What Kind of Literature Do We Need in the 21st Century?

The first decade of the 21st century is approaching its end. The Internet has revolutionized the world of communication, including that of reading and writing. Numerous online publications, discussion forums, blogs, and other publishing venues have opened up and continue to emerge, making the world wide web a truly global community of readers, writers, editors, and publishers. So what trends are evolving in our new world of literature? What kinds of stuff do the modern readers want to read and contemporary writers want to write? Is there some common point(s) that characterizes the 21st century literature? This is the topic we are going to discuss in our next issue of The Audience Review. Please send your opinion on the topic What Kind of Literature Do We Need in the 21st Century?

The opinion should be brief (up to 300 words) and should be sent via e-mail to dempsey87@gmail.com or vianna_renaud@yahoo.com. Please include the following information with your opinion.

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Looking forward to receiving your views,

Ernest Dempsey
Editor in Chief
The Audience Review
http://www.worldaudience.org/

Men or Women: Who’s More Intelligent?

The other day, having my evening tea with friends in the university’s fast food restaurant, one of my well-read friends claimed women to be intellectually inferior to men. Though calling himself a feminist, he went on to assert that women were simply unable to create good literature or make some groundbreaking scientific/intellectual achievement. ‘Why’, said he, ‘are there so few women’s names on the historical records of human intellect? They were, in the 20th century, given complete freedom to pursue education and have other rights.’ I readily came to the defense of the opposite sex by mentioning names of great women writers and scientists, reminding him that a mere half-century of freedom (if really given) should be considered as a factor in contrast to thousands of years of slavery and confinement of women in all human societies. However, my friend weaseled himself out of the discussion by claiming that the brain characteristics of men have evolved for more intelligent and creative thinking. After the session, I searched the interest and failed to find any study that would definitely prove my friend’s claims. However, I thought of this issue as interesting and important enough to be brought to contemporary writers/readers’ attention. I would love to get everyone’s opinion on it. Please send your brief opinion (up to 300 words) via e-mail (to me at dempsey87@yahoo.com) on the question: Are Men more Intelligent than Women?

I’ll include the responses in our next issue of The Audience Review.

Please include the following information with your opinion:

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Looking forward,

Ernest