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Jul
19
The dust jacket for the 25th anniversary edition of Little, Big, complete with art by Peter MIlton.

July mailbag

8 min read
Apr
10
It's the distracted boyfriend meme! A guy looks at a girl in red as his girlfriend (in blue) looks disgusted with him.

Romance and the infidelity trap

Should more romance novels involve cheating? I say yes!
8 min read
Oct
27
The covers for Alison Rumfitt's Tell Me I'm Worthless, Caitlin Starling's The Luminous Dead, and John Langan's The Fisherman.

5 scary books you might not have heard of

7 min read
Aug
30
Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) and Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen) softly embrace after declaring their love.

Class and the modern romance novel

Romance as a genre can't escape the long shadow of that hot rich guy Mr. Darcy. Should it?
8 min read
Mar
28
It's a perfectly adequate life

It's a perfectly adequate life

OR: On longing
9 min read
Aug
16
Moby-Dick: Every part of the whale (repost)

Moby-Dick: Every part of the whale (repost)

On PTSD and a big white whale
4 min read