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Sean Penn writes bad novels, which, according to Slate, means Reese Witherspoon should too.
Sep 6 2018
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After I texted Joyce Maynard on a Saturday morning in late July, to make plans to meet for coffee, I realized that…
Jun 11 2018
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Good news for Zazie Beetz fans: Season 3 of Atlanta will likely feature more stories specifically focused around…
Feb 28 2018
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Some network executives have been forced to respond to an open letter penned by 76 women television writers asking…
Sep 28 2017
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A literary milestone,” and an“essential to any student...of modern literature,” is how Kirkus describes the…
Jul 3 2016
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Where are all my Bloomsbury Group(ies)? A film chronicling the romance between Virginia Woolf—novelist, essayist,…
Apr 2 2016
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At an April 2 conference held at Boston University, literary journalist Gay Talese remarked to his audience that he…
Mar 14 2016
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Ever since so-called Ferrante fever struck, there’s been a cottage industry dedicated to unraveling the true…
Jun 26 2013
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Aline Brosh McKenna is onboard to write the film adaptation of Rochester, an unreleased graphic novel that's a…
Apr 4 2012
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Curious what the founders of "The Count," which tallies the number of women who get published in top literary…
Oct 12 2011
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Last week the National Book Foundation announced its "5 Under 35," four of whom were women. Now it's announced the…
Oct 4 2011
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Last year, four out of the National Book Foundations prestigious "5 under 35" were women. And this year, ladies lead…
Sep 9 2011
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There was a dramatic drop in the number of female writers in the last television season, and AOLtv's Maureen Ryan ask…
Jun 2 2011
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Nobel Prize-winning novelist V.S. Naipaul has helpfully explained why women will never be great writers like him.…
Mar 19 2011
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In honor of Women's History Month, eight women writers — including Alice Hoffman, Lucy Coates, and Caroline Leavitt…
Dec 2 2010
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Wonderful website The Rumpus needed a good, brand-new book by a woman writer for its book club, but couldn't find…
Oct 13 2010
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The National Book Award finalists were just announced, and four of the five in fiction are women. Four of the…
Oct 5 2010
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Four of the National Book Foundation's "5 under 35" for 2010 are women (including Tiphanie Yanique, pictured). The…
May 4 2010
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In And The Heart Says Whatever, Emily Gould set out to flout the traditions of many women's memoirs. Her book is the…
Nov 3 2009
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Serial memoirist Mary Karr has a new book out, and in a Double X interview she shares some interesting insights…