Category Archives: The Numbers

The CWILA Numbers: An Introduction by Gillian Jerome

Posted on June 10, 2012 by gjerome

“What is commonly called literary history is actually a record of choices.” —Louise Berkinow, The World Split Open: Four Centuries of Women Poets in England and America 1552-1950 “In fact, I think that redefining literary criticism has nothing to do … Continue reading →

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2011 CWILA Numbers

Posted on June 3, 2012 by gjerome

CWILA Count Margin of Error Margin of error is the standard expression of the uncertainty associated with sample estimates from a population. In this case the population would refer to each publication’s tendency to review by gender over an infinite … Continue reading →

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Context for the CWILA Numbers by Lorri Neilsen Glenn

Posted on June 1, 2012 by gjerome

In the Sixties, women made bitter jokes about making coffee for the revolution, about cleaning the big tables we should have been speaking at. About needing men like fish need bicycles, as the Australian feminist Irina Dunn said. Close to … Continue reading →

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