First, the count itself with an incredible intro by Amy King: http://www.vidaweb.org/the-count-2013/
Then, some extraordinary pieces about race and *Trans issues and what the count is missing by Stephen Burt and Alyss Dixson:
Then a great piece on VIDA and the PEN Prison Writing initiative from Idra Novey:
A fascinating article from Diane Mehta on what makes a canon:
And some fantastic press from Soraya Chemaly from The Guardian, Julie Bossman from The New York Times, Amanda Hess from Slate, and others as well as NPR, Huff Po, etc, etc!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/04/vida-2012-count-finds-dep_n_2805928.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
http://jezebel.com/editor-of-prestigious-almost-all-male-review-says-were-1193363088
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