Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse
By Andrea Martucci
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Shelf Love is about romance novels and how they reflect, explore, challenge, and shape desire. Host Andrea Martucci invites experts from a variety of perspectives to critically engaging with romance novels. Listen for discussions of individual books, genre discourse, and scholarly topics.
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Feudal Fantasy: Devil's Bride
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May 20, 2025 |
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Falling in Love with Your Monster
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Beyond Ballrooms: Under-Appreciated Historical Romance Books with Alice Murphy
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Jane Austen's Bookshelf with Rebecca Romney
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Horror Romance and Land of the Beautiful Dead
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Sampling Secrets of a Summer Night with The Historical Romance Sampler
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Year of the Unicorn: Old School Romantasy
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Colonizing History: Historical Romance
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Romantasy & Fourth Wing with Sarah Skilton
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Romance Adaptations & Genre Perceptions: Teaching The Hating Game
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Cold Hearted by Heather Guerre
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Consuming Desires: Cannibalism and Hunger in Romance
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Evolution of Romance Novel Cover Design
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Harlequin Kiss & Collecting Category Romance on Categorically Romance Podcast
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Covering Romance: John Ennis's Art & Thoughts on Fandom
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Prison Planet Romance: Love in a Hopeless Place
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Romancelandia Holiday Fairies!
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Shame
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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A Lady of the West: The Rules for Good Women
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Erotic Romance: A Gentleman in the Streets by Alisha Rai
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Bisexuality in Romance
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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The Agony and the Candlelight Ecstasy
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Mistress of Mellyn: In love with the man or the house?
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Heroines: Creating Identity in Romance
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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The Flame and the Flower (Flames on the Sides of my Flower)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Romance Scholars After Hours
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Romance isn’t for everyone
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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This Guy? "Dreaming Of You" By Lisa Kleypas [Whoa-llab w/ Shelf Love]
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May 25, 2023 |
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Dreaming of You: Justice for Joyce
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May 18, 2023 |
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Autistic Representation in Romance with Amanda Cinelli
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May 08, 2023 |
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The Problematic is Calling From Inside the House
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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2 North, and 2 South: Romance Catnip
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Look Back at Me: North and South with Helena Greer
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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When Your Lover Rips Your Father’s Heart Out
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Cold(breath) Comfort Reads: January 2023
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Anais Nin, writer of “Female Erotica”?
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Arranged Marriage Trope in Contemporary Indian American Diaspora Romance Novels
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Findom, Care, and the Submissive Billionaire: Preferential Treatment by Heather Guerre
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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The Vindication of the Rights of Man in Romance Novels
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Black Romance and Historical Spaces
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Harlequin’s New Sexy Contemporary Line: Breaking News!
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Cinderella & Beauty and the Beast: Retellings, Reversions, Subversions
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Hairy on the Inside: Teen Werewolves & Red Riding Hood
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Only Tingles Before Marriage: Junior Novels in Post-War America with Dr. Amanda K. Allen
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Beverly Jenkins' Avon True Romances: The Parental Gaze (guest: Funmi)
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Jessica (Sunfire): Bad Dads & Mad Men (Young Adult Romance series)
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Sunfire Romance: Adventures for Girls (guest Candice Ransom)
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Romance for Young Adults: A Quick 80-Year Overview
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Queer Romance: A History with Lucy Hargrave
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Psycho Killer, Come Kiss Me (Antagonist April #4, Darkly, Madly Duet with Fangirl Jeanne)
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May 04, 2022 |
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Stay Un-Alive (Antagonist April #3)
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Because I Love Her, Had to Killer (Antagonist April #2, Manacled with Fangirl Jeanne)
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Killing Them Swiftly, With His Wand (Antagonist April #1, Manacled with Fangirl Jeanne)
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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What Books Do, Empirically Speaking with Dr. Andrew Piper
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Swan Song: If You're Listening to This In the Future, We'll Be Dead
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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The Fated Sex Mates to Perfectly Matched Spectrum
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Time Travel Romance: A Fantasy Escape to a Glorious Space
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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The Hunger Games & Extraordinary Girl Romance Narratives
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Romance-Friendly Bookstores with Copper Dog Books (everything about the supply chain you've never thought to ask)
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Love & Marriage & The Simpsons: The Happily Ever After 10 Years with Joe Martucci
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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She-Devil (1989): Who's Entitled To Be Selfish in Love & Life? (Whoa!mance spectacular)
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Normal People: Hopeful Post-Love Millennials
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Unreal But Not Untrue
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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I Am Having an Emotion
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Change of Heart
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Hate To Love You
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Gone With the Wind, Lord of Scoundrels, and Variations on the Theme of Growth
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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The Bachelor (Tell Me About)
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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"Desirable" Bodies, Choice, and Neoliberalism: The Fictional Romantic Marketplace
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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The Bold and the Beautiful (Tell Me About)
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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How To Catch A Man on the Love Train
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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The Year of the Joyful Hag: Season 3 Is Here!
