Shelf Love: romance novel discourse
Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture
075. Jennifer Crusie: Nothing But Good Times Ahead
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075. Jennifer Crusie: Nothing But Good Times Ahead

Jennifer Crusie drops in to talk about Dove Bars, dogs, normative ideals of white middle class baby boomer womanhood, divorce, unconditional love, RWA, and all the good times ahead we've been wondering about.

Show Notes:

Shelf Love:

Guest: Jennifer Crusie

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Shelf Love Episodes mentioned:

  • Episode 002: the episode about Crusie's Oeuvre that started it all

  • Episode 068: Happily Ever Existential Dread: how the desire for HEA is all about a future we don't have to imagine

  • Episode 047: Shelf Lovely Jess drops in to talk about how I used Crusie to lure her into my new podcast and she never left (also we talk about Rose Lerner's books and Sunfire romance)

Crusie Recommends:

  • Sarina Bowen - The Year We Fell Down

  • Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

  • The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells

  • Contemporary romance by Mhairi McFarlane

  • Rivers of London Series by Ben Aaronovitch

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Shelf Love: romance novel discourse
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.