Sep 28, 2006 (Talk of the Nation) — A new generation of women writers has emerged and they disown the literary genre known as "chick lit." The editor and authors of a new anthology, This Is Not Chick Lit, offer their take on women's literature.
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Fiction Anthology Refuses 'Chick Lit' Label
Sep 28, 2006 (Talk of the Nation) — A new generation of women writers has emerged and they disown the literary genre known as "chick lit." The editor and authors of a new anthology, This Is Not Chick Lit, offer their take on women's literature.A new generation of women's writers has emerged and they disown the literary genre known as "chick lit." The editor and authors of a new anthology, This Is Not Chick Lit, offer their take on women's literature.
Guests:
Elizabeth Merrick, author of Girly, a novel; editor of the anthology This Is Not Chick Lit
Jennifer Egan, author of the novels The Invisible Circus and Look at Me, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2001; her story "Selling the General" appears in This Is Not Chick Lit
Cristina Henriquez, author of the short story collection Come Together, Fall Apart; her story, "Gabriella, My Heart" appears in the collection
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