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Each week on Smart Podcast, Trashy Books, Sarah Wendell interviews authors, readers, reviewers, bloggers, publishing professionals, editors, and librarians about romance novels, which are among the most popular genres in fiction worldwide.
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734. Finding Fire Island with Jess Rothschild (opens the original)
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Jess Rothschild is a podcaster and journalist, one of the founding writers at Autostraddle, and her latest project is a documentary podcast called Finding Fire Island , about the history of Fire Island, Cherry Grove, and the Pines. Her prior work includes The Cult of Soul Cycle , and I love BOTH of these productions. Jess has been writing online longer than I have, and we talk about internet history, the process of making a podcast documentary, and what it’s like to have all your neighbors tell
733. RT Rewind: July 1992 Ads & Features - The 100th Issue Special! (opens the original)
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We are back in the early 90s, when the mullets were epic and the covers were sumptuous. Come on back to July 1992 with us as we explore the ads & features of the 100th issue of Romantic Times Magazine! This issue contains some FASCINATING retrospective looks at romance, cover art, and more, and I think it is one of the primary sources cited for some of the more common stories I’ve heard about romance. Were you a Borders, B. Dalton, or Waldenbooks reader, or another bookshop entirely? Don’t forge
732. The Heated Rivalry Unauthorized Musical Parody with Dylan MarcAurele (opens the original)
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Dylan MarcAurele is the writer and composer behind The Heated Rivalry Unauthorized Musical Parody , and I am extremely excited to share this interview with you! We’re going to talk about writing musical theatre, his writing process, and how long it took him to write this musical (you won’t believe it). He also talks about the actors and how the show came to be – it’s delightful. Musical theater and romance have a lot of similarities I hadn’t considered, and I learned so much from this conversati
731. RT Rewind: July 1992 Reviews - The 100th Issue Special! (opens the original)
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It’s RT Rewind time again! This month, we’re going back to July 1992 to check out the new releases reviewed in…the 100th issue of Romantic Times magazine! Yup, the cover is memorable, and so are the book covers. We discuss: Cover models! Who would be the cover model for subgenre specific magazine issues? Nostalgia! Are the tag lines on the cover both references to cigarette ads? Reviews! There are some absolute classics in this issue, including Outlander. Reading slumps! There are so many people
730. Still the Luckiest Lady in London with Sherry Thomas (opens the original)
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The re-release of The Luckiest Lady in London has arrived, and Sherry Thomas joins me to talk about the writing of that book more than 13 years ago, how romance and historicals have changed, and how this book is a reflection and subversion of another very, very famous historical romance. Plus, she gives us recommendations of her favorite historical romance authors and some of their books. Note: we had some connectivity issues, so sometimes the edit sounds a little abrupt. If you’re watching the
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