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Julie E Moody-Freeman and co-host Dr. Carole Bell interview best-selling writer of Love in Colour and Honey & Spice Bolu Babalola.
Bolu Babalola is a British-Nigerian journalist, writer, and lover of love. In 2016, she was shortlisted in 4th Estate’s B4ME competition for her short story “Netflix & Chill,” a hilarious tale of teen romance. Bolu has worked as a writer for books, TV, press and as a cultural commentator.
Dr. Carole Bell is a Jamaican-born communication researcher, writer, and critic with two decades of experience working at the intersection of media, culture, and politics. A lover of books, TV, film and democracy, her writing has appeared in print and digital media outlets including NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and theGrio and she is a contributor to the recent Black Love Matters essay anthology. She earned her PhD at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Media and Journalism concentrating in political communication, public opinion, and public policy and communication effects. She also holds an MS in Television and Radio from Brooklyn College, and a BA in English and American Literature from Harvard College.
Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
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Julie E Moody-Freeman interviews award winning romance writer Bette Ford. Ford is the author of fourteen books including, For Always, Forever After, All the Love, The Prescott Series, and Mrs. Green Girls Series.
Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
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Julie E Moody-Freeman is joined by Race and Romance: Coloring the Past writer Margo Hendricks, by Michelle Ray, and by Ann Fields to discuss Black romance writers Francis Ray and Anna Larence.
Francis Ray’s books can be found at: FrancisRay.com
One can find Fields online at: www.annfields.com, https://twitter.com/ann_fields, www.facebook.com/AnnFieldsAuthor, https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7892483.Ann_Fields
Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
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In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman is joined by Black Love Matters writer and When In Romance podcast co-host Jessica P. Pryde to interview Christina C. Jones, a best-selling romance novelist and digital media creator. They discuss Jones’ self-published romance novels as well as her experiences publishing and marketing romance novels through her self-built online platform. Christina C. Jones’ audio and eBooks can be purchased at Christina C Jones Romance (beingmrsjones.com).
Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
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Julie E Moody-Freeman is joined this episode by two best-selling and award-winning romance writers: Rochelle Alers and Jacquelin Thomas. In Season 1 episode 10 of the Black Romance Podcast, Rochelle Alers joined Julie to talk about Alers’ experiences in the romance industry. In this episode, Alers joins as co-host of the show to talk with Jacquelin Thomas about her experiences publishing romance, romantic suspense, mainstream fiction and young adult fiction. In this conversation, Thomas recounts her history of publishing with Kensington Books, Genesis Press, Hachette, Harlequin, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin Putnam.
Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
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DL White joins Julie E Moody-Freeman to talk about White’s experiences writing, publishing, and marketing romance novels through her self-built online platform. DL White’s eBooks, print, and audio books can be purchased at booksbydlwhite.com/books.
Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
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In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman and her co-host romance writer Barbara Keaton speak with award-winning romance writer Natalie Dunbar. They discuss Dunbar’s experiences publishing with Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Silhouette, and Kimani Arabesque.
Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
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In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman speaks with award-winning romance writer Seressia Glass about her experiences publishing with Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Simon & Schuster, and Berkley. They also discuss Glass's Shadowchasers series and The Love Con.
Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul for sponsoring this podcast and to Jennifer Gardner for media promotion.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
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Join Black Romance authors Katrina Jackson and Elysabeth Grace as they discuss writing Black historical romance. The authors engage the question of readerly and publishing perceptions about the place of African/African diaspora love in historical spaces. For Black romance authors, what does it entail to represent Black love within historical romance? Questions of colorism, sexuality, class, and gender affect perceptions of historical romance fiction. Is historical fiction or women’s fiction the only way to write Black love? Can a genealogy and reading practice for Black historical romance emerge? A genealogy that encourages writers and readers (including agents, publishers, reviewers) to consider different frames of reading the idea of authenticity? The conversation attempts to move beyond the Eurocentric/American focus to look at the role of Black subjectivity (not individualism) as integral to Black historical romance. Finally, the authors seek to encourage Black romance authors and readers, and the wider romance community to re-imagine their relationship to historical romance in general, and Black historical romance in particular.
Thanks to @cbddepaul for sponsoring this podcast and to Jennifer Gardner for media promotion.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
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This week historical novelist Patricia Vaughn talks about her experiences writing and publishing her first two historical novels in the 1990’s. She discusses how her agent Vivian Stephens helped her to publish her first historical novel Murmur of Rain with Pocket Books in 1996 and talk about her second Shadows on the Bayou.
Thanks to @cbddepaul and @romancewriters for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
Murmur of Rain: https://www.amazon.com/Murmur-Rain-Patricia-Vaughn/dp/0671520040
Shadows on the Bayou: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671520059/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
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In today’s episode I talk with Frederick Smith and Chaz Lamar Cruz, co-authors of In Case You Forgot and their recent release Busy Ain’t The Half Of It. We discuss their co-authored books as well as many other topics, including: the importance of publishing love stories between Black queer characters; how Frederick Smith’s romance novels Right Side of the Wrong Bed and Down For Whatever, published by Kensington, were inspirational to Chaz; their path to becoming co-authors; and how Chaz’s career as a poet shapes both language and style in their novels.
Besides being co-authors of two novels, Frederick Smith has published three additional novels centering the romantic lives of Black and Latinx queer characters. Chaz L. Cruz is a writer/poet/creative and a lead writer of Handsome the series.
Busy Ain’t The Half Of It: https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/busy-aint-the-half-of-it-by-frederick-smith-and-chaz-lamar-cruz-3621-b
In Case You Forgot: https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/in-case-you-forgot-by-chaz-lamar-cruz-and-frederick-smith-2991-b
Play It Forward: https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/play-it-forward-by-frederick-smith-948-b
Right Side of the Wrong Bed: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0758219261/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
Down For Whatever: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0758209797/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4
Frederick Smith’s website: http://fredericklsmith.com/about-the-author/
Chaz L Cruz’s website: https://chazlcruz.com/about
Thanks to @cbddepaul and @romancewriters for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
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Best-selling writer Farrah Rochon and I talk about her new release The Dating Playbook and also deep dive into several topics: how she wrote and published her 2007 debut novel, Deliver Me, the first in her Holmes Brothers Series; we talk about her New York Sabers Football Series; Bayou Dream Series; Moments in Maplesville Series; and The Boyfriend Project.
Rochon was named Shades of Romance Magazine's Best New Author of 2007. She has been a Romantic Times Book Reviews Reviewer's Choice Award nominee. In 2015, Farrah won the Emma Award for Author of the Year.
Thanks to @cbddepaul and @romancewriters for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts
Farrah Rochon’s website: https://www.farrahrochon.com/
The Dating Playbook: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PV5JRHM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
The Boyfriend Project: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PV5JRHM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
The Holmes Brothers Series https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074BZMHBB?ref_=dbs_p_mng_rwt_ser_shvlr&storeType=ebooks
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Barbara Keaton’s first romance novel, All I Ask, was published in 2000. Since then she has gone on to write thirteen romance novels, which celebrate black love. In this episode, we discuss: her experiences publishing with Genesis Press, working with Romance Slam Jam, the mentorship a community of Black writers have provided her, and we deep dive into her novels Nights Over Egypt, Heat at First Sight, and Show Me!.
In addition to her books, Keaton has also written several articles and editorials that have appeared in various publications: Today’s Black Woman Magazine; The Chicago Crusader; The Chicago Defender; The Chicago Reader; Bronze Thrills; True Confessions; and, Affaire de Coeur.
Barbara Keaton’s website: https://www.barbarakeaton.net/
Nights Over Egypt: https://www.amazon.com/Nights-Over-Egypt-Barbara-Keaton-ebook/dp/B08DZJJDGJ
Show Me!.: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Show+Me+Barbara+Keaton&i=digital-text&ref=nb_sb_noss
Heat at First Sight: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Heat+at+first+sight+Barbara+Keaton&i=digital-text&ref=nb_sb_noss
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Chilufiya Safaa is a romance novelist whose books put a fresh twist on African and African American love themes and allow readers to examine what they thought they knew about African and African American people. In this episode, we talk about Safaa’s first four novels, A Foreign Affair, Passionate Encounters, The Art of Love, and Stay the Night, which were all published by New York publisher Kensington Publishing, her fifth and sixth books, Stolen Dreams and Bittersweet, that were independently published. Safaa also talks about her relationship with Vivian Stephens, the writing coach for her first three books and about her career publishing traditionally and self-publishing.
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Veronica Mixon, my guest today, was an editor at Doubleday for fourteen years from 1974 to 1988. She was hired as assistant to an editor of Romance and Science fiction novels and then promoted to editor when her boss left the press. She recounts her experiences during these years: creating Doubleday’s Starlight Romances, working with many writers, including Barbara Stephens, Millie Ragosta, and Rochelle Alers, building relationships with other Black editors at the time like Marie Brown at Anchor and Vivian Stephens at Dell. And in an unexpected turn of conversation, she talks about working with Octavia Butler on an article for Essence magazine and advocating with the editor for higher pay for Butler’s books.
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Eboni Snoe is the best-selling author of seventeen books. In this episode, we discuss her experiences publishing her first romance novel A Shiek’s Spell with Odyssey Books in 1992 as well as her experiences publishing with Arabesque and Avon Book. We deep dive into her novels Beguiled, Tell Me I'm Dreamin’, her forthcoming autobiography The Altar, and her publishing company Beyond Maya Press.
Eboni Snoe’s Facebook: Eboni Snoe: The Life, Books, and Times
https://www.facebook.com/ebonisnoe/?ref=page_internal
Beyond Maya Press: https://beyondmayapress.com/about.html
A Shiek’s Spell: https://www.amazon.com/Sheiks-Spell-Eboni-Snoe-ebook/dp/B00G1Y8H9A/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Beguiled: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GFW6Z9M/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i6
Tell Me I'm Dreamin’: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AXY3GNG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
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Celeste Norfleet, a best-selling writer of over twenty-five novels, joins me this week. We talk about her 2002 debut novel Priceless Gift and its curious ending, which became the inspiration for the novels in her well-loved Mama Lou Matchmaker Series. She recounts her experiences at the beginning of her career and the supportive environment of Romance Slam Jam among her well-known sister writers and readers. We also discuss her current release One Night in Georgia, which tells the story of three friends on a road trip in 1968 from New York to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
Celeste Norfleet’s books have gained critical acclaim and stellar reviews, including nominations for The Rose Award, the Romantic Times Book Review’s Reviewers Choice Award, the RT Book Review’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and numerous Romance Slam Jam Emma Award nominations.
Thanks to @cbddepaul and @romancewriters for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator and Producer of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Artwork: Kyle Gabb Marciano_arts
Celeste Norfleet’s website: https://celesteonorfleet.com/e-books/
Priceless Gift: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005Y57900/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3
Mama Lou Matchmaker Series: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XXBX6LJ?ref_=dbs_p_mng_rwt_ser_shvlr&storeType=ebooks
One Night in Georgia: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G14MH1D/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
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Adriana Herrera, a USA Today bestselling author, joins me this episode to talk about a converging series of experiences and events that led her to write and publish romance: her experiences as an immigrant from the Dominican Republic; the dissonance she felt between her studies on Black Feminist Thought and the colonial images she read in romance; the demoralizing rhetoric about immigrants in the 2016 elections and her need to affirm the existence of immigrants; and her need to create romance novels that center diverse characters who are Black and LGBTQ. In this conversation, she and I also talk about her Dreamer series as well as her additional publications: Finding Joy, Mangoes and Mistletoe, Here to Stay, “The Duke Makes Me Feel,” and her newest release One Week to Claim it All.
Her Dreamers series has received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist and has been featured on The TODAY Show on NBC, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Library Journal and The Washington Post. Her debut, American Dreamer, was selected as one of Booklist’s Best Romance Debuts of 2019, and one of the Top 10 Romances of 2019 by Entertainment Weekly. Adriana is an outspoken advocate for diversity in romance and has written for Remezcla and Bustle. She is one of the co-creators of the Queer Romance PoC Collective: https://sites.google.com/view/pocqueerromanceauthorscommunit/home?authuser=0
Thanks to @cbddepaul and @romancewriters for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator and Producer of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media
Artwork: Kyle Gabb; Marciano_arts
Adriana Herrera’s website: https://adrianaherreraromance.com/
One Week to Claim it All: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08P3M3S7L?tag=ahromance-20
American Dreamer: An LGBTQ Romance: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08SVY14Z1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1
Finding Joy: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085TRV833/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5
Mangoes and Mistletoe: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081135L42/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4
Here to Stay: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086R2QY77/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1
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Today’s guest is Katrina Jackson, best-selling writer of over twenty novels. She joins me to discuss her prolific career. Katrina discusses some of her early reading practices, writing her first romance, a self-published book titled Encore, and why she publishes affirming images of Black women. She also recounts how her life as a pre and post tenured historian in the Academy informs some of her novels’ themes. She and I also discuss several of her books: From Scratch, Office Hours, The Hitman, Encore, Grand Theft New Year’s Eve, and her current release Back in the Day.
An Associate Professor of history, Katrina is a college professor by day who writes romances by weekend when her cats allow. She writes high heat, diverse and mostly queer erotic romances and erotica. She can be reached at @katrinajax.
Thanks to @cbddepaul and @romancewriters for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator and Producer of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Sound Design: Juelle Daley; a_caju_creative
Artwork: Kyle Gabb; Marciano_arts
Katrina Jackson’s Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Katrina-Jackson/e/B01GAF7X2Q%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Office Hours: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086HXGL86/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
Back in the Day: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B091G63SW9/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i6
From Scratch: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077RCHLQJ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i6
The Hitman: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CGS9YJ8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i8
Grand Theft New Year’s Eve: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z268N51/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p2_i0
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Best-selling writer Piper Huguley joins Julie to talks about her experiences writing, publishing, and marketing historical novels with African American Christian characters. She talks about developing her online platform to self-publish her novels, including her first The Lawyer’s Luck and the books in her “Home to Millford College Series.” In addition, she talks about A Virtuous Ruby from her “Migrations of the Heart Series” as well as her forthcoming books: her Hallmark novel Sweet Tea, and By design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society’s Best Kept Secret, a historical fiction which will be published by William Morrow.
Piper Huguley is an Amazon Bestselling writer for her books The Lawyer’s Luck and The Preacher’s Promise. The Preacher’s Promise was also named a top ten Historical Romance in Publisher’s Weekly by Beverly Jenkins. She is a 2013 Golden Heart finalist for A Champion’s Heart, a first place winner for the 2013 Golden Rose Contest for her novel A Virtuous Ruby, and a 2014 Golden Rose Contest finalist. Huguley was named 2015 Debut Author of the year by Romance Slam Jam and Breakout Author of the Year by AAMBC, the African Americans on the Move Book Club, Inc.
Thanks to @cbddepaul and @romancewriters for sponsoring this podcast.
Creator and Producer of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman
Sound Design: Juelle Daley; a_caju_creative
Artwork: Kyle Gabb; Marciano_arts
Website: https://piperhuguley.com/about/
The Preacher’s Promise: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M77K09U/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3
The Lawyer’s Luck: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LBIKE38/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i6
A Virtuous Ruby: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087XX47Z3/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i7
Sweet Tea: A perfect heartwarming romance from Hallmark Publishing: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08LDYJKT1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1
By design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society’s Best Kept Secret: https://www.amazon.com/Design-Story-Lowe-Societys-Secret-ebook/dp/B093ZXPRXH/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=By+design%3A+The+Story+of+Ann+Lowe%2C+Society%E2%80%99s+Best+Kept+Secret&qid=1623716471&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
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