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romance

[roh-mans, roh-mans, roh-mans] / roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mæns, roʊˈmæns /




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This month, Cazzie David released a book of essays about early adulthood titled “Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Process” with a cover resembling a child’s birthday cake.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Romance novelist Florence Keeling, born in Coventry, writes under her name as well as using the pen name Charlie Dean and the darker romance material as Tanya Mounts.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Thirty years later, “Mellon Collie” is recognized as one of the most influential rock albums of the decade, later cited as inspiration by later acts like Muse, My Chemical Romance and Silversun Pickups.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

Romance is a bruising, brutal—and even nausea-inducing—business in “Let’s Love!,” a flimsy and forgettable evening of three ostensibly comic short plays by Ethan Coen at the Atlantic Theater Company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Not that I'm asexual—I just find Romance Drama unbearable.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan




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