“An expanded Black feminist theory is needed to contribute to the work of the Black public intellectual, especially the public intellectual dealing with Black popular…
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I started reading romance novels around the same time that Sanaa Latham was asking, “When did you fall in love with hip hop?” in the…
Comments closedIn 2021, novelist Alyssa Cole argued in an interview with NPR that “romance itself is political, particularly when you’re talking about diversity – who is…
Comments closedInvited to provide a companion essay to the Black Romance Podcast’s interview with romance author Beverly Jenkins, I was honored, nervous, and excited (fangirling actually).…
Comments closedThe recent calls for #WeNeedDiverseRomance and #OwnVoices have created some change but not enough regarding the representation of people of color in the industry and…
Comments closedA Houston, Texas, native and graduate of Texas Southern University, Vivian Lorraine Stephens (1932-) has been a romance aficionado since her teens. In the 1940s,…
Comments closedHow It Began Introductions are, by their nature, signposts. Signposts that guide readers, provide informational cadences, and justify what falls between page one and page…
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