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FROM: "Maggie Holmes" <mholmes83@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 10:22 AM

So far we seem to have come up with mostly men who
write women well. Can anyone think of some women
writers who do men well? It's hard for me to judge,
not being male, but surely there must be some.

Maggie Holmes


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FROM: "Stacey Cisneros" <scisnero@bal.alibrary.com>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 12:06 PM

Anne Tyler is one possibility. Also, Tawni O'Dell, an author who has
been described in PW as writing well from the male perspective, has just
written her debut novel _Back Roads_. The protagonist is a 20-year-old man
from a dysfunctional family.

Stacey Cisneros, Librarian
Barrington Area Library
505 N. Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010
Phone: 847/382-1300
FAX: 847/382-1261
scisnero@bal.alibrary.com
The views expressed represent my personal opinion and not necessarily the
opinion of the Barrington Area Library.

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From: Maggie Holmes[SMTP:mholmes83@yahoo.com]
Reply To: fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:46 AM
To: fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: How about women who write men well?

So far we seem to have come up with mostly men who
write women well. Can anyone think of some women
writers who do men well? It's hard for me to judge,
not being male, but surely there must be some.

Maggie Holmes


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FROM: "Viccy Kemp" <VKemp@ci.carrollton.tx.us>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 12:07 PM

Judith Jance (better known as J.A. Jance) writes the J.P. Beaumont mystery
series. Very well done. She has been recognized by the Seattle Police
Department for her realistic portrayal of police life.
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maggie Holmes [SMTP:mholmes83@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:27 AM
> To: fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: How about women who write men well?
>
> So far we seem to have come up with mostly men who
> write women well. Can anyone think of some women
> writers who do men well? It's hard for me to judge,
> not being male, but surely there must be some.
>
> Maggie Holmes
>
>
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FROM: <BarThom@aol.com>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 12:33 PM

Anne Tyler does an excellent job of writing from a male perspective in A
Patchwork Planet.

Tom Barton
reference desk
Dominican University
River Forest, Illinois

FROM: "Nancy Jones" <njones@kfpl.library.on.ca>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 1:31 PM

Carol Shields - Larry's Party is written from a man's point of view (though I've wondered if men find it credible.) And Pat Barker's trilogy that starts with Regeneration is about men.

Nancy Jones
Kingston Frontenac Public Library
130 Johnson Street
Kingston, Ontario

FROM: "Charlotte Bradshaw" <bradshaw@pls.lib.ca.us>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 1:32 PM

How about Jane Hamilton's, Short History of a Prince.

Charlotte Bradshaw
Sanchez Branch
San Mateo County Library
bradshaw@pls.lib.ca.us

FROM: "Paula Hale" <phale@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 1:53 PM

J. A. Jance's J.P. Beaumont mysteries are very well done!

Paula Hale Tel: (602) 534-5276
Desert Sage Branch Fax: (602) 534-4367
Phoenix Public Library email: phale@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
7602 W. Encanto Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85035

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Maggie Holmes wrote:

> So far we seem to have come up with mostly men who
> write women well. Can anyone think of some women
> writers who do men well? It's hard for me to judge,
> not being male, but surely there must be some.
>
> Maggie Holmes
>
>
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>
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FROM: "Rosie Pettle" <rosepet@spooky.manhattan.lib.ks.us>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 2:12 PM

I liked Batya Gur's Israeli detective in "Murder Duet, A Musical Case."

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Maggie Holmes wrote:

> So far we seem to have come up with mostly men who
> write women well. Can anyone think of some women
> writers who do men well? It's hard for me to judge,
> not being male, but surely there must be some.
>
> Maggie Holmes
>
>
> =====
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Bid and sell for free at <A HREF="http://auctions.yahoo.com">http://auctions.yahoo.com</A>
>

FROM: "Rhonda Jessup" <rjessup@whitbylibrary.on.ca>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 2:52 PM

Larry's Party by Carol Shields.

Rhonda Jessup
Acting Chief Librarian/
Coordinator of Children's & Adult Services
Whitby Public Library
Whitby, Ontario, Canada

fiction_l-digest wrote:

> From: Maggie Holmes[SMTP:mholmes83@yahoo.com]
> Reply To: fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:46 AM
> To: fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: How about women who write men well?
>
> So far we seem to have come up with mostly men who
> write women well. Can anyone think of some women
> writers who do men well? It's hard for me to judge,
> not being male, but surely there must be some.
>
> Maggie Holmes
>

FROM: "Annette Weiss" <weissann@metronet.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 5:55 PM

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Maggie Holmes wrote:

> So far we seem to have come up with mostly men who
> write women well. Can anyone think of some women
> writers who do men well? It's hard for me to judge,
> not being male, but surely there must be some.
>
> Maggie Holmes
>
I thought Damage by Josephine Hart was a book that SEEMED as if it were
written by a male.

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Annette Weiss Phone: (248) 553-0300
Adult Services Librarian Fax: (248) 553-3228
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Farmington Community Library
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Farmington Hills, MI 48334
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FROM: "Susan Williams" <williams@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 6:48 PM

Annie Proulx - Shipping News, Postcards, Close Range:Wyoming Stories

Annie Dillard - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

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Susan Williams
DeKalb County Public Library
Decatur, GA

FROM: "susan rosenblatt" <susanrosenblatt@netscape.net>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 8:17 PM

If a 13-16 year old male protagonist qualifies, include Sue Townsend's
The Adrian Mole Diaries.

Susan Rosenblatt
Alameda County Library
California

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FROM: "Madeline Guzman" <mguzman@capaccess.org>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 10:12 PM

In the book "A Virtuous Woman" by Kaye Gibbons, the author alternately
uses the woman's voice and her husband's voice. She does both of them
very well, and both are quite believable.

Madeline

Madeline T. Guzman SqueakyChu@hotmail.com
Rockville, Maryland mguzman@capaccess.org
<A HREF="http://www.strictlyconcrete.com">http://www.strictlyconcrete.com</A> strictly@erols.com

FROM: <aholmes@boroondara.vic.gov.au>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 8:28 PM

Anne Holmes@BOROONDARA
11/17/99 11:31 AM

How about Mary Renault? Her portrayals of men, both historical and
contemporary, are great.

Anne Holmes
Manager, Library Services
City of Boroondara
Melbourne, Australia

FROM: "Cynthia Orr" <Cynthia.Orr@cpl.org>
REC'D: 11/17/99, 8:11 AM

James Tiptree, Jr. (who was really Alice Sheldon) wrote many science fiction books and won
both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Even her agent did not know who she was. Tiptree was widely
praised for "his" great writing until Sheldon was unveiled as a woman, and then suddenly
critics began to find that Tiptree had been overrated!
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FROM: "Kathleen Martin" <kmartin@gvpl.victoria.bc.ca>
REC'D: 11/17/99, 1:52 PM

Another one I just remembered: Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy
Findley. The main character is Mrs. Noah (of Ark fame). A most
interesting read

Kathleen Martin
Co-ordinator of Community Services
Greater Victoria Public Library
Victoria, B.C.

FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 11/17/99, 1:59 PM

Edith Wharton writes men well in:
AGE OF INNOCENCE
ETHAN FROME


mmc
Mary McCarthy
ACLIN Support Librarian
Colorado State Library/BCR
marymc@sni.net

FROM: "sara mesaros" <mesarosa@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 11/18/99, 10:48 AM

How about Charming Billy by Alice McDermott?
Sara Mesaros
mesarosa@oplin.lib.oh.us

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