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Love is in the air — and between the covers — at this Wichita bookstore focused on romance

Jaclyn Wooten owns Blush Bookstore, a bookstore devoted entirely to romance novels.
Suzanne Perez
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KMUW
Jaclyn Wooten owns Blush Bookstore, a store devoted entirely to romance novels.

This month's indie bookseller is Jaclyn Wooten, owner of Blush Bookstore in Wichita and Dallas. We talk with her about the increasingly popular romance genre.

Books (and whatnot) discussed in this episode:

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Suzanne Perez is KMUW's News Director, overseeing our staff of reporters and hosting our weekly feature program, <i>The Range</i>. She previously covered education for KMUW and the Kansas News Service. Before moving to public radio in 2021, Suzanne worked more than 30 years at <i>The Wichita Eagle</i>, where she reported on schools and a variety of other topics.
Beth Golay is KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast Marginalia, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast, creator of the podcast You're Saying It Wrong, creator of KMUW's daily news podcast Wichita's Early Edition, and NPR StoryLab Workshop team member on the award-winning podcast My Fellow Kansans.