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O thanks, New York Review of Books August 18, 2008

Filed under: bias,gender — jj @ 2:26 pm

The summer sale!  A bit of sunshine in one’s mailbox.  But followed by a cloud.

Out of the 42 books, only 4 are by women.  One Edith Warton, one Tove Jameson and  two picture books for the 3-7 year old crowd (Ester Averill and Ruth Kraus). 

At 50% of the picture books authors, women clearly have a niche.

 

2 Responses to “O thanks, New York Review of Books”

  1. [...] two evaluations due Sept. 1!!) to check email.  And I find from the NY Review of Books, which has some preferences too clear, the following: This month, we are publishing two books that highlight man’s connection to [...]

  2. [...] up the occurrences of women authors in the published journal.  In addition, the NYRB responded to an earlier complaint of ours, so I assume such issues matter to them at least a bit.   Leave a [...]


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