Spurred by this year’s publication of The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets from Cambridge University Press (with only 13.3% of its contributors women), Fired! seeks to readdress this lack of parity. It is asking people to withdraw from literary projects that does not make a “good-faith effort to adequately represent the contribution women make to literature and literary criticism”, as well as highlight the work of Irish woman poets past and present.
Published / Digitised / Open Access / Lagan Online
URL: http://laganonline.co/anthologies-show-lack-of-representation-for-female-irish-writers/
Lagan Online investigates current and historical anthological exclusion of Irish Women Poets.