May 13, 2026
Love in the Afternoon, and Evening Essays and Conversations on Soap Operas
Love in the Afternoon, and Evening Essays and Conversations on Soap Operas | 4.23 MB
Title: Love in the Afternoon, and Evening
Author: Charlotte Druckman, Mayukh Sen
Category: Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Popular Culture, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Television, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays
Language: English | 272 Pages | ISBN: 1324075562
Description:
One of Town & Country’s Best Books to Read This April
Part cultural analysis, part backstage tour, Love in the Afternoon, and Evening is a love letter to a misunderstood, often-dismissed American genre. Critics, friends, and soap obsessives Charlotte Druckman and Mayukh Sen invite readers into a conversation that ranges from topics both serious (race, reproductive rights, queerness) and fun (fashion! long-lost daughters! evil twins!). Like any great soap, they structure their essays for surprise and emotional payoff, including interviews with divas Susan Lucci (All My Children) and Erika Slezak (One Life to Live), an exploration of the greatest soap satire ever made, deeper cuts like a Who’s Who of the best-of-the-best actors on Falcon Crest, and much more. Together, these thoughtful essays get to the bottom of what makes a soap, tracing a…
One of Town & Country’s Best Books to Read This April
A drama-packed, format-busting tribute to the soap opera in all its messy, meaningful glory.
Part cultural analysis, part backstage tour, Love in the Afternoon, and Evening is a love letter to a misunderstood, often-dismissed American genre. Critics, friends, and soap obsessives Charlotte Druckman and Mayukh Sen invite readers into a conversation that ranges from topics both serious (race, reproductive rights, queerness) and fun (fashion! long-lost daughters! evil twins!). Like any great soap, they structure their essays for surprise and emotional payoff, including interviews with divas Susan Lucci (All My Children) and Erika Slezak (One Life to Live), an exploration of the greatest soap satire ever made, deeper cuts like a Who’s Who of the best-of-the-best actors on Falcon Crest, and much more. Together, these thoughtful essays get to the bottom of what makes a soap, tracing a…
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