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.
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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…
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…
“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…
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…
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.
