The Possibility of Change and Movement in “The Five Wounds” – Chicago Review of Books

The Possibility of Change and Movement in “The Five Wounds” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] I was first introduced to Kirstin Valdez Quade’s writing in a graduate workshop, when the professor led a discussion on the short story “Nemecia,” from her debut collection Night at the Fiestas. Since then, I return to this story whenever I reach the distinct point of writer’s block where I need to remind myself … Read more

Voting is Sexy: On Setting a Romance Novel Amidst the Suffrage Movement

Voting is Sexy: On Setting a Romance Novel Amidst the Suffrage Movement

[ad_1] Why did I choose to set my Victorian romance novel against the backdrop of the suffrage movement? I honestly didn’t see how I couldn’t include it. English Common Law decreed that until 1882, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s on her wedding day. The couple literally became “one person” under the … Read more