# Literary Romance

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First Draft - Akwaeke Emezi

Akwaeke Emezi is the author of the New York Times best seller The Death of Vivek Oji, which was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, Pet, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s literature and Freshwater, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and shortlisted for the PE‮…

Why The Romance Genre Has Risen in Popularity (w/ Christine Riccio, Natasha Polis)

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! We are joined this week by Christine Riccio and Natasha Polis from Those Forking Fangirls to discuss the significant uptick in interest (and sales) of literary romance and YA novels. Today's conversation was inspired by this N‮…

EP46: Violence in Aruba and Literary Romance

This week, Sam's in Aruba, and despite trying to bring fun and light fare on vacation, he has been unable to break his string of very violent reads, starting with "Recursion," by Blake Crouch, where everyone dies a lot, and which is a lot like "Edge of Tomorrow," a Tom Cruise movie Sam and Hannah ‮…

Episode 805: Romance Books by BIPOC Authors

This season we continue to explore a wide variety of book genres and topics so you can expand your reading horizons and share more information with your library community. And this week we are focusing on romance novels written by BIPOC authors! We love to see the increase of romance books publish‮…

50th Episode Special: Book Recommendations!

Our 50th episode! Just me this week, here to offer some reading recommendations as we get into the summer season. We have a lot of different genres to choose from (literary, romance, memoir, and more), all with spoiler free reviews and recommendations. Let me know if you decide to dive into one of‮…

Season 2 | Quickie 8 | The Turn On x Alyssa Cole

In this episode of The Turn On, Erica and Kenrya talk to romance giant Alyssa Cole about the state of literary romance, the importance of asking for help and why we shouldn't have to prove we are deserving of love to get Black books published.Resources: AUTHOR | Alyssa Cole: https://alyssacole.com‮…

Why We Need Needless Things: On the Power of Literary Romance – Guest Scott Black, University of Utah

What is literature? For much of western history, the word simply designated “educated writing” or “discourse,” a meaning it still retains. However, since the turn of the nineteenth century, literature has usually meant “imaginative writing,” and some kinds of literature, like the genre of romance,‮…

Things I’ve Learned from Younger Men

Bart Giamatti was a professor of English Renaissance literature, the president of Yale University, and the Commissioner of Major League Baseball. In less than 3 minutes, Giamatti caused me to understand “home” in a new way. I believe his thoughts on the subject are profoundly insightful. “There is‮…

Romance Round Table #1 - Dripping Creativity - Sara Elisabeth, Sara Burton, Ciara Hartford

Join host Chris Corvan as he delves into the enchanting world of romance literature with three talented authors: Sara Burton, Sara Elisabeth, and Ciara Hartford. In this captivating episode, the round table discussion spans a myriad of topics, from the intricacies of the romance genre to the chall‮…