n. Books that appeal primarily to women.
1999
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing is the "Chick Lit" book of the moment, a loosely linked set of short stories centering on Jane Rosenal's romantic coming-of-age over 20 or so years.
1996
Anyway, I still adore his writing, and he's still my hero, but I'm really very sad to see Wolcott decrying postfem chick lit as mere "popularity-contest coquetry." (I think he's jealous.) He doesn't even like Cynthia Heimel or Julie Burchill, from what I can tell.
1988 (earliest)
Princeton
Female Literary Tradition | Chick Lit |
Astronomy 103 | Astrogut |
Music 103 | Clapping for Credit |