WHY WE PUBLISH WOMEN:

1. In the history of the National Book Awards, only 29 percent of the winners have been women.

2. In early 2005, women constituted only 17% of the opinion writers at The New York Times, 10%

at The Washington Post, 28% at US News & World Report, and 13% at both Newsweek and Time.

3. Of the 137 authors in the most recent Norton Anthology of American Literature, less than one-third

are women.

4. In 2003, 72% of all books reviewed in the New York Times Book Review were written by men.

5. A full-page ad celebrating 2006 National Poetry Month, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets and

listing more than 100 institutional sponsors (government, private foundations, universities, nonprofit presses and

magazines, media outlets), prominently features excerpts of five famous poems -- none of which were written by

a woman. The official poster for National Poetry Month 2006 includes eighteen such quotes -- no more than 25%

by women poets.

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