CONTACT
You can send Frank’s daughter a message or ask a question at frankmkalan@gmail.com. I will do my best to get back to you soon.
The Frank Kalan Romance Cover Art Collection (Browne Popular Culture Library)
To access publicly available materials from the Frank Kalan Romance Cover Art Collection, contact the Browne Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green State University.
Romance BLOGS, SHOPS and Discussion Sites
Shelf Love
https://shelflovepodcast.com
Smart Bitches Trashy Books
Fun reads and reviews about the romance genre, run by the same team who wrote Beyond Heaving Bosoms
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com
The Ripped Bodice
A Romantic Bookstore with locations in LA and Brooklyn and shopping online
https://www.therippedbodicela.com
All About Romance
Reviews, author interviews and industry commentary
http://allaboutromance.com
Sweet Savage Flame
A site dedicated to old-school and vintange romance
https://sweetsavageflame.com
Romance Fiction Has A History
Posts and podcasts from a historian of the romance genre
https://romancehistory.com
Collecting Romance
Advice and guidance for romance collectors
https://collectingromance.com
Articles AND WORKS on the genre:
A Brief History of the Clinch (Hazlitt, 2023)
https://hazlitt.net/feature/brief-history-clinch
What Happened to the Harlequin Romance (The New Yorker, 2014)
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-happened-to-the-harlequin-romance
Mills and Boon Romances Are Actually Feminist Texts, Academic Says (The Guardian, 2016)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/24/mills-and-boon-romances-are-actually-feminist-texts-academic-says
With Romance Novels Booming Beefcake Sells, But It Doesn’t Pay (The NYT, 2016)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/business/media/with-romance-novels-booming-beefcake-sells-but-it-doesnt-pay.html
Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels (Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan, 2009)
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Heaving-Bosoms-Bitches-Romance/dp/1416571221/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1498586726&sr=1-1&keywords=beyond+heaving+bosoms
Reading The Romance: Women, Patriarchy and Popular Literature (Janice A. Radway, 1984)
https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Romance-Patriarchy-Popular-Literature/dp/0807843490