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A show about queer women in history and historic literature, plus coverage of the field of sapphic historical fiction. Content note: May include discussions of sex within an academic context.
Episodes
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
The Marriage(?) of Berenike and Mesopotamia
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 223 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
- References to women’s same-sex desire in 2-5th c Egypt
- The 2nd c Greek novel Babyloniaka and it’s possible presentation of marriage between two women.
- The full discussion of Iamblichos’ Babyloniaka can be found in this blog entry which has links to the source materials I used.
- This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Babyloniaka (Iamblichos)
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
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
On the Shelf for February 2022
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 222 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Visibility and advance publicity
- Bid on my research consultation in the Romancing the Vote 2022 fundraiser.
- Classics…But Make It Gay volumes 1 and 2 available to order
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
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- Blondell, Ruby & Kirk Ormand (eds). 2015. Ancient Sex: New Essays. The Ohio State University Press, Columbus. ISBN 978-0-8142-1283-7
- New and forthcoming fiction
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- The Raven and the Firebird (From the Ashes of Victory #5) by Cameron Darrow
- Daring Duplicity, the Wellington Mysteries, Vol.1: Adventures of a Lesbian Victorian Detective by Edale Lane
- The Luring of a Lovely Lady (Scandalous Spinsters #8) by Emma Locke
- March in Time by E.A. McNulty
- Flung Out of Space: The Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis & Hannah Templer (graphic novel)
- The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker
- Sweet Paladin: A Lesbian time-travel fantasy romance (In the Queerness of Time Book 1) by Alex Washoe
A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview 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)
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Palio by Gwen C. Katz
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 221 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Palio” by Gwen C. Katz, narrated by Violet Dixon.
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
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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Links to Gwen C. Katz Online
- Website: Gwen C Katz
- Twitter: @gwenckatz
- Instagram: @gwenckatz
- Facebook: gwenckatz
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
John Lyly’s Gallathea
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 220 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we take a tour through John Lyly’s late 16th century play Gallathea which includes an unexpected depiction of same-sex love.
- See also my podcast on Iphis and Ianthe
- This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: John Lyly’s Gallathea, Ovid’s Iphis and Ianthe
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
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
On the Shelf for January 2022
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 219 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Plans to resume author interviews
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Boehringer, Sandra (trans. Anna Preger). 2021. Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome. Routledge, New York. ISBN 978-0-367-74476-2
- New and forthcoming fiction
- The Many Woes of Dolly Danbridge by Lauren Thorn
- The Raven and the Banshee by Carolyn Elizabeth
- Wildflower Words by Sam Ledel
- All of You Every Single One by Beatrice Hitchman
- A couple of bonus links related to the Pack Horse Library program:
- Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
- Caitlin Gooch (@theblackcowgirl) and the Saddle Up and Read program
- What am I reading?
- Call for submissions for the 2022 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
- The state of sapphic historicals in 2021
A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview 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)
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Abstract by Kat Sinor
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 218 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Abstract” by Kat Sinor, narrated by Jasmine Arch.
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
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Kat Sinor Online
- Twitter: @katsinor
Links to Jasmine Arch Online
- Website: jasminearch.com
- Twitter: @Jaye_Arch
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
On the Shelf for December 2021
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 217 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- This month’s fiction episode: “Abstract” by Kat Sinor
- Call for submissions for the 2022 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
- Looking for discussion partners for a series of episodes on favorite tropes
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Boehringer, Sandra (trans. Anna Preger). 2021. Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome. Routledge, New York. ISBN 978-0-367-74476-2
- New and forthcoming fiction
- What I’ve been reading:
- ”Spellcloaked” by Stephanie Burgis
- Her Lady to Love by Jane Walsh
- The “Society of Gentlemen” series by KJ Charles (audiobook)
- Hell’s Belle by Marie Castle (audiobook)
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
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
How to be a Lesbian in an 18th Century Novel
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 216 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
- Motifs, characters, and situations in 18th century novels that can provide inspiration and grounding for the writing of f/f historical fiction.
- This works discussed here are mentioned in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here:
- Memoirs of Europe (Delarivier Manley)
- The New Atalantis (Delarivier Manley)
- Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (John Cleland)
- Thérèse the Philosophe (Jean-Baptiste de Boyer)
- L’Espion Anglois (Mathieu François Mairobert)
- Juliette (Marquis de Sade)
- La Religieuse (Denis Diderot)
- Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos de Laclos)
- Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
- Memoirs of the Life of Count de Grammont (Antoine Hamilton)
- Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)
- various novels by Eliza Haywood
- Lettres de Milady Juliette Catesby a Milady Henriette Campley son amie (Jeanne Riccoboni)
- Euphemia (Charlotte Lennox)
- Roxana (Daniel Defoe)
- The Unaccountable Wife (Jane Barker)
- Journey Through Every Stage of Life (Sarah Scott)
- Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
- Julie ou la Nouvelle Heloise (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
- Ormond: or the Secret Witness (Charles Brockden Brown)
- Het Land in Brieven (Elisabeth Post)
- Paul et Virginie (Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre)
- The Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu (Erskine)
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
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
On the Shelf for November 2021
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 215 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Call for submissions for the 2022 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
- If It Please the Court (interactive text game)
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Boehringer, Sandra (trans. Anna Preger). 2021. Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome. Routledge, New York. ISBN 978-0-367-74476-2
- Book shopping for the blog
- Hill, Bridget. 2001. Women Alone: Spinsters in England 1660-1850. Yale University Press, New Haven. ISBN 0-300-08820-5
- Wolf, Hubert. 2015. The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ISBN 978-0-38535190-4
- Frye, Susan and Karen Robertson, eds. 1999. Maids and Mistresses, Cousins and Queens: Women’s Alliances in Early Modern England. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511735-2
- Liddington, Jill. 2019 (2nd edition). Female Fortune: Land, Gender, and Authority: The Anne Lister Diaries and Other Writings, 1833-36. Rivers Oram Press, London. ISBN 1-85489-089-1
- Greene, E. 1996. Reading Sappho: Contemporary Approaches. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. ISBN 0-520-20195-7
- Blondell, Ruby & Kirk Ormand (ed.). 2015. Ancient Sex: New Essays. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2015. ISBN 9780814212837.
- LaFleur, Greta, Masha Raskolnikov, Anna Klosowska (eds). 2021. Trans Historical: Gender Plurality before the Modern. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. ISBN 978-1-5017-5950-5
- New and forthcoming fiction
- Stone Memory by Aimée
- Shadows Over Milan (The Night Flyer #5) by Edale Lane
- Beulah Lodge by Cathy Dunnell
- Trafalgar Versus Boone (Trafalgar & Boone Book 7) by Geonn Cannon
- A Woman's Affair (Idylle Saphique) by Liane de Pougy (trans Graham Anderson)
- One in Me I Never Loved by Carla Guelfenbein (trans Neil Davidson)
- The Last One by Fatima Daas (trans. Lara Vergnaud)
A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview 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)
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
“Moon River” by Mandy Mongkolyuth
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 214 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Moon River” by Mandy Mongkolyuth, narrated by Heather Rose Jones.
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
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Mandy Mongkolyuth Online
- Tumblr: @themandilorian