Dahlia Adler on Writing a Spicy Modern Orthodox Romance
About this episode
Dahlia Adler discusses love, identity, and storytelling within the Modern Orthodox community and her journey to understanding her bisexuality through writing.
In this conversation, Dahlia Adler discusses the emotional and cultural terrain of love, identity, and storytelling within and beyond the Modern Orthodox world. We explore the particular pressures and expectations around romance in a community where shared values, observance, and belief are foundational. Dahlia also reflects on her unexpected journey to understanding her own bisexual identity as a result of writing a sapphic romance. And we explore her deep love of flawed characters - from Biblical women, to her own protagonists and her commitment to rendering them with empathy, context and moral complexity. Dahlia Adler is an award-winning author of romance novels for both teens and adults, a prolific YA anthologist, and the founder of the website LGBTQReads. Her novels include the Kids' Indie Next picks Cool for the Summer, Home Field Advantage, and Going Bicoastal, a Sydney Taylor Honor book. She lives in the New York City suburbs with her family. Dahlia’s latest novel, Soon By You, is a rom-com set in the Modern Orthodox community on the Upper West Side. Dahlia Adler’s Five Books: 1. Alan and Naomi by Myron Levoy 2. Playing with Matches by Suri Rosen 3. Biblical Images: Men…
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