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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096. Scientific Proof of the Romance Reader Stereotype (Finally)
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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095. Demon Enemies to Lovers: Games with Jodie Slaughter, Live from Copper Dog Books
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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094. Romance Adaptations: The Curious Case of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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093. Ice Ice (Planet) Baby: Barbarian's Hope
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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092. I've Got No Roots: White Immigrant Assimilation & (Romance) Adaptation
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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091. Guilty Pleasures with Dr. Arielle Zibrak
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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090. Taboo Lite: Joyless Hags Book Club
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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089. Problematizing Romance: You Can't Consume Your Way Out of Oppression
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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088. 9 Reasons Why Rare Romance Books Matter, with Rebecca Romney (#7 will surprise you!)
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May 04, 2021 |
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087. Clutch Your Pearls & Think of New England
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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086. Sex Education & Romance Novels: Not Medical Advice (with Dame Jodie Slaughter)
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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085. Reflections on 2020 Listener Favorite Episodes, 2021 Plans
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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084. Captive Romance: Problematic Favorite Tropes
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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083. Earth is Ghetto: Joyless Hags Book Club
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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082. Critical Reading as Liberation from Mimicry of the Powerful
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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081. From History to histories
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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080. I Now Pronounce You Colonialism, Capitalism, & White Supremacy
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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079. There's Only One Heart: Caroline's Heart by Austin Chant (Crossover with Boobies & Noobies)
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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078. Romance Curious: Bridgerton So Hashtag Diverse (with Jodie Slaughter, part 2)
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Jan 30, 2021 |
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077. Twilight Fan Fiction: Climbing into a Can of Worms with Jodie Slaughter (part 1)
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Jan 23, 2021 |
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076. Generous Curiosity - Strange Love by Ann Aguirre with Whoa!mance
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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075. Jennifer Crusie: Nothing But Good Times Ahead
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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074. Ma'am, this is Problematic: The Secular Scripture pt 2 with Dr. Angela Toscano
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Dec 26, 2020 |
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073. Structuring Romance: The Secular Scripture pt 1 with Dr. Angela Toscano
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Dec 19, 2020 |
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072. I Just Have A Lot of Feelings
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Dec 12, 2020 |
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071. Personal Favorite Romances from 2020 with The Swoonies
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Dec 05, 2020 |
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070. Consensual Non-Monogamy in Romance Novels - Shelf Love x Monogamish
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Nov 28, 2020 |
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069. Scarlett Peckham and the Problematic House Party
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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068. Happily Ever Existential Dread
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Nov 14, 2020 |
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067. Everyday Black Magic
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Oct 31, 2020 |
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066. African Diaspora Conjuring Practices in Popular Culture
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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065. Glitter Pirates in Glitterland by Alexis Hall
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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064. Women in Pants: Unpacking Problematic Faves
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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063. The Three Waves of Romance with Eric Selinger
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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062. Transculturalism & Wuxia in My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas
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Sep 26, 2020 |
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061. Alphaholes with Jodie Slaughter: Unpacking Problematic Faves
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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060. Romance Research with Jayashree Kamble
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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059. A Sordid Journey into Romance Podcasting
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Sep 05, 2020 |
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058. East Asian American Romances with Cultural Historian Hsu-Ming Teo
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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057. Black Romance Podcast: An Oral History (New Podcast Preview)
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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056. I Think I Might Love You by Christina C. Jones with Nicole Falls
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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055. Nicole Falls: Imposter Syndrome in the Time of Coronavirus
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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054. A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole with Tasha L. Harrison
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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053. Tasha L. Harrison Writes Romance For Black People
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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052. The Modern Romance Canon
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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051. The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham with Hannah Hearts Romance
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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050. Romance Myths Busted Part 2 with Tamara Lush, Charish Reid, Megan Erickson, Rosie Danan
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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049. Blind Date With A Book Boyfriend by Lucy Eden with Katrina Jackson
