067. Everyday Black Magic

Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture

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067. Everyday Black Magic

Shelf Love

Oct 31, 2020

Dr. Maria DeBlassie joins me to discuss three contemporary romance novels that explore everyday, practical magic with Black heroines: Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon, A Taste of Her Own Medicine by Tasha L. Harrison, and Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert. Maria shares her experience as a practitioner of Brujeria, and explains how everyone can manifest some everyday magic.

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Co-Host on this episode: Dr. Maria DeBlassie

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Check out (what's basically) part 1 of this conversation: 066. African Diaspora Conjuring Practices in Popular Culture

Books Discussed:

Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon

A Taste of Her Own Medicine by Tasha L. Harrison

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

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Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture

Shelf Love explores fictional stories of romantic love across media, time, and cultures. For the curious and open-minded who joyfully question as they consume pop culture. What's love got to do with it? Quite a bit!

From the page to the stage, on the screen or in the wrestling ring: Shelf Love invites experts to share their knowledge and love for diverse genres and how they help us explore romantic love, including romance novels, comic books, soap operas, romantic comedies, video games, oral stories, advertisements, and more, and introduces theory alongside applications and accessible explanations.

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