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Pamela Regis is a professor at McDaniel College (formerly known as Western Maryland College); she organized through the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program a series of guest speakers who are all romance writers. Jennifer Crusie, Suzanne Brockmann, and Diana Gabaldon are a few of the speakers. Check out this link for info about Crusie's upcoming appearance.
I read about the earlier appearances but was unable to attend; I may make it to see Crusie. But reading about the program made me seek out Regis's articles and reviews in the Washington Post, then interested me in her book, The Natural History of the Romance Novel. I'm really interested in reading this analysis of the modern romance novel, since most literature academics and critics seem to consider any romance novel written after 1900 to be junk, and mean stuff like Pamela and Evelina when they refer to proper romances. After checking the local public libraries (no copy) and the state university library system (one copy, checked out until April), I broke down and ordered a copy. It is being shipped and should arrive later this week.
I'll have an embarrassment of (book) riches to read this weekend: my copy of Memory in Death is waiting for pick up at the library; a used copy of Gaffney's To Have and To Hold has arrived; I pulled The Givenchy Code from the TBR pile after reading Rosario's review.
I read about the earlier appearances but was unable to attend; I may make it to see Crusie. But reading about the program made me seek out Regis's articles and reviews in the Washington Post, then interested me in her book, The Natural History of the Romance Novel. I'm really interested in reading this analysis of the modern romance novel, since most literature academics and critics seem to consider any romance novel written after 1900 to be junk, and mean stuff like Pamela and Evelina when they refer to proper romances. After checking the local public libraries (no copy) and the state university library system (one copy, checked out until April), I broke down and ordered a copy. It is being shipped and should arrive later this week.
I'll have an embarrassment of (book) riches to read this weekend: my copy of Memory in Death is waiting for pick up at the library; a used copy of Gaffney's To Have and To Hold has arrived; I pulled The Givenchy Code from the TBR pile after reading Rosario's review.
