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Shelf Love: Romance Novel DiscourseHow To Catch A Man on the Love TrainJournalist E. Jean Carroll hopped a ride on the Love Train with dozens of romance authors in 1983, hoping to discover "how to catch a man." But did she actually discover who women* in America were fantasizing about being? Steve Ammidown, archivist and historian of the romance genre, joins me to discuss Where the Heart Roams, a 1987 documentary about romance authors, culture clashes, silk sheets and lavender sachets, men with a lot of flash (there aren't many), and many conflicting theories about how to catch a man.Appearances by: Vivian Stephens, Janet Dailey, Barbara Cartland, and many more! 2021-09-2155 min
Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse088. 9 Reasons Why Rare Romance Books Matter, with Rebecca Romney (#7 will surprise you!)Suspend your assumptions about rare books - Rebecca Romney shares how rare book collection can be for everyone, and is a critical component of preserving romance genre history. Work by marginalized people has frequently been considered unimportant or devalued in the rare book world - learn how Rebecca's work (part detective, part scholar, part marketer) is important not just for romance scholars, but for all of us, and how we all have a role to play.Rebecca Romney is a rare books specialist who has been working on a catalogue surveying the history of popular romance since 2016...2021-05-041h 17
Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse013. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams with Steve AmmidownGuest: Steve Ammidown (Manuscripts and Research Archivist at BGSU Browne Popular Culture Library)We read: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay AdamsWebsite: BGSU Browne Popular Culture Library https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.htmlTwitter: @SteganBGSU Pop Culture Library TwitterBooks mentioned:Aphrodite’s Kiss by Julie KennerBrothers Sinister series by Courtney MilanEntwined Destinies by Elsie Washington - first category romance by a black woman featuring black main charactersGaywyck by Vincent VirgaThrowing Stones by Avery Cockburn (Curling Romance)Can you redeem baddies from book 1 in...2019-12-101h 18