Today's Voice gets on a new Brown University study about the New York Times book Review. "Over the course of a year, the study reveals, 72 percent of all books reviewed in the NYTBR were written by men, and 66 percent of all reviews also carried a male byline. In other words, the most influential venue in the publishing world showcases male authors and reviewers by an average of two to one." According to the Voice, Chip McGrath, editor of the NYTBR, wrote to the study's author that "more books are written by men than by women" and that "I'm not convinced that we are guilty of a male bias."

Fortunately, Mr. McGrath didn't also say "That's cute that the ladies write books now."

[Disclosure: I'm on contract for NYT book review... and I have a penis. (Two, in fact: bought a couple at Good Vibrations on sale recently.)]
Boy, Girl, Boy [Village Voice]