As we all know too well, women writers -- not to mention directors, producers and other creative women -- are up against it when it comes to making our voices heard.  As VIDA's 2010 edition of "The Count" laid bare, men review more books, more books by…

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Last week on a trip to the west coast, I was lucky enough to meet with newly minted She Writes member (welcome her!) JENNIFER SIEBEL NEWSOM, creator of the documentary film…

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Dear all,

 

I'm so very happy and pleased to be writing to you today to tell you about some exciting new developments here at She Writes. 

 

As you know, since our launch on June 29, 2009, we have grown into a thriving community of more than 13,000 women (and men) from around the world.  The diversity…

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When I first began to read, it was LAURA INGALLS WILDER, E.B. WHITE, CAROLYN KEENE (who I thought was a person, not a syndicate) and FRANCES HODGSON…

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10 REASONS WHY YOU (and Everyone You Know) SHOULD GIVE BOOKS AS GIFTS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON



ONE: When you give someone a book, you create a way to share an experience that

will continue long after the holidays. Months later, you can… Continue

Last night at the salon of women writers I started years ago with Nancy K. Miller, our guest was the novelist, essayist and poet Siri Hustvedt, who prepared a talk for our group on the neuroscience of creativity, a field in which she is a well-known expert. It was one of the best, most… Continue

So while I would like to forget about the whole Wasserstein Prize thing, I just can't. Partly because the Director of Communications for the Theater Development Fund, David LeShay, emailed me the day after my blog post about the fund's decision not to award a prize this year because none of the 19 finalists selected by THEIR process was good enough for it. (And yes, they blamed the playwrights, not their own process, until they ran into a firestorm of protest and suddenly changed their minds.)… Continue

This never used to be a question. Kamy Wicoff asks: How do you read?



You read by opening up a book, or picking up any piece of paper with letters printed on it, and go! Now this has all changed. With e-books exponentially increasing in popularity in ways that have taken the industry… Continue

In writing today's email, themed off of "Wednesdays", we realized "hump" (as in hump day) is one of the grossest words we know. What are yours?

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