Deirdre C. Byrne, D.Litt et Phil (1996), University of South Africa, is professor of Gender Studies and English at that university. She has published academic articles on gender in/and poetry, gender in speculative fiction, and the writing of Ursula K. Le Guin.Wernmei Yong Ade, Ph.D. (2006), Edinburgh University is Assistant Professor in English at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Her current research focuses on love as a discourse of alterity in the works of contemporary women writers.

“Byrne … and Ade … have assembled a fascinating and diverse collection of essays about cultural variations of gender, sexuality, and love.” — T. E. Adams, Bradley University, CHOICE connect 56.11 (July 2019)

Deirdre C. Byrne, D.Litt et Phil (1996), University of South Africa, is professor of Gender Studies and English at that university. She has published academic articles on gender in/and poetry, gender in speculative fiction, and the writing of Ursula K. Le Guin.Wernmei Yong Ade, Ph.D. (2006), Edinburgh University is Assistant Professor in English at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Her current research focuses on love as a discourse of alterity in the works of contemporary women writers.

“Byrne … and Ade … have assembled a fascinating and diverse collection of essays about cultural variations of gender, sexuality, and love.” — T. E. Adams, Bradley University, CHOICE connect 56.11 (July 2019)

Deirdre C. Byrne, D.Litt et Phil (1996), University of South Africa, is professor of Gender Studies and English at that university. She has published academic articles on gender in/and poetry, gender in speculative fiction, and the writing of Ursula K. Le Guin.Wernmei Yong Ade, Ph.D. (2006), Edinburgh University is Assistant Professor in English at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Her current research focuses on love as a discourse of alterity in the works of contemporary women writers.

“Byrne … and Ade … have assembled a fascinating and diverse collection of essays about cultural variations of gender, sexuality, and love.” — T. E. Adams, Bradley University, CHOICE connect 56.11 (July 2019)