CONTACT

Please send questions to frankmkalan@gmail.com. We will reply to all inquiries; thanks for giving us a couple of days to get back to you.

The Frank Kalan Romance Cover Art Collection (Browne Popular Culture Library)

Researchers can access publicly available materials from the Frank Kalan Romance Cover Art Collection by contacting the Browne Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green State University. 

Articles AND WORKS ON THE GENRE

A Brief History of the Clinch (Hazlitt, 2023)
https://hazlitt.net/feature/brief-history-clinch

What Happened to the Harlequin Romance (The New Yorker, 2014)
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-happened-to-the-harlequin-romance

Mills and Boon Romances Are Actually Feminist Texts, Academic Says  (The Guardian, 2016)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/24/mills-and-boon-romances-are-actually-feminist-texts-academic-says

With Romance Novels Booming Beefcake Sells, But It Doesn’t Pay  (The NYT, 2016)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/business/media/with-romance-novels-booming-beefcake-sells-but-it-doesnt-pay.html

Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels  (Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan, 2009)
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Heaving-Bosoms-Bitches-Romance/dp/1416571221/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1498586726&sr=1-1&keywords=beyond+heaving+bosoms

Reading The Romance: Women, Patriarchy and Popular Literature (Janice A. Radway, 1984)
https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Romance-Patriarchy-Popular-Literature/dp/0807843490

Romance BLOGS, SHOPS AND Discussion Sites

Shelf Love (podcast and community for romance novel discourse)
https://shelflovepodcast.com

Smart Bitches Trashy Books 
Fun reads and reviews about the romance genre, run by the same team who wrote Beyond Heaving Bosoms
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com

The Ripped Bodice
A Romantic Bookstore with shopping online or in Culver City, CA
https://www.therippedbodicela.com

RT BookReviews 
Reviews, ratings and archived content
http://www.rtbookreviews.com

All About Romance
Reviews, author interviews and industry commentary
http://allaboutromance.com

 Sweet Savage Flame
A site dedicated to old-school and vintange romance
https://sweetsavageflame.com