Biting Edge (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... protests from a women’s literary group that notes there are no female writers on the list. Cate Marvin, a founder of the group Women in Letters and Literary Arts, told The Guardian, “The absence made me nearly speechless.” In her introduction to the year-end list Louisa Ermelino, the reviews director of Publishers Weekly, wrote, “We ignored gender and genre...
Unspeak (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Publishers Weekly made a list of its top 10 books of 2009, 1 but it “failed” to include any books that happened to have been written by women, or, to put it another way, it “excluded” women writers . “The absence made me nearly speechless.” said poet and creative writing professor Cate Marvin. But not actually speechless? I have not read any of them! «
Ambling Along the Aqueduct (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... McHugh and Alicia Ostriker. “The absence made me nearly speechless.” said writer Cate Marvin, cofounder of the newly launched national literary organization WILLA (Women In Letters And Literary Arts), which, since August, has attracted close to 5400 members on their Facebook web page, including many major and emerging women writers. “It continues to surprise me that...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... from a women’s literary group, which notes that there are no female writers on the list. Cate Marvin, a founder of the group Women in Letters and Literary Arts, told The Guardian, “The absence made me nearly speechless.” She added: “It continues to surprise me that literary editors are so comfortable with their bias toward male writing, despite the great and...
Iron Caisson (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... McHugh and Alicia Ostriker. “The absence made me nearly speechless.” said writer Cate Marvin, cofounder of the newly launched national literary organization WILLA (Women In Letters And Literary Arts), which, since August, has attracted close to 5400 members on their Facebook web page , including many major and emerging women writers. “It continues to surprise me...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... "The absence made me nearly speechless." said poet and creative writing professor Cate Marvin, co-founder of new US literary organisation Women in Letters and Literary Arts (WILLA). WILLA has gathered more than 5,500 members since it launched in August with the aim of bringing "increased attention to women's literary accomplishments and [questioning] the American literary...
Lorcaloca (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... McHugh and Alicia Ostriker. “The absence made me nearly speechless.” said writer Cate Marvin, cofounder of the newly launched national literary organization WILLA (Women In Letters And Literary Arts), which, since August, has attracted close to 5400 members on their Facebook web page, including many major and emerging women writers. “It continues to surprise me that...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
This month, Publishers Weekly unveiled a series of Best Books of 2009 lists, and the "Top Ten" list did not include any books by women authors. Cate Marvin (pictured, via ), a writer and co-founder Women In Letters And Literary Arts (WILLA), objected in a statement: "The absence made me nearly speechless ... It continues to surprise me that literary editors are so comfortable...
Carrie Etter (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... McHugh and Alicia Ostriker. “The absence made me nearly speechless,” said writer Cate Marvin, cofounder of the newly launched national literary organization WILLA (Women In Letters And Literary Arts), which, since August, has attracted close to 5400 members on their Facebook web page, including many major and emerging women writers. “It continues to surprise me that...
: micawberesque : (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... McHugh and Alicia Ostriker. “The absence made me nearly speechless.” said writer Cate Marvin, cofounder of the newly launched national literary organization WILLA (Women In Letters And Literary Arts), which, since August, has attracted close to 5400 members on their Facebook web page, including many major and emerging women writers. “It continues to surprise me that...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... protests from a women’s literary group, which notes that there are no female writers on the list. Cate Marvin, a founder of the group Women in Letters and Literary Arts, told The Guardian, “The absence made me nearly speechless.” She added: “It continues to surprise me that literary editors are so comfortable with their bias toward male writing, despite the great and obvious contributions...
amy king's alias (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... Dove, Heather McHugh and Alicia Ostriker. “The absence made me nearly speechless.” said writer Cate Marvin, cofounder of the newly launched national literary organization WILLA (Women In Letters And Literary Arts) , which, since August, has attracted close to 5400 members on their Facebook web page, including many major and emerging women writers. “It continues to surprise me that...
