Dr. Margarita Guillory, associate professor of religion at BU, shares her knowledge about the history of African diaspora conjuring practices, how they are and have been portrayed in popular culture, and how Black millennials and younger generations are practicing witchcraft digitally. Dr. Maria DeBlassie co-hosts. This conversation lays the groundwork for next episode, in which Maria and I build on what we learned from Margarita to discuss Black witches in contemporary romance.--Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.comScarily Ever After Recommended ReadingCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Dr. Margarita GuilloryCV | BU faculty page | The Atlantic article on Black Millennials, Dr. Guillory quotedCo-Host on this episode: Dr. Maria DeBlassieTwitter | Instagram | Website | Maria on episode 041 of Shelf Love: The Kiss QuotientNotes:The Atlantic Article: The Witches of Baltimore Young black women are leaving Christianity and embracing African witchcraft in digital covens.Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition First Edition by Yvonne P. ChireauHoodoo in America by Zora Neale HurstonDr. Anthony Pinn - Terror in TriumphJames Cone, founder of Black Liberation TheologyBlack womanist scholars: Katie Cannon and Emily Townes, Stephanie MitchemAzealia Banks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SOXS9f5UDgPrincess Nokia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUcAPCxrSQsBbyMutha: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bbymutha-muthaland/American Horror Story - The CovenMarie Laveau: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau

Shelf Love: A Romance Novel Book Club

066. African Diaspora Conjuring Practices in Popular Culture

Dr. Eric Selinger is back to discuss Glitterland by Alexis Hall and how it's basically a big old allegory for the romance genre. Eric and I speak authoritatively about books we've never read, and how Glitterland addresses mental health stigma.-Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Eric SelingerDePaul website | Twitter | Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance FictionEric also lent his expertise to the Modern Romance Canon episode and spoke about the three waves of romance research in episode 063.Notes:Books we reference (and either have or have not read):Eva Illouz - Consuming the Romantic Utopia: Love and the Cultural Contradictions of CapitalismThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco"Elizabeth Lane, reading this as a Christian romance novel": Unfortunately the original links are dead but this is Eric's post writing about his reaction.How to Talk About Books That You Haven't ReadLaura Vivanco - For Love and Money - Chapter 3 is about "Metafiction"CS Lewis - Surprised By Joy, which is about his becoming a ChristianJRR Tolkein - On FairyStories.Episode referenced:Congruence - 051. The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham with Hannah Hearts Romance

065. Glitter Pirates in Glitterland by Alexis Hall

John Jacobson, freelance editor at Carina Press, joins me to trouble the binaries as we unpack a problematic favorite trope: women in pants in historical romance novels.Show Notes:Guest: John JacobsonTwitter | Check out Best Laid Plaids by Ella Stainton | The Immortal City by May PetersonShelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsNotes:Johanna Lindsey - Gentle RogueAmanda Bynes in She's The Man (2005 film)Judith ButlerVirginia Henley - SeducedSusan Faludi's book: BacklashDisclosure (Netflix Documentary)Hélène CixousMallory Jagodzinski - On Bustles and Breeches: Cross Dressing Romance Novel Heroines and the Performance of Gender Ideology."You and I are humans, and there is something complicated between us": Untamed and queering the heterosexual historical romance by Jodi McAlister in the Journal of Popular Romance StudiesRecent projects as editor:Ella Stainton - Best Laid PlaidsThe Immortal City by May Peterson

064. Women in Pants: Unpacking Problematic Faves

Romance scholar Eric Selinger explores different questions that have been asked about popular romance (not enough), how romance research has come in waves (three, to be precise), and asks "how can I make this romance more interesting?" (you always can).Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Eric SelingerDePaul website | Twitter | Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance FictionEric also lent his expertise to the Modern Romance Canon episode.Notes:Stephanie Burt Don't Read PoetryMichael Moorcock SFF book by Mark ScrogginsWhat is it Then Between Us: Traditions of Love in American Poetry by Eric SelingerEric's Researching the Romance 2018 Talk: How can I make this more interesting? Also, My Beautiful Enemy!Video with Eric Selinger from the Popular Romance ProjectIASPR Digital Showcase 2020 Conference: View every presentation here!Become a member! I became a member as an "independent scholar" for just $25.

