Outrageous Reversals, Sex and Romance Novels
February 6, 2015
I’ve just finished Creation of the Sacred. Tracks of Biology in Early Religions by Walter Burkert, Professor... read more
Genre Etiquette: Politeness, Please
December 11, 2014
An example of good genre etiquette: Jane Austen sets the good genre etiquette tone: “If... read more
The Detective Novel and the Romance Novel
December 2, 2014
P.D. James died over the Thanksgiving weekend. She was a master of the detective novel.... read more
The Beauty Trap – All Women Experience It
November 11, 2014
There is one sort of beauty trap with which all women are familiar. Another one... read more
On Silence and Singularity and the Romance Novel
November 4, 2014
Silence surrounds the romance novel. Despite being a billion-dollar-a-year industry, romance novels are absent from... read more
Sinhala: Language and Power
October 27, 2014
In the Indian Ocean off the south coast of India is the island nation of... read more