More than 250 Irish poets and other writers have already signed a pledge not to participate in any anthologies, conferences, or festivals where women writers aren’t represented in fair quantities. What was the tipping point? “The pledge was conceived after the publication of the Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets in 2017. Covering Irish poetry from the 17th century to the present, it features essays on four women poets and 26 men, with just four female contributors.”