063. The Three Waves of Romance with Eric Selinger

Guest Jayashree Kamble, romance scholar is back to discuss My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas. This novel is a cross between Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and a passing narrative, and layers in discussion of Chinese culture and the history British imperialism. Jayashree explored the Wuxia influence and transculturalism in a paper published in March 2020 in the Journal of Popular Romance Studies.-Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Jayashree KambleHumanities Commons | Twitter | Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance FictionNotes:We discuss Jayashree Kamble's article from JPRS: When Wuxia Met Romance: The Pleasures and Politics of Transculturalism in Sherry Thomas’s My Beautiful EnemyCharacters:MC 1: Ying-Hua aka Ying-Ying aka Catherine Blade.  Stepfather: Da-RenMC 2: LeightonVillain: Lin aka The CentipedeVocabulary - as an American English speaker, I was unfamiliar with some of these pronunciations so providing a bit of a guide based on how I heard Jayashree pronounce things to help you match the spelling of these words to what you heard in the episode. I'm sure I'm missing lots of nuance here, so grain of salt and all that:Wuxia - pronounced "Woo-shya"Qing Dynasty China - pronounced "Ching"Bao and Baoying - pronounced "bah-oh" and "bah-oh-ying"Video with Sherry Thomas from the Popular Romance ProjectAlso Jayashree has videos too!Love Between the Covers DocumentaryIASPR Digital Showcase 2020 Conference: View every presentation here! Several of these discussions that happened just before Jayashree and I spoke are referenced in the episode.Become a member! I became a member as an "independent scholar" for just $25.Thank you to this episode's beta listeners Madison and Kelsey. I appreciate your help!

062. Transculturalism & Wuxia in My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas

Dame Jodie Slaughter bares her belly in the first of the our explorations of problematic favorite tropes. We unpack the alphahole in popular romance fiction - why does Jodie love it? Why do readers love it? And why is it problematic when it recurs in the romance genre?-Show Notes:Guest: Jodie SlaughterTwitter | Instagram | Check out Jodie's BooksShelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsNotes:Jodie's favorite alphahole romance: On the Edge of Love by Shay RuckerThe podcast I referred to in my outro was an interview on the New Books Network podcast with Danielle Knafo about her new book The New Sexual Landscape and Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Here's the link to the podcast. I was sold and bought the book immediately.Danielle Knafo is actually quoting Robert Stoller when she says "We take what is threatening and turn it into desire." Stoller is "known for his theories concerning the development of gender identity and the dynamics of sexual excitement." (Wikipedia)Twitter poll about Alphaholes509RhymeAnimal's tweet that I read in the outroOther Shelf Love episodes you may enjoy:031. White Whiskey Bargain by Jodie Slaughter with Charish Reid - That time we read Jodie's book about justice.041. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang with Dr. Maria DeBlassie - That time we talked about bodice rippers and exploring fantasy.

061. Alphaholes with Jodie Slaughter: Unpacking Problematic Faves

Jayashree Kamble, a romance scholar and Vice President of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance, joins me to discuss the various ways romance can be studied. She gives a brief overview of the history of the romance genre and pop culture research, why she doesn't encounter the hierarchy of taste when teaching romance, and explains who romance scholarship is for.-Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Jayashree KambleTwitter | Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance FictionNotes:Making Meaning in Popular Romance Fiction, an Epistemology by Jayashree KambleThe Romance Fiction of Mills and Boon - 1909 to 1990 by Jay DixonDon't worry, my copy is in the mail so go ahead and order itParatext definition: "French literary theorist Gérard Genette's term for the framing devices authors and publishers use to contextualize works and generate interest (e.g. blurbs, subtitles, celebrity endorsements, and so forth). As Genette points out in Seuils (1987) translated as Paratexts. Thresholds of Interpretation (1997), although not officially part of the text, the paratext can have a significant influence over the way a text is received."Two foundational romance scholarship texts:A Natural History of the Romance Novel by Pamela RegisIssue 3.2 of JPRS had roundtable discussions of A Natural History of the Romance Novel. Find them here.Reading the Romance by Janice RadwayIssue 4.2 of JPRS had roundtable discussions on Janice Radway 30 years after the publication of Reading the Romance. Find them here.Frankfurt SchoolIASPR Digital Showcase 2020 Conference: View every presentation here! Several of these discussions that happened just before Jayashree and I spoke are referenced in the episode.Jen Lois and Joanna GregsonThey were on Smart Podcast, Trashy Books twice - this link is the latter and links to the firstTheir research: Sneers and Leers: Romance Writers and Gendered Sexual Stigma"A very good romance book club in New York. It's run by Madeline Caldwell at Word Bookstore."

