Helen McClory, author of On the Edges of Vision, took to Twitter yesterday to challenge male book reviewers, writers, and readers to talk about contemporary women authors. The viral tweet elicited plenty of responses from male writers looking to demonstrate how in touch they are with contemporary female authors. Unfortunately, most of the responses failed at the simple task:
The responses to yesterday’s task was so fascinating – not least the sheer number of men who misread it, and tweeted lists of names instead.
Rumpus readers, you can do better. Leave a comment writing about, not listing, the works of a female author you have recently read.
