Yesterday I was looking through book collection and I noticed a very sad fact. I think I own seven books (that aren't textbooks) that were written by women. This is compared to the hundreds of books I own written by men. It's not a conscious thing, it just kind of happened. I feel bad, but I don't know what else to do. I'm not going to start reading book based upon the author's sex. I am, however, going to make an effort to expanded my literary scope.
Another thing I found while cleaning my room was a quote I wrote down when I was in high school. It's from Soren Kierkegaard.
the subjective accent on HOW it is said.
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I guess a lot of it depends on the genres you tend to read. There are some genres where there are far more prominent male authors than female ones, and others where the reverse is true. My spec fic shelves are a fairly even mix, but my 'literature' shelves are pretty much all guys.
Perhaps you should take to reading chick-lit. ;)
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