female writers

  • Angry Writers

    My point is that she’s a bit of a paradox. Over at McSweeney’s, Amy Watkins explains why George Eliot has every right to be really, really upset.

  • FUNNY WOMEN #131: Writing Prompts for Girls and Women

    FUNNY WOMEN #131: Writing Prompts for Girls and Women

    Write a character who can walk home alone at night while feeling unafraid.

  • Literary Mothers

    Catching up with Mother’s Day weekend, BuzzFeed Books looks at Nadxieli Nieto’s newly launched Literary Mothers tumblr featuring short essays by women writers on the authors that have inspired them. Says Nieto on why she started the site: “My literary mothers, the writers…

  • Literary Geniuses Say Some Not-So-Genius Things

    In “honor” of David Gilmour’s comments to a Hazlitt interviewer about how he refused to teach books by female authors, Rumpus contributor Michelle Dean rounded up some other literary men’s contributions to the field of misogyny. From Hemingway blaming all men’s…

  • “Hunting Deer at the Spa”

    “Do you feel pressure to have children before it’s too late?” “There aren’t a lot of photos out there of you. Is there a reason for that?” Read these and other questions that have been posed to female authors—but at…

  • Women Writers and the Interview

    Are male and female writers interviewed equally? Loraine Berry at Talking Writing thinks not. It’s gone to show that interviewers are often more interested in a female writer’s dietary habits and marital problems than their literary processes and work. Jodi…

  • VIDA Counts The Rumpus

    VIDA Counts The Rumpus

    Two female writers from VIDA: Women in Literary Arts crunch the numbers and let us know how The Rumpus is doing in the gender disparity department.