criticism-of-romance

Jun 26 2007

If the NY Times is ever ready for Romance, will Romance be ready for the NY Times?

This weekend a Salon article caught my eye. “Summer Reads,” it was called, and I clicked on the link, expectations charged, thinking, there’s got to be some Romance in this bunch. After all, everyone knows that summer reading is beach reading, and if fall sweeps in the more “serious” reading, summer is always about fun, [...]

By Janet • Letters of Opinion • 60 • Tags:

The Author Gender Wars: Wherein Female Authors Must Do It Twice as Well to Be an Equal

Mar 5 2007

The Author Gender Wars: Wherein Female Authors Must Do It Twice as Well to Be an Equal

A special Monday edition of Jane’s Rants Opinion Letters Tara Gelsomino, former managing editor of RT and alleged face behind the blind Flavia authored items, writes at Access Romance Reader’s Gab that men do it better. Oh, not sex, you guys, writing. Ms. Gelsomino posits that men are doing better jobs of creating smart books [...]

By Jane • Letters of Opinion • 61 • Tags: ,

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