Womens Fiction

'Mom Wrote A Book'

Jennifer Handford | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Daughter, International Adoption, Daughters for a Time, Infertility, Mother, Writing, Fiction, Novels, Jennifer Handford, Cancer, Writing a Novel, Mother and Daughters, Women's Fiction, Novel, Adoption, Dream Job, Parents News
Jennifer Handford

At this moment in time, I'm an author, a job title as inspired and dreamy as a veterinarian, fire fighter, plumber, or Dolly Madison truck driver.

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The Caste System of Fiction

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Jonah Lehrer, Commercial Fiction, Milton Glaser, Commercial Fiction vs. Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Literary Fiction, Books News
Randy Susan Meyers

I've read great books, good books, mediocre books, and books so awful they damaged my eyes, and it wasn't genre that determined their ranking. Which formative reading hours would I have lost if the book police determined my choices?

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Book Covers, Backsides and Body Parts

Holly Robinson | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Writers, Design, Book Clubs, Popular Fiction, Book Designs, Novels, Choosing a Book Cover, Women's Fiction, Books News
Holly Robinson

In the book world, you can easily spot novels designed to attract women by the body parts and backsides on their covers. Don't believe me? Go to Amazon and you'll see what I mean.

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250 Books By Women All Men Should Read

Joyland | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Women Writers, Books by Women, Flannery O'Connor, Women's Books, Women's Fiction, Books News

Esquire reposted a slide show of 75 books all men should read. The books are mostly fantastic and the headline phrasing didn't much bug us. After all,...

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Lit Versus Commercial Fiction: Writer Wars?

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Times Book Review, African-American Fiction, Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Weiner, Franzenfreude, Jonathan Franzen, Book Reviews, Commercial Fiction vs. Literary Fiction, Reading, Women's Fiction, Chris Abouzied, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Books News
Randy Susan Meyers

It saddens me seeing writers buy into a class war. In today's market, lit looks down on commercial, which look down on genre, which eschew whatever is lower on the literary food chain.

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FIRST TIME ANYWHERE: Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Weiner Speak Out Together

Jason Pinter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Bestsellers, Franzen, Publishing, Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Weiner, Books, The Atlantic, Media Criticism, New York Times, Franzen Time Magazine, Women's Fiction, Gender, Books News
Jason Pinter

Controversy broke out online over whether Franzen's star treatment was indicative of the literary establishment's alleged shoddy treatment of what is commonly referred to as 'women's fiction.'

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Bestsellers: Girl vs. Woman, Demeaning Or Tired Of Talking About It? (POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girl Friday, Jane Green, Girl, Woman, Martina Cole, Steig Larsson, Feminism, Women's Fiction, Poll, Bestsellers, Books News

In the UK paper The Guardian, Deborah Orr reports that the top five bestsellers on the Times of London list all had "girl" in the title: Steig Larsson...

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Damned Mob of Scribbling Chicks

Joanne Rendell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Times Book Review, Memoir, Jane Austen Women, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Charlotte Bronte, Stephanie Meyer, Style News
Joanne Rendell

Women love books. It's a fact: we are the reading sex. We are the writing sex too. Yet, in spite of this, our books are often ridiculed, demeaned, or ignored.

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