On the Shelf for February 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 251

On the Shelf for February 2023

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 251 with Heather Rose Jones

Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.

In this episode we talk about:

• The Harper Collins strike and the significance of major publishers in sapphic fiction
• Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
  • Haggerty, George E. 1998. Unnatural Affections: Women and Fiction in the Later 18th Century. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. ISBN 0-253-21183-2
• Book Shopping
  • Abercrombie, Thomas A. 2018. Passing to América: Antonio (Née Maria) Yta's Transgressive, Transatlantic Life in the Twilight of the Spanish Empire. The Pennsylvania University Press, University Park. ISBN 978-0-271-08119-9
  • Shopland, Norena. 2021. A History of Women in Men's Clothes: From Cross-Dressing to Empowerment. Pen & Sword History, Philadelphia. ISBN 978-1-52678-767-5
  • Vanita, Ruth , ed. 2002. Queering India: Same-Sex Love and Eroticism in Indian Culture and Society. Routledge, New York. ISBN 0-415-92950-4
  • Rouse, Wendy L. 2022. Public Faces, Secret Lives: A Queer History of the Women's Suffrage Movement. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 978-1-47981394-0
• New and forthcoming fiction
  • She Who Would be King by Kim Pritekel
  • The Pirate's Pursuit (Sapphic Seas #2) by Wren Taylor
  • Blood in the Tea Leaves by Beka Westrup
  • The Secret Life of Spinsters: A Sapphic Regency Romance (Desiring The Dexingtons # 2) by Renee Dahlia
  • Dangerous Flames (Good Neighbors) by Stephanie Burgis
  • For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome
• What I’ve been consuming
  • Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey
  • Hen Fever by Olivia Waite
  • The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nhi Vo
  • The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K.J. Charles

A transcript of this podcast is available here.

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
• Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
• Twitter: @heatherosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)