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Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's StudiesResources
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December 22, 2008
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Two recent articles on the state of book reviewing caught our eye, both of which told with depressing accuracy how lopsided the situation still is in terms of women's books getting reviewed in the New York Times Book Review. Writing in the March/April issue of the Women's Review of Books, Gail Pool reports a 2:1 ratio of men's books and male reviewers to women's books and female reviewers in 2006-2007, the same as Paula J. Caplan and Mary Anna Palko reported for 2002-2003. Sarah Seltzer, in "Hard Times: At the New York Times Book Review, All the Misogyny is Fit to Print," in the Spring 2008 issue of Bitch, finds that none of the NYTBR's "top five novels of 2007" was penned by ...
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Books: Women (over 45) this way please; Recent research suggests that men...
The Birmingham Post (England);
June 4, 2005 ;
787 words
......I know what you're thinking. Women's books. They're either pastel-covered...Sure, there are certain types of books by women that are deliberately marketed...reading books by other men while women read books by authors of either gender still...
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Books: Why women struggle to make their mark in books; Women who wrote...
The Birmingham Post (England);
November 8, 2003 ;
787 words
......men in charge of publishing, books written by women are less likely to get published...Virago worked out that a lot of books by women writers were successful in...that is the problem with many books written by women, they are not maintained in...
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what women want/Books expand cultural boundaries, provide sense of control
The Gazette;
October 22, 2000 ;
Linda DuVal; The Gazette;
787 words
......started to talk to women about books, they'd go on and...first choice and books that furthered their...intrigued her was six women, all of whom had...with the text. Also, women have a need both...their lives. With books, they get both. They...
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Women's Review of Books suspends publication.(Losses)(Brief Article)
off our backs;
November 1, 2004 ;
159 words
......declining subscriptions, the Women's Review of Books has announced they are suspending...publication. Since 1983, the Women's Review of Books has provided informative...strategies. In this spirit, the Women's Review of Books is entertaining the hope...
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Books: Making a case for misogyny Minette Marrin is depressed by these two...
The Sunday Telegraph London;
May 11, 1997 ;
MINETTE MARRIN;
675 words
......Machiavelli for Women by Harriet Rubin...pounds 12.99, 191 pp BOOKS THAT are not worth...despair of sensible women, and of which these books are outstanding...There are too many books like these. Too...them are written by women, about women, for...
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The books that read women
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);
January 11, 2007 ;
MEGHAN DAUM;
787 words
......NJ) 01-11-2007 The books that read women By MEGHAN DAUM Date...job here to review books, so I won't get into...place. Dozens of books like this are published...contemporary American women are conflicted, confused...a support staff), women do wonder whether...they read? So, yes, ...
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UNCG PANEL PICKS 50 GREAT BOOKS BY WOMEN.(CITY LIFE)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);
March 25, 1999 ;
787 words
......committee at UNCG as the 50 great books by great women. The committee, composed of...and rank a limited number of books by women as great nor is it to exclude...intended to stimulate interest in books written by women and to encourage people to read...
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FEATURES NEW 'WOMEN WHO DARE' BOOK SERIES AT BOOKS AND...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
November 6, 2006 ;
353 words
......of the Library of Congress "Women Who Dare" series, which celebrates the lives of remarkable women who have shaped American history, will discuss their books at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov...in women's history." The "Women Who Dare" series focuses on women who have changed the ...
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Writing women back into history books
The Scotsman;
January 19, 2005 ;
Ian Johnston;
787 words
......those of more modern women covered in the books are included opposite...felt unhappy that women's history was marginalised in these books, despite the fact...Colleagues who wrote these books can to some extent be excused, as 'women's history' in Scotland...
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Chicagoans Gather Books To Aid Yugoslavian Women
Chicago Sun-Times;
July 25, 1993 ;
Deirdre Shesgreen;
716 words
......one way to help these women piece their shattered lives back together: books. Horror and outrage at...they could help. The women asked for books on rape, feminism and...Wielechowski said that few books on women's issues are available...
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Reclaiming Jewish Tradition: A flurry of new books by women - from
The Jewish Week;
January 1, 1999 ;
787 words
......Tradition: A flurry of new books by women -- from feminist textual studies...illustrated stores about biblical women. Several books are by and/or about women rabbis...Aronson) looks closely at women in the Five Books of Moses as well as the Books...
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'Women and Books 2007 National Study' Launched in Concert With...
PR Newswire;
March 6, 2007 ;
613 words
......successful, published authors. The Women and Books 2007 National Study is available...create a lasting legacy in books. The Women and Books 2007 National Study will help...why women buy and recommend books. * More women adopt a successful strategy...
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THE BOOKS BY WOMEN THE GUYS FORGOT
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);
July 24, 1998 ;
MARY ELLEN SCHOONMAKER;
759 words
......NJ) 07-24-1998 THE BOOKS BY WOMEN THE GUYS FORGOT By...immediately. So few women on the list must...why so many of the books on the list are about...students, mostly women in their twenties...But it also has 22 books by women, including Toni Morrison...a few children's ...
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Bishop plumbs the woes of women with painful pasts: Popular books address...
The Washington Times;
August 11, 1998 ;
Duin, Julia;
787 words
......signing at Reprint Books at L'Enfant Plaza, the line of excited women snaked out the bookstore...phone, signed 500 books in one hour. It was...month drew 52,000 women to the Georgia Dome...George W. Bush. His books are sold in supermarkets...closed doors that women repress. Pain ...
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Reclaiming Jewish Tradition: A flurry of new books by women - from...
The New York Jewish Week;
January 1, 1999 ;
Anonymous;
787 words
......Tradition: A flurry of new books by women -- from feminist textual studies...illustrated stores about biblical women. Several books are by and/or about women rabbis...Aronson) looks closely at women in the Five Books of Moses as well as the Books...
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