060. Romance Research with Jayashree Kamble

Jhen (host Monogamish Podcast) joins the podcast to interview ME in this retrospective on season 1 of Shelf Love. I tell my sordid journey into romance and romance podcasting, plus, I prepare you for season 2, and give you a look under the hood of this podcast and how and why I do it.Questions answered: why I'm no longer a member of RWA, why sometimes you just have to do the thing, and my correspondence with Jayne Ann Krentz.-Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Jhen from MonogamishJhen is a host of Monogamish, a podcast about consensual non-monogamy through the lens of a Black Carribbean lens.Jhen on Twitter | Jhen on Instagram | Listen to MonogamishNotes:This is my favorite part of my 20-page paper on "Dreaming of You" by Lisa Kleypas and feminism in romance novels because it shows how much my ability to critically engage with the incongruity between my love of romance and problematic tropes:Andrea at 19 years old: "There are actually a number or romances that feature the opposite; however, the wealthier hero is still in the majority. There is no easy or definite answer to this question, although there is a good chance it is just a relic from the past of romance novels that has yet to be addressed."That's so hand wavey!*Reading the Romance* by Janice Radway was originally published in 1984 and is considered a foundational piece of romance scholarship. More about RtR in future episodes where I tackle romance scholarship with guests!*Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women* edited by Jayne Ann Krentz (Published in 1992). I will keep digging for that letter that JAK sent be in 2006...Meredith Wild and Julia Kent were two indie pub authors who really opened my eyes up to what self-publishing could look like for romance authors.

059. A Sordid Journey into Romance Podcasting

Season 2 Premiere!Hsu-Ming Teo, a cultural historian and romance scholar, joins me to discuss her research on cultural authenticity in east asian american romance novels, among many other fascinating topics such as love as a commodity, intimacy, Australian convict romances, historical accuracy, and why impact still rules, but intent may matter more than we think. We also discuss novels by Ruby Lang, Courtney Milan, Helen Hoang, and Jeannie Lin. Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Hsu-Ming TeoFaculty webpage | Research | Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance FictionBooks DiscussedClean Breaks by Ruby LangTrade Me by Courtney MilanThe Kiss Quotient by Helen HoangNotes:JPRS article: Cultural Authenticity, The Family, and East Asian American Romance Novels by Hsu-Ming Teo

058. East Asian American Romances with Cultural Historian Hsu-Ming Teo

Learn more about a new podcast that is an oral history project for Black Romance: "The Black Romance Podcast features weekly conversations with Black writers, editors, and scholars of historical and contemporary popular romance fiction. Julie Moody-Freeman and guests talk about a range of experiences: their difficulties trying to publish love stories with Black characters; their favorite books; writing and teaching about black romance fiction; traditional vs self-publishing; publishing queer romance fiction; and their recently released books."-Show Notes:Guest: Black Romance PodcastWebsite | Twitter | Apple Podcasts | SpotifyNotes:Texas Monthly: *Vivian Stephens Helped Turn Romance Writing Into a Billion-Dollar Industry. Then She Got Pushed Out.* by Mimi SwartzSandra Kitt's websiteShelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcripts

057. Black Romance Podcast: An Oral History (New Podcast Preview)

I Think I Might Love You by Christina C. Jones is the Romcom Novella that will have you laughing out loud and wondering what DOD stands for. Highly irreverent, wholly lovable Nicole Falls is back for part 2 to discuss this romance novel worth reading.-Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeBookstore Romance Day - Giveaways! Discounts! | [Q&A with Copper Dog Books co-owner Julie Karaganis](- Bookstore Romance Day - Giveaways! Discounts! | Q&A with Copper Dog Books co-owner Julie Karaganis)Shelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Nicole FallsTwitter | Website | #fallsonlove podcast | Buy Nicole's books - includes KU optionsWe Discussed:I Think I Might Love You by Christina C. JonesNotes:Why So Many Novellas, CCJ?

056. I Think I Might Love You by Christina C. Jones with Nicole Falls

Highly irreverent, wholly lovable Nicole Falls joins me to discuss imposter syndrome, how gifted and talented programs destroyed us, having the privilege to explore creative, personally fulfilling projects and the concessions we make to prioritize those projects, Danielle Steel's desk, incorporating the pandemic into contemporary romance, plant puns and plant bae, and how quickly and often people forget that not everyone has their worldview.-Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeBookstore Romance Day - Giveaways! Discounts! | [Q&A with Copper Dog Books co-owner Julie Karaganis](- Bookstore Romance Day - Giveaways! Discounts! | Q&A with Copper Dog Books co-owner Julie Karaganis)Shelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Nicole FallsTwitter | Website | #fallsonlove podcast | Buy Nicole's books - includes KU optionsModern Romance Canon Nomination: One Last Shot by Alexandra WarrenNotes:Imposter Syndrome: American Psychological Association article that goes over the basics and some actionable ways to address it.Gifted and Talented programs. Whoo boy.Here's a study trying to prove if G&T programs have benefits for those in the programs using test scores. But what Nicole and I talk about is more about the long-term psychological impact of G&T expectations.This Bustle article does a good job summarizing various studies, and links to them if you want to dig deeper.It's also important to note that the way G&T programs are implemented often promote inequality. This is a topic that was covered in episode 03 of Nice White Parents, an excellent new podcast focused on inequality in public education using New York City public schools as case studies.Here's a completely unscientific article about using the bathroom in front of your partner. I tried to find some quantitative data on this, but mostly found message board questions and shamey listicles. Someone please get the social scientists on this important topic, stat. Romancelandia needs to know.I used $50/hour as a high example to illustrate how when one CAN do something obviously more profitable, it can be logically hard to prioritize something that's relatively unprofitable. Unfortunately that's not the option most people are weighing against.The Change Up by Nicole FallsDanielle Steel's DeskLove Under Quarantine by Nicole Falls - short story

