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Andrea Martucci
Shelf Love
Romance Novel Discourse
Shelf Love is about romance novels and how they reflect, explore, challenge, and shape desire. Host Andrea Martucci invites experts from a variety of perspectives to critically engaging with romance novels. Listen for discussions of individual books, genre discourse, and scholarly topics.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.9 stars from 84 ratings
Excellent discussions
Andrea’s discussions are fully developed, with a great and thoughtful selection of topics. In my opinion, there is not enough discussion about all these dimensions and interpretations that the romance genre has.
ctapiau via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/16/23
Huge sigh of relief!! I’ve been dying to have in depth conversations about books, romance novels, feminism, sexuality, etc., etc. with some thoughtful and insightful people. This show DELIVERS. I am so satisfied, having just listened to two episodes (including the deeply intelligent review of...Read full review »
GoAllieGo via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/07/23
Love Dr Welsh-Burke
This episode was such a great one! I love the discussion and easy listening that they have between them. A particularly good episode!
Beellabee via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 08/31/22
Recent Episodes
How do romance novel covers reflect our time, reading habits, and identity? Sarah Rutherford, romance reader and Associate Professor of Design at Cleveland State University discusses the evolution of cover design, from the clinch covers of the past to the contemporary trends of illustrated...
Published 04/12/24
I was a guest on The Categorically Romance Podcast to discuss my category romance collecting addiction, reading some books from Kiss a short-lived Harlequin line from the early 20 teens, and how not being allowed to read romance as a teen actually made me more obsessed with reading romance. Hope...
Published 02/19/24
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