Women read more fiction than men. Women write more fiction than men. But are women fairly represented in modern literary criticism and the publishing world? Carmen Giménez Smith of VIDA–an organization working to increase critical attention to contemporary women's writing and gender inequality in literary culture–leads a discussion with four of the most influential women writers in the country: Elaine Blair, Ruth Franklin, Michelle Huneven, and Mona Simpson.

The Some Favorite Writers series is sponsored by the UCLA Department of English and Friends of English, and organized by Mona Simpson.