Contemporary Women Writers
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Gawking For Dollars
Elizabeth Spiers - making it big on a blog!
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Writing for Readers
Laura Miller is a writer's gift to books. She writes about them with a loving but firm hand. If you like to read, you'll love her.
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What Are They Doing?
A look back at what the Contemporary Women profiled here have been up to, and why should read them if you haven't been!
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Pagan Kennedy
Pagan Kennedy, Queen of zine, chapbook and forebear of the blog, has been all over the board in her writing career. From Pagan's Head, to novels to an astonishingly beautiful biography of William Shephard, with more to come!
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Heather Havrilesky
Snappy blogger looking for day job that won't cramp my style ...
Heather Havrilesky goes from raging underground blogger to hip, witty, ultra-cool Salon writer. Read her. |
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Christina Lamb in Afghanistan
Award-winning correspondent Christina Lamb's comprehensive and intimate inside look at the people and country of Afghanistan
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The Blog According to Zulkey
The fine art of blogging brought to you by Claire Zulkey
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Vanessa Grigoriadis - Look Who's Talking
Vanessa Grigoriadis deconstructs Manhattan.
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Virginia Heffernan, TV Muse
Profile of Virginia Heffernan, Slate.com columnist and TV guide.
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Sandra Tsing Loh
The soothing sounds of Sandra Tsing Loh, coming at you live.
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Beethoven's Wig and the Lyrical Meghan Daum
Part Two in a series of Generation X (the "new beat") writers. Highlighting Meghan Daum and her collected essays: My Misspent Youth
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The Beat Goes On - Sarah Vowell's Cannoli
Seinfeld introduced "nothing" to the masses and we loved it. A group of women are writing brilliantly about it under the radar. If you like that sort of thing, engagingly comic prose, read this bit on Sarah Vowell.
First in a series.
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Women Who Write about Food
A short essay on food writing and the women who put it on the map. The piece focuses on food writer Amanda Hesser.
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