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Yaoi Timeline: Spread Through U.S.

drupagliassotti @ June 2, 2008 # 2 Comments

This is a first attempt at tracking the spread of boys’ love through the U.S., and I’d like readers’ revisions and additions; if you’ll make ‘em in Comments, I’ll update this page accordingly.
I’m primarily looking at official releases, although I’ll welcome information about “underground” releases — first scanlation groups, etc. I also need […]

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Writing Update

drupagliassotti @ May 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Just figured I’d provide a quick update here —
Fiction: I’m still working on the umpteenth draft of King’s Monster. At the moment, it’s going slowly because of my nonfiction writing commitments, but I’m hoping that after my Big Bad Deadline of July 3-4, I might be able to settle into it more comfortably. I’ve […]

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Call for Papers: Boys’ Love Anthology

drupagliassotti @ May 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet

CALL FOR PAPERS
Girls Doing Boys Doing Boys:
Japanese Boys’ Love Anime and Manga in a Globalized World
Edited by Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, & Dru Pagliassotti

This edited, interdisciplinary volume seeks to examine the new representations of same-sex attracted males in boys’ love and/or yaoi — that is, male same-sex romance or erotica as featured in […]

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