Shelf Love: romance novel discourse
Andrea MartucciA podcast & community discussing romance novels, and how they reflect, explore, challenge, and shape desire. Andrea Martucci (she/her)
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 188 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 16 days ago |
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How Teen Romance Caught Fire in the 20th Century
A few summers back, my hyper-focus turned itself toward young adult and teen romance after I collected some to add to my existing collection from my own formative years. I started thinking about their role in capturing young readers who are...
HEA Discourse Again? Groundbreaking.
Sharing a hit Thread I posted during the latest kerfluffle about why romance novels, as a genre, require an HEA.
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Collecting the Romance from Janice Radway's Reading the Romance
About 18 months ago, I introduced “Romance Novel Collection,” a sub-channel within Shelf Love:
Romance Novel Collection will focus on the what, why, and how of romance collections — the goal of this sub-publication is to build a communit...
Condoms in Romance: Tracking Down Claims About Firsts
Breaking news: there’s an earlier “first-known” mention of condom usage in contemporary romance. (Maybe “first-known” abortion mention on page as well!)
The current story is that Elda Minger’s Untamed Heart, published in 1983, was the “Fir...
I Want You (to Want Me) So Badly
Betty Draper annoyed the crap out of me when I first watched Mad Men. No matter how badly Don behaved, I couldn’t help but feel contempt for Betty. Not pity: Contempt.
Upon a recent rewatch, I couldn’t stop thinking about one exchange betw...
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Andrea Martucci writes and talks about romance novels and how they reflect, explore, challenge, and shape desire. Host of Shelf Love Podcast/Substack.
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