Love outside of the gender binary in hist-rom, with Joanna Lowell

Rebel Ever After

Welcome to PRIDE, y’all!! This week’s guest is Joanna Lowell, the author of historical romances including A Shore Thing, The Duke Undone, and A Rare Find, which comes out on June 10th. She is also a Professor in the English Department at Wake Forest University.

We talked about her experience teaching modern romance novels alongside classics like Jane Austen in the classroom, and the threat the Trump administration poses to historical research and academia. Then she took us inside her writing process and collaborating with her partner to create trans and nonbinary characters. After all, people have lived and loved outside the gender binary throughout history.

Follow Joanna on Instagram @JoannaLowellAuthor and visit her website at joannalowell.com

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Books mentioned this episode include:

• The works of Jane Austen
• The Bromance Book Club, Lyssa Kay Adams
• The Kiss Quotient, Helen Hoang
• An Extraordinary Union, Alyssa Cole
• The Prospects, KT Hoffman
• A Gentleman’s Gentleman, TJ Alexander
• Unmasked by the Marquess, Cat Sebastian
• Las Leonas series, Adriana Herrera
• Luna Sisters series, Liana De la Rosa
• Damsels of Discovery and Secret Scientists of London series, Elizabeth Everett
• Ladies In Hating, Alexandra Vasti