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Analyzing the big prizes: do books about women win?

by eatonhamilton

sketch: Jane Eaton Hamilton, Georgia O’Keefe, 2013

Nicola Griffith from Seattle analyzed some big awards and concluded that books about women and girls do not win them. Furthermore, if women win, they are generally writing about men or boys.

Nicola Griffith

Published: 05/27/2015

Filed Under: articles by others

Tags: Hugo Award : Man Booker Prize : National Book Award : National Book Critics’ Circle Award : Newbery Medal : Nicola Griffith : Pulitzer Prize

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Analyzing the big prizes: do books about women win?

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