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1999-08-01 07:00:00+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

In Nerve, Joana Cagan explores the bodice-ripper part of the romance genre from the perspective of an editor looking back. Touched on a lot of the things that disturb me about romance and about being in the entertainment industry in general. Good reading:

I'm increasingly convinced that romances are so popular because they work not so much as sexual fantasies, but rather as potent cultural ones.

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