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Roan Parrish
Roan Parrish is an American author of gay romance fiction. Writing career Parrish began writing gay romance fiction while pursuing a Ph.D in literature. She contributed the story "Company" to the collection ''All in Fear'' (2016). Her 2017 novel ''Out of Nowhere'' was shortlisted for ''Booklist'''s best genre fiction: romance and for RUSA's top romance genre fiction. ''Riven'' (2018) was called "generous and tender in all the right ways" by ''Publishers Weekly''. It received a starred review from ''Library Journal''. ''Better than People'' (2020) received a starred review from ''Publishers Weekly'': "Parrish ..delivers an irresistible queer romance between a grumpy children’s book illustrator and a pathologically shy graphic designer". ''Best Laid Plans'' (2021) received a starred review from ''Publishers Weekly'', which wrote, "Parrish’s sweet and sensitive treatment allows the men to become partners in healing. This love story is heartrending, swoon-worthy, and extremely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gay Romance
LGBTQ romance is a genre within gay literature and romance fiction focused on same-sex characters who fall in love and have a homosexual or homoromantic relationship. The genre has met with increasing acceptance and sales from the 1980s onward. Bussel, in ''Publishers Weekly'', notes that as of 2020, presses that specialize in LGBTQ romance, mainstream publishers, and booksellers are expanding their offerings and inviting a more diverse authorship. M M romance genre Term This genre of gay romance was originally called "M/M Romance" (from slash fiction, meaning male-on-male not mass-market), but is now often called "M M Romance" or "mm romance", and features queer men falling in love. The term was in use on fan fiction sites by 2004. By 2008, hundreds of such novels were being published. History of genre A 2009 article in the gay newspaper '' The Liberty Press'' stated that the genre was emerging: ""slash' fiction has been around for decades. Women were writing 'Kirk/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish American Novelists
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, as Judaism is their ethnic religion, though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. Despite this, religious Jews regard Gerim, converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the Conversion to Judaism, long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Israel and Kingdom of Judah, Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.John Day (Old Testament scholar), John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 [48] 'In this sense, the emergence of ancient Israel is viewed not as the cause of the demise of Canaanite culture but as its upshot'. Originally, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBTQ Jews
This is a list of LGBT Jews. Each person is both Jewish (by birth or conversion according to Jewish law, or identifies as Jewish via ancestry) and has stated publicly that they are bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and/or queer or questioning (LGBTQ), or identify as a member of the LGBTQ community. Being both Jewish and LGBTQ is a canonical (recognized) example of some facet of each person on this list, such that the below listed person's fame or significance flows from being both Jewish and LGBTQ. Academia and education * Judith Butler, philosopher * Yuval Noah Harari, professor and author * Martin Duberman, historian * Uzi Even, Israeli chemist and former Knesset member * Lillian Faderman, American lesbian historian * Jack Halberstam, Professor of English and Director for the Center for Feminist Research at the University of Southern California * Magnus Hirschfeld, sexologist and activist * Ron Huberman, Israeli-born CEO of Chicago Public Schools * Fritz Klein, psychi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Novelists
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Women Writers
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21st-century American Novelists
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21st-century American LGBTQ People
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