One of the fun things at the IASPR conference was that the program closed with an interview with Bertrice Small. (Wikipedia, if you need it) Bertrice Small is one of the grand dames of romance, one of the original eight “Avon Ladies” who began publishing in 1978. She has been published continuously ever since, over [...]
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More geeking out about romance from IASPR
If you’ve been enjoying the tempting tweets from #IASPR, I should point out that the entire conference proceedings will be published in JPRS, the Journal of Popular Romance Studies, known familiarly as “Jeepers.” Also, membership in IASPR is a mere $25 per year, so if you really want to be one of Ravenclaws of Romance, [...]
Notes from the IASPR conference: Laura Kipnis keynote
I had the pleasure and privilege to speak at the IASPR conference at NYU yesterday. IASPR=International Association for the Study of Popular Romance, or as I dubbed the group on Twitter yesterday, the Ravenclaws of Romance. Since then, I’ve been taking notes at various sessions, sometimes able to capture more of what a speaker says [...]
