Ann Herendeen

Queering the romance, from Phyllida to Jane Austen--and beyond

From Phyllida's Desk

Best Bi Short Stories

February 17, 2014

Tags: Best Bi Short Stories, bisexual fiction, publishing, short stories, anthologies

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Back in 2006, when the self-published Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander was a few months old and I was working on a new novel, bisexual activist Sheela Lambert had the idea for an anthology of bisexual-themed short stories. Read More

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Rears and Vices

February 3, 2014

Tags: likable, sympathetic, fictional characters, Mary Crawford, Jules Jacobson, mansfield park, The Interestings, jane austen, Meg Wolitzer

In the last JASNA-NY (Jane Austen Society of North America, New York region) discussion group, the topic was deceptively simple: What character do you identify with? Only Elizabeth Bennet was off limits, considered too obvious a choice--unnecessarily as it turned out.

The runaway favorite was Read More

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