088. 9 Reasons Why Rare Romance Books Matter, with Rebecca Romney (#7 will surprise you!)
- Author
- Rebecca Romney, Andrea Martucci
- Published
- Tue 04 May 2021
- Episode Link
- https://www.shelflovepodcast.com
Suspend your assumptions about rare books - Rebecca Romney shares how rare book collection can be for everyone, and is a critical component of preserving romance genre history. Work by marginalized people has frequently been considered unimportant or devalued in the rare book world - learn how Rebecca's work (part detective, part scholar, part marketer) is important not just for romance scholars, but for all of us, and how we all have a role to play.
Rebecca Romney is a rare books specialist who has been working on a catalogue surveying the history of popular romance since 2016, covering first editions of major works in the genre from the 18th century to the year 2000. She's also the co-founder of the rare book firm Type Punch Matrix, where the catalogue will be released.
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Guest: Rebecca Romney, Rare Book Dealer
Other episodes to check out, related to content in this episode:
- 013. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams with Steve Ammidown
- 058. East Asian American Romances with Cultural Historian Hsu-Ming Teo
- 073. Structuring Romance: The Secular Scripture pt 1 with Dr. Angela Toscano
- 074. Ma'am, this is Problematic: The Secular Scripture pt 2 with Dr. Angela Toscano
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