Moody-Freeman, Julie E. (2022) "Black Cultural Studies and Black Love: Why Black Love Matters " Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever After 127-141 Topic love race/ethnicity teaching romance
Arvanitaki, Eirini (2022) Masculinities in Post-Millennial Popular Romance New York: Routledge Topic gender Harlequin Mills & Boon
Hendricks, Margo (2022) "How a Black Author Found Her Romance History " Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever After 95-120 Topic Margo Hendricks/Elysabeth Grace Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) teaching romance race/ethnicity African American romance readers Beverly Jenkins Alyssa Cole paratext historical romance Publishing
Jackson, Nicole M. (2022) "Finding Queer Black Women in Romance. Finding Bits and Pieces of Me. " Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever After 65-77 Topic Nicole M. Jackson/Katrina Jackson/Brandy Bush LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors African American romance Rebekah Weatherspoon Alyssa Cole Ann Allen Shockley
Bell, Carole V. (2022) "I'm Rooting for Everybody Black: Black Solidarity, Black World-Building, and Black Love " Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever After 29-64 Topic United States of America race/ethnicity African American romance romance and, or as, activism community Alexandria House Christina C. Jones Alyssa Cole social/economic class fat, fatness feminism gender
Jenkins, Beverly (2022) "A Short History of African American Romance " Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever After 1-15 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Frances Watkins Harper romances in magazines and newspapers African American romance Publishing Beverly Jenkins