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Richard Jean So

Richard Jean So is assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago. 

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April 8, 2016
Andrew Piper, Richard Jean So
Women Write About Family, Men Write About War
The number of female bylines is up, but new data analysis shows that women authors are still stereotyped in book reviews.
December 18, 2015
Andrew Piper, Richard Jean So
Quantifying the Weepy Bestseller
Two professors attempt to answer the question: Are commercial novels really more sentimental than literary fiction?

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