Writer Kennedy Ryan uses romance novels as a vehicle for discourse
Romance novelist Kennedy Ryan, the first Black author to win the genre's highest honor, discusses how she uses romance as a vehicle to center marginalized voices—Black, queer, disabled, and neurodivergent characters—while challenging the stigma around the genre and redefining what love st
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