tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post7986653492659754856..comments2024-02-12T16:32:03.714-08:00Comments on Book of Kells: The Quotable Sherman AlexieKelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-56505392473261651552010-07-08T20:41:42.726-07:002010-07-08T20:41:42.726-07:00Maybe he's referring to teachers... he has wri...Maybe he's referring to teachers... he has written a few YA novels latelyStarleigh Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549806249237292582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-11876640382439379532010-07-01T08:02:04.784-07:002010-07-01T08:02:04.784-07:00THanks for the note. It was an interesting commen...THanks for the note. It was an interesting comment. And he really said he got a lot of backlash for it.<br /><br />I do know a lot of women and they buy lots of books, but I don't think it's just white women. I think educated in the keyword. Or women who are interested in learning.<br /><br />Of course, men obviously buy books. My husband soars through novels. He's a fast reader too! <br /><br />I'm not sure how we would find this out. Or if this even matters. <br /><br />I just like that he said something that caused a stir.Kelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-10526471690077567852010-06-29T18:57:28.714-07:002010-06-29T18:57:28.714-07:00I'm certain this is true, and it may be higher...I'm certain this is true, and it may be higher. Most MFAW candidates where I attended were women, most attendees to readings were women, etc. <br /><br />Reading may not be couched as masculine in schools, especially poetry. <br /><br />I read that women contribute less than 40% of contents in literary journals, which is just amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-64011354762971703322010-06-29T10:01:32.804-07:002010-06-29T10:01:32.804-07:00Yes, I had heard that somewhere when I worked (bri...Yes, I had heard that somewhere when I worked (briefly) in publishing, and I think it's probably true.<br />Which just makes any gender imbalance in publishing that much more upsetting - if more top editors are men, more top prizes go to men, but the books are being read by women...<br />And, of course, I come from a long line of book-loving women. My great-great grandmother was the only woman in her town who could read, so she became the default postmistress. I always loved that story.Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-52216922114942954152010-06-29T07:31:27.947-07:002010-06-29T07:31:27.947-07:00I bet you and he and Jeanine are right! That is, ...I bet you and he and Jeanine are right! That is, right to say it and ask it and provoke our curiosity about it...and probably right that college-degreed white women buy more books!<br /><br />By chance, I was just with a group of men and women (mixed in age but probably all college-degreed) who were discussing a Sherman Alexie story!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.com