Beverly Jenkins' Avon True Romances: The Parental Gaze (guest: Funmi)
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Funmi’s Beverly Jenkins collection is complete, and of course it includes the queen of Black historical romance’s young adult romances that were originally published in the short-lived Avon True Romance line in the early 2000s. We discuss Belle and the Beau and Josephine and the Soldier. Did these romances hit the spot for early aughts tweens? And why do we feel like the parental gaze is peering over our shoulder while we read it?
Beverly Jenkins' Avon True Romances: The Parental Gaze (guest: Funmi)
Beverly Jenkins' Avon True Romances: The…
Beverly Jenkins' Avon True Romances: The Parental Gaze (guest: Funmi)
Funmi’s Beverly Jenkins collection is complete, and of course it includes the queen of Black historical romance’s young adult romances that were originally published in the short-lived Avon True Romance line in the early 2000s. We discuss Belle and the Beau and Josephine and the Soldier. Did these romances hit the spot for early aughts tweens? And why do we feel like the parental gaze is peering over our shoulder while we read it?