Conferences, readings and more
Conferences
Love as the Practice of Freedom? Romance Fiction and American Culture
An invitational conference held at Princeton University, April 2009.
On the panel Memory and Desire: Romance, History and Literary Tradition, I gave a presentation about Phyllida, published in the edited proceedings as: "Having it Both Ways, or, Writing from the Third Perspective : The Revolutionary M/M/F Menage."
HuffPost article on the Princeton conference, by Hillary Rettig.
My contribution to the 3rd IASPR (International Association for the Study of Popular Romance) Conference : New York, May 2011.
I discuss variations in the cultural understanding of male sexuality, particularly the form of dominant male bisexuality personified by the heroes of my two Regency novels.
Published in: Journal of Popular Romance Studies (JPRS), issue 3.1 (Oct. 2012)
I was accepted to the 2016 Yale Writers' Conference (now called the Yale Writers' Workshop), June 4-19. Session I Workshop with Porochista Khakpour; master class with Lev Grossman; Session II study of Cross-Genre Fiction with Kirsten Bakis. If I'm ever able to publish my work-eternally-in-progress, it will be thanks to this, especially to Bakis, who showed me Where to Start.
Readings, interviews and more
Reading from my story "Gooseberries" (at 30 minutes in, the eighth reader). Recorded Saturday, January 23.
New Year's Day 2021 Celebrate Creativity. The second segment (Part 2) includes a three-minute reading from my work-in progress, The Anger Bomb, at a little past the 20-minute mark. The other readers, mostly poets, are excellent.
Spoken word performance
Poetry, Monologues and Songs: Personal Remembrances of 9/11, organized by Gordon A. Gilbert Jr.
Friday, Sept. 6, 2013
Host Adrienne Williams of the Bi Social Network and I discuss Pride/Prejudice and more.
Anne Harris's "Gay Romance with Jessica Freely" puts the Author Spotlight on me in her Friskbiskit blog.
Interview with Adam Rathe in The Brooklyn Paper.
Video by M. Antonio Olmos.
Lambda Literary Awards finalists read from their nominated works.
Anthology of 23 stories. Includes chapter 1 of Pride/Prejudice.
My alter ego, Lady Amalie, the author and performer, reads short segments (under ten minutes) from Pride/Prejudice.
We Three Productions, a series of biweekly readings at Bar 82
Richard Dawkins likes witty satire but dislikes Jane Austen???
A multimedia variety show organized by producer and filmmaker Susannah Layton. From 2008-2010, it was the only bisexual event in the National Queer Arts Festival.
The Bilicious Show, Boston 2010. A live revue with featured performers: musicians, Rob Barton and Robin Renee; spoken word, Michael Monroe and me.
With thanks to producer Susannah Layton and Bisexual Resource Center's Ellyn Ruthstrom.
Credit for photos: Helene Norton-Russell Photography.
The performers take questions after the show (l-r): Me, Rob Barton, Michael Monroe and Robin Renee.
I answer a question from the audience--a reader who really liked Phyllida--as Rob Barton looks on.