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These Are the 100 Most-Read Female Writers in College Classes
Time ^ | February 25, 2016 | David Johnson

Posted on 02/25/2016 12:44:36 PM PST by C19fan

Toni Morrison and Jane Austen are among the most-read female writers on college campuses, a new TIME analysis found.

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education
KEYWORDS: literature; writing
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To: Slyfox
Flannery's best work was "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

I am still a bit haunted by that story. "Shut up, Bobby Lee, it's no real pleasure in life."
21 posted on 02/25/2016 1:08:26 PM PST by needmorePaine
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To: C19fan

Whoops, I missed Shirley Jackson at #35.


22 posted on 02/25/2016 1:11:17 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: C19fan

Thank God I’m not in college now. I’d rather shoot myself than read the garbage that these D-listers produce.


23 posted on 02/25/2016 1:11:25 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: needmorePaine
I read some about her life. "Good Man" was the only story she could not joke about when she would be asked to talk about her writings.

My favorite funny one she did was the one about the Bible salesman and the lady with the wooden legs. In the attic. Funny as hell.

24 posted on 02/25/2016 1:12:02 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: Slyfox

paraphrasing: “She would have been a good woman if someone had constantly held a gun to her head.”


25 posted on 02/25/2016 1:13:33 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: Slyfox
My favorite funny one she did was the one about the Bible salesman and the lady with the wooden legs. In the attic. Funny as hell.

Good Country People. Wise Blood was another strange one. She did use absurdist humor and grotesque imagery at times. I've heard her compared to Kafka though I am not sure if that fits.
26 posted on 02/25/2016 1:18:13 PM PST by needmorePaine
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To: C19fan

Edith Wharton & Willa Cather are outstanding writers and amazing story tellers. I highly recommend their novels, particularly Willa Cather.

Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” is an awesome read too.

And it’s too bad Marjorie Rawlings isn’t in the list, she’s one of the all time great American writers ever.


27 posted on 02/25/2016 1:23:51 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: C19fan

The big one when I was in college was Kate Chopin.


28 posted on 02/25/2016 1:34:24 PM PST by IronJack
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To: Gamecock

I thought he was just an architect.


29 posted on 02/25/2016 1:52:31 PM PST by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: detective
"The original version of this story included Evelyn Waugh, who was a man."

For a brief time Evelyn Waugh was both a man and a woman.

Evelyn Gardner married Waugh in 1929. She also became Evelyn Waugh. In the family they were briefly referred to as he-Evelyn and she-Evelyn. [They separated in 1930. The marriage was later annulled.]

Nowadays, they could be the same person, and neither he- nor she-. Just somewhere in transition.

This must have doubly embarrassing to the list-makers, since Waugh was a conservative; he was in fact William F. Buckley Jr.'s favorite writer.

30 posted on 02/25/2016 1:54:04 PM PST by FredZarguna (You did not see what I did there.)
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To: nickcarraway

Actually, she was not his wife. The marriage was annulled in 1936, so the marriage never existed.


31 posted on 02/25/2016 1:56:25 PM PST by FredZarguna (You did not see what I did there.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
Rachel Carson also belongs there , for her influence if nothing else.

Carson's name should be used only as an epithet. Every student should learn only one thing about her - that her intentional lies caused the needless death and suffering of hundreds of millions of people, mostly children.

Her name should only come up when discussing the great mass murderers of the 20th century. But the truth will not be taught. She will continue to be hailed as the founder of the modern environmental movement. Spit.

32 posted on 02/25/2016 2:01:31 PM PST by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: C19fan

I too am surprised that Ayn Rand made the list. I’d like to see Florence King, myself. Maybe Camille Paglia. And maybe Truman Capote. ;-)


33 posted on 02/25/2016 2:01:52 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Gamecock; C19fan; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Larry Lucido
Didn't he write the Billy Mumphrey Stories?
34 posted on 02/25/2016 2:02:12 PM PST by FredZarguna (Billy was a simple country boy. You might say a cockeyed optimist...)
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To: FredZarguna

He was a cockeyed optimist who got caught up in the world of international intrigue!!


35 posted on 02/25/2016 2:03:50 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: C19fan

You must mean the “Cliffs Notes most read that reference female authors”...right?


36 posted on 02/25/2016 2:04:46 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (I am undecided between Carson, Cruz, Rubio & Trump...)
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To: detective

A Boy Named Evelyn. Could be a good song title.


37 posted on 02/25/2016 2:07:17 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: FredZarguna; Gamecock

Is there anything that can’t be related to Seinfeld? :)


38 posted on 02/25/2016 3:06:34 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: mylife; FredZarguna

Nothing.

(Get it?)


39 posted on 02/25/2016 4:47:44 PM PST by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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40 posted on 02/25/2016 5:02:03 PM PST by FredZarguna (Billy was a simple country boy. You might say a cockeyed optimist...)
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