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The Forgettable And The Overlooked In Lit Prizes

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books

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This year is a good one for female writers; most of the major literature prizes have gone to women, though whether this is a fluke, a new trend of hei...

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Big News: Women Can Write!

The Huffington Post | Erica Jong | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books

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We have known that women could write since Sappho invented love poetry 2600 years ago. Emily Dickinson, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, George Eliot co...

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Co-Creating a Monster

Victoria Rosner | Posted 09.29.2009 | Entertainment

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Victoria Rosner

Random House recently published a new edition of Frankenstein with a surprising change: The cover now reads "Mary Shelley (with Percy Shelley)." Why is Percy now getting marquee billing?

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The Carrie Bradshaw Effect

Courtney E. Martin | Posted 07.05.2008 | Media

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Courtney E. Martin

Post-Carrie, we can't turn a page, web or paper, without reading about a young woman over-sharing details about her love life, while male writers dominate the "thought leader" magazines.

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