worth the "low seven figures". Yowza, that's a whole lot of orphan porridge!
Why Won't ASME Recognize Women Writers?
Curious what the founders of "The Count," which tallies the number of women who get published in top literary magazines (spoiler: not many), think of the 2012 National Magazine Award finalists? Although four women were nominated in the Public Interest category, there are no ladies to be found in prestigious…
Women Dominate List Of National Book Award Finalists
Last week the National Book Foundation announced its "5 Under 35," four of whom were women. Now it's announced the finalists for the prestigious National Book Award — and these include a lot of ladies too.
Ladies Lead In Prize For Young Writers, Again
Last year, four out of the National Book Foundations prestigious "5 under 35" were women. And this year, ladies lead the field again.
Why So Few Women Are Writing For Television
There was a dramatic drop in the number of female writers in the last television season, and AOLtv's Maureen Ryan asked a few people high in the ranks — men too — why that happened. The answers will depress you!
Male Novelist Can Always Spot Female Writers By How Much They Suck
Nobel Prize-winning novelist V.S. Naipaul has helpfully explained why women will never be great writers like him. It's because they're not "masters of a house."
Women Writers Discuss Their Female Heroes
In honor of Women's History Month, eight women writers — including Alice Hoffman, Lucy Coates, and Caroline Leavitt — wax poetic on the women who've inspired them.
Rumpus Women, Vol. I Is Now On Our Christmas List
Wonderful website The Rumpus needed a good, brand-new book by a woman writer for its book club, but couldn't find one. So it commissioned a book of essays by some of its women contributors, including Michelle Tea and Michelle Orange.
National Book Awards Are Pleasantly Lady-Centric
The National Book Award finalists were just announced, and four of the five in fiction are women. Four of the National Book Foundations "5 under 35" are ladies too — maybe all that Franzenfreude is having an effect?
"5 Under 35" Includes Four Literary Ladies
Four of the National Book Foundation's "5 under 35" for 2010 are women (including Tiphanie Yanique, pictured). The list is also includes several writers of color, and three who published their books with small presses. Kudos!
Emily Gould And The Rejection Of Personal Growth
In And The Heart Says Whatever, Emily Gould set out to flout the traditions of many women's memoirs. Her book is the antithesis of personal growth narratives like Eat, Pray, Love — and she may like it that way.
Women And Memoirs: When A Little Narcissism Is A Good Thing
Serial memoirist Mary Karr has a new book out, and in a Double X interview she shares some interesting insights about women's autobiographical writing — and some annoying shit about how much god likes her.
Danticat & Diaz On Writing, Justice, And Being A "Nerd Of Color"
At their New Yorker Festival reading on Friday, Junot Diaz and recent MacArthur Genius Grant winner Edwidge Danticat talked about writing with kids, being marginalized as a "nerd of color," and why it's so hard to change the world.
Sarah Vowell, Jon Stewart, And The Freedom Of The Bowl Haircut
It's pretty much standard operating procedure for male talk show hosts to compliment female guests on their looks. But in his interview with Sarah Vowell last night, Jon Stewart took another tack — and it was pretty adorable.