/tags/authors Authors en-US Copyright Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:22:04 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-07-22/neurodiversified-new-representation-in-romance-novels-genre-author-reading-books Anita's idea of relaxation often involves a good book. She's begun exploring the vast world of romance novels and was surprised to learn how much more diverse the genre has become since the days when Fabio was the only inspiration for sexy book covers. Three neurodivergent authors tell her about writing the characters they longed for as readers and making space for new takes on the "happy ending." Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:22:04 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-07-22/neurodiversified-new-representation-in-romance-novels-genre-author-reading-books Kaia Findlay, Audrey Smith, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-29/writing-as-rescue-reading-as-escape-writers-on-creativity-in-quarantine “Writers write.” “Publish or perish.” Even without a global pandemic, writers face constant pressure to produce new material. But for the first-time… Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:46:01 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-29/writing-as-rescue-reading-as-escape-writers-on-creativity-in-quarantine Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-04-29/writing-as-rescue-reading-as-escape-writers-on-creativity-in-quarantine “Writers write.” “Publish or perish.” Even without a global pandemic, writers face constant pressure to produce new material. But for the first-time… Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:46:01 GMT /arts-culture/2020-04-29/writing-as-rescue-reading-as-escape-writers-on-creativity-in-quarantine Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-02-14/why-romance-fiction-is-more-than-just-steamy-stories Romance novels made up almost a quarter of the U.S. fiction market in 2016, second only to general fiction. Some people may think of the genre solely as… Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:00:35 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-02-14/why-romance-fiction-is-more-than-just-steamy-stories Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-02-14/why-romance-fiction-is-more-than-just-steamy-stories Romance novels made up almost a quarter of the U.S. fiction market in 2016, second only to general fiction. Some people may think of the genre solely as… Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:00:35 GMT /arts-culture/2019-02-14/why-romance-fiction-is-more-than-just-steamy-stories Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-10-19/in-one-wartime-moment-a-family-is-forever-changed In occupied France, one sister travels to Paris to audition for a spot at a conservatory, while two others stay behind at the family home in Normandy. The… Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:18:45 GMT /arts-culture/2018-10-19/in-one-wartime-moment-a-family-is-forever-changed Jennifer Brookland /show/the-state-of-things/2018-10-19/in-one-wartime-moment-a-family-is-forever-changed In occupied France, one sister travels to Paris to audition for a spot at a conservatory, while two others stay behind at the family home in Normandy. The… Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:18:45 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-10-19/in-one-wartime-moment-a-family-is-forever-changed Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-31/growing-up-in-another-brooklyn In the late 1960s, Jacqueline Woodson and her family moved north from the segregated South to Brooklyn, New York.It was a racially formative time and… Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:24:28 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-31/growing-up-in-another-brooklyn Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-08-31/growing-up-in-another-brooklyn In the late 1960s, Jacqueline Woodson and her family moved north from the segregated South to Brooklyn, New York.It was a racially formative time and… Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:24:28 GMT /arts-culture/2016-08-31/growing-up-in-another-brooklyn Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-07-13/fight-club-2-brings-the-return-of-project-mayhem-to-a-graphic-novel The first rule about Fight Club is "you do not talk about Fight Club." But author Chuck Palahniuk is making an exception.As a sequel to the 1996 novel,… Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:22:01 GMT /arts-culture/2016-07-13/fight-club-2-brings-the-return-of-project-mayhem-to-a-graphic-novel Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio