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'Tropesick' and 'Extracurricular' are romance novels that subvert genre expectations
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Two new romance novels subvert expectations about the genre. In Tropesick , Katie and Tyler are old acquaintances who are reunited as writing partners. In today’s episode, author Lauren Okie chats with All Things Considered ’s Juana Summers about structuring the novel with different tropes, writing a rivals-to-lovers setup and how Okie balanced metafictional elements with the story’s natural plotline. Then, a former pop star and her psychology professor become intertwined in Extracurricular . Author Rachel Lynn Solomon spoke with Summers about what drew her to the forbidden romance subgenre. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks…