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It was in Brussels, Belgium, in 2010, that I first ‘discovered’ the field of popular romance studies. Attending the second (although my first) conference of…

In early April, 2007, a group of American, European, and Australian scholars of popular culture dreamed up an academic organization, the International Association for the…

At the end of June, 2023, the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR) held its first in-person conference in five years. The…

Volume 11 of JPRS is an issue to remember. Every section of the journal ended up full-to-bursting, and thanks to the hard work of scholars,…

If these Editor’s Notes had titles, I’d be tempted to call this one “The Great Slowdown.” After the bumper crop of essays, reviews, and other…

In my Editor’s Note for Volume 8 of the journal I promised that a number of changes and essays would roll out in 2020. Some…

A great deal is happening behind the scenes at the Journal of Popular Romance Studies, with a number of changes (and essays!) waiting to roll…

Looking back at Volume 7 of the Journal of Popular Romance Studies, I am struck not only by how capacious the field of popular romance…

Volume 6 of the Journal of Popular Romance Studies marks a shift in our publication schedule. Rather than publish twice a year, on the model…