Love in the Afternoon…and Evening: Conversations on Soap Operas

Cultural critics Charlotte Druckman and Mayukh Sen discuss the soap opera genre in their newest book

In their newest book, cultural critics Charlotte Druckman and Mayukh Sen pay tribute to the stories and talent that have shaped the genre through interviews with soap icons, analyses of its infamous tropes, and archetypes. Love in the Afternoon…and Evening will make you want to bust out your shoulder pads and binge your favorite show all over again. Charlotte Druckman is a journalist, cultural critic, and author of Skirt Steak, as well as editor of the James Beard Award–nominated Women on Food. Biographer and essayist Mayukh Sen is the author of Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star, a finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography.