Puke fest for the little snowflake pukes they educate
No Flannery O’Connor.
From the article:
“The original version of this story included Evelyn Waugh, who was a man.”
Jane Austen is one of the most conservative fiction writers there is. Only Fyodor Dostoevsky springs to mind in that league.
59th on the list for Ayn Rand? Being this is a liberal mag I’m surprised she’s mentioned at all.
No Rigoberta Menchu?
I expected the list to be worse. Headscratchers include Barbara Bush’s book coming in at #19. Before I read the list, I made my own short list. Browning, Austen, Wharton, George Elliot, Virginia Woolf (whom I dislike, but belongs on the list) and both Bronte sisters were included. Emily Dickinson was not. I would include Maragaret Sanger on the list, for to know her is to despise her.
I can’t even argue with the choice of leftists: de Beauvoir and Friedan would be required reading for a mature mind ready to understand the feminist movement. Throw in some Camille Paglia (not on the list) for the heretical version.
Ayn Rand is included. She belongs there.
Rachel Carson also belongs there , for her influence if nothing else.
I don’t think Sylvia Plath’s writing is anythng special, her prose reads like a bad Erma Bombeck column at times, aith a touch of Walker Percy.
Most of the rest I hadn’t heard of. Though I like Phyllis Schlafley’s books, I don’t think her “A Choice Not an Echo” is the kind of thing that lands one in the Top 100.
J.K. Rowling? Why is this being taught in college?
I like Art Vandelay. He’s an obscure writer. Beatnik, from the village, he wrote Venetian Blinds.
Whoops, I missed Shirley Jackson at #35.
Thank God I’m not in college now. I’d rather shoot myself than read the garbage that these D-listers produce.
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.
The big one when I was in college was Kate Chopin.
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. ;-)
You must mean the “Cliffs Notes most read that reference female authors”...right?
I think the mandatory reading of “The Handmaid’s Tale” for many students and similar books gives college students the idea that Christians are aching to create a world like what the Taliban and ISIS have today.
And that’s part of our problem.
If this is the best it’s no wonder people don’t read anymore. What a pile of pablum.