An academic's personal newsletter of notes on romance fiction, media, and cultural theory, mixing close readings with course syllabi and life updates. Readers get critical, scholarship-informed takes on topics like medieval chess and courtship, the male gaze, and romance genre studies.
Website: https://baskinsuns.substack.com
Felicia Davin's newsletter pairs word etymologies, drawn from her reading and sometimes her son's questions, with themed book recommendations, mostly romance. Readers get witty, personal notes on words like 'toady' and 'nonage' and a curated reading list.
A weekly serialized fiction newsletter publishing gay erotic stories built around taboo themes and ongoing multi-part plots. Readers get episodic romance, suspense and explicit adult content told in first-person narration.
A website-based newsletter on romance in fiction and media, arguing for more on-screen and on-page kisses between characters. Recent issues cover romantasy book releases, critiques of romance storylines in Ted Lasso, and a review of Rebecca Yarros' Threshing Day.
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