055. Nicole Falls: Imposter Syndrome in the Time of Coronavirus

A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole is our romance worth reading, and Tasha L. Harrison joins me once again to drop wisdom faster than a sword-making Scottish Duke can make our heroine forget that she definitely should not be making out with her boss. Our conversation is far-ranging - friends who aren't friends, parents who suck, figuring out how your brain works, and the horse your man smells like. Enjoy!Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeBookstore Romance Day - Giveaways! Discounts! | [Q&A with Copper Dog Books co-owner Julie Karaganis](- Bookstore Romance Day - Giveaways! Discounts! | Q&A with Copper Dog Books co-owner Julie Karaganis)Guest: Tasha L. HarrisonTwitter | Tasha's website | Buy Liquor & Laundry*We Read: A Duke by Default* by Alyssa ColeNotes:Don't miss episode 053, in which Tasha joined me to discuss why Amazon's algorithm is racist, the pervasive white gaze of publishing, and what you can do to be an anti-racist romance reader.

054. A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole with Tasha L. Harrison

Tasha L. Harrison, romance author, editor, and lady about Twitter is my guest, and we discuss how Amazon's algorithm encourages the idea of "take and toss" literature, the white gaze in the romance publishing ecosystem, and why Tasha writes romance for Black people. --Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeGuest: Tasha L. HarrisonTwitter | Tasha's website | Buy Liquor & LaundryTasha's Modern Romance Canon Nomination:I Think I Might Love You by Christina C. JonesNotes:A Taste of Her Own Medicine by Tasha L. Harrison20k in 5 DaysEE Ottoman's episode: Any Old Diamonds by KJ CharlesChristina C. Jones - Why So Many Novellas, CCJ?

053. Tasha L. Harrison Writes Romance For Black People

Who among us hasn't started a project and then realized that you've inadvertently wandered into a longstanding and contentious debate? I enlist the help of two experts to unravel why I started the Shelf Love Modern Romance Canon project. First, Katrina Jackson helps me unravel some of the ways my professional and educational background made me think this was a logical thing to do. Then, Eric Selinger gives some backstory into the academic and institutional reasons canons exist, and why those who study, read, and write the popular romance genre have been circling this question for decades and will continue into the future.It's a story of nostalgia, red tape, gatekeeping, search engine optimization, and my unquenchable thirst for knowledge.Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeLow-Cost Mental Health Resources & Alternatives recommended by Hannah Hearts Romance - link to blog postGuest: Katrina JacksonTwitter | Instagram | Kat’s Email newsletter | Beautiful & DirtyKat's other episodes: An Unconditional Freedom | Polyamory/Financial Conversations | Kink | Angst | Religion | History | Blind Date With A Book Boyfriend by Lucy EdenGuest: Eric SelingerTwitter | JPRStudies.org | The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance FictionThe Current (and growing) Shelf Love Modern Romance Canon Nomination List (Whoa, watch out controversy)Notes:Notes from Katrina's sectionBeverly Jenkins on The Turn On PodEH Carr's What is History - a commonly-used text to introduce students to historyAlisha Rai's Serving PleasureKit Rocha's Beyond SeriesChinua Achebe's Things Fall ApartDorothy Allison's Bastard Out of CarolinaNotes from Eric's Section:EM Hull's The SheikThe Rosary by Florence L. Barclayaffective reasoning - I looked it up"How can you talk about contemporary fantasy if you don't know The Silmarillion?Noah Berlatsky - There is no Romance Canon (Well that's just your opinion, man.)Jodi McAlister - down (under) in Australia (it's a tired joke, but sorry, I'm tired.)Len Barot, the publisher of Bold Strokes Books, who publishes lesbian romance as Radclyffe.

052. The Modern Romance Canon

On Shelf Love, we discuss romance novels and how they relate to our personal lives, relationships, and the society that we live in. We also play fun games and recommend other books you might like. Guest hosts include romance reviewers, longtime readers, authors, and newbies to the genre.

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Shelf Love: A Romance Novel Book Club

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