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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048. Friendship in Romance
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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047. Rose Lerner Double Header with Shelf Lovely Jess
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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046. A Conspiracy of Whispers by Ada Harper with Bree (from Kit Rocha)
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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045. History in Romance with Katrina Jackson, Rebekah Weatherspoon, Felicia Grossman
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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044. Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles with EE Ottoman
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May 26, 2020 |
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043. Fantasy in Romance
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May 23, 2020 |
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042. The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan
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May 19, 2020 |
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041. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang with Dr. Maria DeBlassie
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May 12, 2020 |
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040. Enemies in Romance
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May 09, 2020 |
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039. Religion in Romance
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May 05, 2020 |
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038. A Week To Be Wicked by Tessa Dare
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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037. Food in Romance
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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036. Parenthood in Romance
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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035. Megan Erickson, Hope in Dystopia: Guardian by Emmy Chandler
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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034. Fate vs. Free Will
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Apr 04, 2020 |
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033. Romance Myths & Misconceptions: Kennedy Ryan, Emma Barry, Talia Hibbert, Tif Marcelo, and Suzanne Jefferies
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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032. Angsty Romance
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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031. White Whiskey Bargain by Jodie Slaughter with Charish Reid
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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030. A Seditious Affair by KJ Charles with Emma Barry
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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029. Kink in Romance
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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028. Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi with Kennedy Ryan
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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027. Island Fling with the Tycoon by Therese Beharrie with Talia Hibbert
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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026. Teach Me by Olivia Dade with Denise Williams
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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024. Body Image in Romance Novels with Kennedy Ryan and Esme Brett
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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023. Katrina Jackson: Communication, Polyamory + Financial Conversations
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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022. Thirsty by Mia Hopkins with Tif Marcelo
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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021. Secret Baby in Romance with Kini Allen
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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020. Denise Williams on Teaching Romance Novels
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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019. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas with Penny Reid
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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018. Kennedy Ryan: The RITAs and Breaking Through
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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017. An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole with Katrina Jackson
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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016: Sanctuary by Rebekah Weatherspoon with Norma Perez-Hernandez
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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015. Listener Favorites Read in 2019 with B. And Her Books
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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014.5. Revisiting Courtney Milan's Writing in the Wake of RWA's Censure
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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014. Equivalent Exchange by Christina C. Jones with Funmi B.
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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013. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams with Steve Ammidown
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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012. The Obsession by Nora Roberts with Lucy Score
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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011. A Midnight Feast by Emma Barry/Genevieve Turner with Kate Clayborn
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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010.5 More to Love: Polyamorous Romance, Hot Tub No Ma'am, Billionaire Questions
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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010. Wallbanger by Alice Clayton with Kelly Reynolds (Boobies & Noobies)
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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009. Listener Requests and Mass Market Paperbacks
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Nov 16, 2019 |
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008. Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh with Alyssa Cole
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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007. The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan with Erin Leafe (Learning the Tropes)
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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006. Halloween Boo? by Sarah Spade - with my BFF Becky
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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005. Time Served by Julianna Keyes with Kini Allen
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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004. Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean with Esme Brett
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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003. Rebel by Beverly Jenkins with Bree Hill
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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002. Jennifer Crusie's Oeuvre - guest Amanda Diehl
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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001. Lisa Kleypas Wallflowers Quartet with Amanda Diehl
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Sep 18, 2019 |