Walter Dean Myers and his son talk about race and children’s books
In the Sunday Times, YA author Walter Dean Myers and his son Christopher Myers, an illustrator, discussed the necessity of more diverse children’s books. A new study from the Cooperative… Read more »
Jennifer Weiner’s fight to change the NYTBR
On September 6, The New York Times announced that it would include a short list in each issue of the book review, “close-ups of new books of interest grouped each… Read more »
Gender bias in literary criticism: solutions
Last week, the annual VIDA count revealed the continuing gender bias in US journalism and literary criticism. This topic’s attracted significant attention this past year, thanks in large part to… Read more »
Genre or gender in literary bias?
The quarrel broke out in summer 2010, has just been reignited, and, unresolved, will no doubt rear its head again. Jennifer Weiner, alongside other women novelists including Jodi Picoult, has… 4 / Read more »