Interview with Genevieve Fortin - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 18

Interview with Genevieve Fortin

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 18 with Heather Rose Jones

A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.

In this episode we talk about:

• How interviewing Franco-American families in New England inspired Water’s Edge
• Her love for literature from ca. 1900 and the decadent movement’s exploration of sexuality
• Researching the social and economic circumstances of immigrant communities in late 19th century New England
• Cluing your historic characters in on their sexual possibilities
• Plans for a sequel and to center lesbian characters in the history of Quebec
• Books mentioned
  • Water’s Edge by Genevieve Fortin
  • Monseiur Vénus by Rachilde
  • Nana by Émile Zola. 1880
  • The Franco-Americans by Yves Roby.

More info

A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.)

Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
• Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
• RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
• Twitter: @LesbianMotif
• Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
• The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

Links to Heather Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com
• Email: Heather Rose Jones
• Twitter: @heatherosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Links to Genevieve Fortin Online

• Website: Genevieve Fortin
• Twitter: @kenefief
• Facebook: Genevieve Fortin