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| March is Women’s History Month and today is International Women's Day — so what better time to take a look at some contemporary women authors who are making history and writing the future, all in their own words. |
 |  | |  | |  | | | "I can promise you that women working together — linked, informed and educated — can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet."
Isabel Allende | | "Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women."
Dr. Maya Angelou | | "Men often ask me, ‘Why are your female characters so paranoid?’ It’s not paranoia. It’s recognition of their situation."
Margaret Atwood | |
|  | |  | |  | | | "The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you\xa0have\xa0to."
Judy Blume | | "We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There’s simply no way to write well, though, if you’re not reading\xa0well."
Jennifer Egan | | "When women age into their power, no wind can upset them, no hand turn aside their knowledge, no fact can deflect their point of view."
Louise Erdrich | |
|  | |  | |  | | | "Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that — for the courage of my readers."
Barbara Kingsolver | | "Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone."
Amy Tan | | "The act of reading outside of your experience increases empathy. It broadens our understanding of humanity and our ideas about who we are and about what we can be."
Jesmyn Ward | |
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