Bias Quote by Gish Jen

The baseline character in a lot of Western literature is a man. So we, as women, do a lot of suspending of our disbelief…

— Courtney A. Kemp

I think that literature quite often emerges from areas where there has been a lack of articulation, like women's writing.

— Edna Longley

It's still true that literary works by women, gays, and writers of color are often framed as specific, rather than universal, small rather than…

— Cheryl Strayed

“Westerns have often been considered the ugly stepchild of genre writing...”

— Johnny D. Boggs

Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts.

— Siri Hustvedt

What I find interesting and heartening, though, is that there does seem to be a shift in the subject matter being written about by…

— Laurie Foos

A female writer does definitely get more attention if she writes about male characters. It's true. It's considered somehow more literary, in the same…

— Lauren Groff

I think our sexuality is all yet to be recounted and that the rich male literary tradition constitutes a huge obstacle.

— Elena Ferrante

I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more and more…

— Paula Broadwell

Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more…

— Jennifer Weiner

“How can so many (white, male) writers narratively justify restricting the agency of their female characters on the grounds of sexism = authenticity while…

— Foz Meadows