Black Romance and Historical Spaces

12/01/22 • 87 min

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Join Black Romance authors Katrina Jackson and Elysabeth Grace as they discuss writing Black historical romance. The authors engage the question of readerly and publishing perceptions about the place of African/African diaspora love in historical spaces. For Black romance authors, what does it entail to represent Black love within historical romance? Questions of colorism, sexuality, class, and gender affect perceptions of historical romance fiction. Is historical fiction or women’s fiction the only way to write Black love? Can a genealogy and reading practice for Black historical romance emerge? A genealogy that encourages writers and readers (including agents, publishers, reviewers) to consider different frames of reading the idea of authenticity? The conversation attempts to move beyond the Eurocentric/American focus to look at the role of Black subjectivity (not individualism) as integral to Black historical romance. Finally, the authors seek to encourage Black romance authors and readers, and the wider romance community to re-imagine their relationship to historical romance in general, and Black historical romance in particular.

Thanks to @cbddepaul for sponsoring this podcast and to Jennifer Gardner for media promotion.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

Thanks to @cbddepaul for sponsoring this podcast and to Jennifer Gardner for media promotion.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

Previous Episode

Patricia Vaughn

This week historical novelist Patricia Vaughn talks about her experiences writing and publishing her first two historical novels in the 1990’s. She discusses how her agent Vivian Stephens helped her to publish her first historical novel Murmur of Rain with Pocket Books in 1996 and talk about her second Shadows on the Bayou.

Thanks to @cbddepaul and @romancewriters for sponsoring this podcast.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media

Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

Murmur of Rain: https://www.amazon.com/Murmur-Rain-Patricia-Vaughn/dp/0671520040

Shadows on the Bayou: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671520059/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Next Episode

Seressia Glass

In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman speaks with award-winning romance writer Seressia Glass about her experiences publishing with Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Simon & Schuster, and Berkley. They also discuss Glass's Shadowchasers series and The Love Con.

Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul for sponsoring this podcast and to Jennifer Gardner for media promotion.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts