Chick lit
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"Chick lit" is a term used to describe a type of popular fiction targeted at women. Widely used in the 1990s and 2000s, the term has fallen out of fashion with publishers, with numerous writers and cr
Author Terry McMillan, in 2008. McMillan's 1992 novel Waiting to Exhale predated the chick-lit label but, in its focus on the lives of a group of 30-something single women professionals, has been identified as a key precursor of the category
Women's fiction
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Women's fiction is an umbrella term for women-centered books that focus on women's life experience and are marketed to female readers. It is distinct from women's writing, which refers to literature w
Chick lit
…other languages and other parts of the world. In 1992, Los Angeles Times critic Carolyn See was probably the first to spot that a new style of popular women's fiction was emerging. Though she didn't use the term chick lit, in a review of Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale, the critic noted that McMillan's book was…
Women's fiction edition of Ms. magazine in 2002
Beloved novel by Toni Morrison.