![]() ![]() ![]() However, in my view, in this particular book that idea of redemption is extreme, is presented within a clearly racist perspective, and without any comprehension of or sensitivity to the perspectives of indigenous people. I am willing to accept that it might be possible (in theory a least) for a person who has been an active participant in genocide to earn, through a lifetime of service, some kind of forgiveness or redemption – although that would take an exceptionally skilled, knowledgeable and sensitive author to write, and is unlikely to be possible within a romance framework, despite the genre’s love of redeeming bad boys. I am a secular humanist and a historian as well as a novelist. Yesterday I wrote to the President of the Romance Writers of America to express my dismay at the awarding of a VIVIAN™ award to an intensely problematic book in the Religious/Spiritual Elements category, and at the RWA’s response to it.Įarlier yesterday, the president, LaQuette, released a statement, which, although expressing remorse for any hurt caused and advising that processes would be reviewed, was significantly inadequate and even insulting both to readers and authors who write romances in which faith is an integral part by stating that only a very specific sub-set of Christian belief is relevant to that category, which is in fact contrary to the judging guidelines for that category. ![]()
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