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From the Library: Great American Novel Sheds Light on Great American Sexism

From the Library post by Ashley McAllister on September 11, 2010 - 11:53am; tagged Bitch Community Lending Library, books, chick lit, From the Bitch Library, From the Library, jennifer weiner, jodi picoult, jonathan franzen, literary sexism, literature, Virginia Woolf.


Everyone's been talking about Jonathan Franzen's new book, Freedom. While book reviewers raved and readers waited with great anticipation for the August 31st release date, authors Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner both saw all the hype as a platform from which to start asking questions about why books written by women don't get this kind of attention.
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