Free Access to Articles on Disability in Romance

Laura Vivanco

For a limited period only, access to the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies is free. It's a great opportunity to get hold of:

Baldys, Emily M. “Disabled Sexuality, Incorporated: The Compulsions of Popular Romance”. Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies 6.2 (2012): 125-141.

Cheyne, Ria. “Disability Studies Reads the Romance.” Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies 7.1 (2013): 37-52.

Schwab, Sandra. “‘It Is Only with One’s Heart That One Can See Clearly’: The Loss of Sight in Teresa Medeiros’s The Bride and the Beast and Yours until Dawn.” Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies 6.3 (2012): 275–289.

20 March: Workshops in Washington

Laura Vivanco

Love That Dares

Thursday, March 20, 2014 from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PDT)

The George Washington University in Washington, DC is holding a free event about diversity in popular romance which, while aimed at their students, is open to the public.

Three Workshops on Diversity in Popular Romance

1pm:   theme: GLBTQ romance

hosted by: Sarah Frantz (Riptide Publishing)

book club selection:  Blessed Isle, by Alex Beecroft

2:30:   theme: African-American popular romance

hosted by: novelist Beverly Jenkins 

book club selection: her own Deadly Sexy

4:10:  theme: People with disabilities in popular romance, with

hosted by: Emily Baldys (Zane State)

book club selection:  The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, by J. Ashley

Reception to follow

If you want to attend any or all of these you need to book in advance via this website and Heather Schell, who's involved in organising it, says that as it's

an interactive event, [...] attendees are expected to read the assigned novel (all are available on amazon.com).  Each workshop will also include a brief writing exercise.