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It’s no coincidence that most of the stories in Danielle Lazarin’s debut collection, —a book about women, and edited, agented, and publicized by women—were first published in journals with female editors. “I committed myself to supporting women in publishing more fully,” says Lazarin, who now submits only to magazines edited by women. “It seemed a simple step in supporting journals that value women’s voices.” The voices of women ring out in , which will be published in February by Penguin Books; the, , , and .

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