by Marilyn | Mar 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Does the name Sarah Weddington ring a bell? If not, you’re not alone. I’ve been taking an informal poll, and I’ve received a lot of blank stares. I didn’t know the name, either, until I pulled a dog-eared memoir titled A Question of Choice off the shelf of a dusty...
by Marilyn | Mar 20, 2012 | Brevity, Submission opportunities, The VIDA Count
Here is an opportunity to get your flash nonfiction out into the world: Brevity, a journal of concise creative nonfiction, is sponsoring a special all-female issue called Ceiling or Sky: Female Nonfictions after the VDA Count. Guest editors Susanne Antonetta,...
by Marilyn | Mar 17, 2012 | Silencing, The VIDA Count, women's literary history
As far as the numbers go, The 2011 Count is not much different from The 2010 Count. Women writers are still wildly underrepresented in prominent literary publications. But The 2011 Count is peppered with quotes culled from the conversation sparked by The 2010 Count....
