Episodes
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
On the Shelf for December 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 274
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
On the Shelf for December 2023
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 274 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- de Nicolay, Nicolas. 1567. Quatre premiers livres des navigations. Translated by T. Washinton (1585) as The Navigations, Peregrinations, and Voyages, Made into Turkie. Collected in: Osborne, Thomas. 1745. Collection of Voyages and Travels…, vol. 1. London: Thomas Osborne of Gray’s-Inn.
- Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq. 1581. Itinera Constantinopolitanum et Amasianum (Journey to Constantinople and Amasya. Translated into English 1694 as: Four Epistles of A.G. Busbequius, Concerning His Embassy Into Turkey. Being Remarks Upon the Religion, Customs Riches, Strength and Government of that People. As Also a Description of Their Chief Cities, and Places of Trade and Commerce. Reprinted in 1744 as: Travels into Turkey: Containing the Most Accurate Account of the Turks, and Neighbouring Nations, Their Manners, Customs, Religion, Superstition, Policy, Riches, Coins, &c.
- Bon, Ottaviano. 1587. Descrizione del serraglio del Gransignore. Translated by Robert Withers (1625) as The Grand Signiors Serraglio, published in: Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes edited by Samuel Purchas.
- Glover, Thomas. 1610. The Muftie, Cadileschiers, Divans: Manners and attire of the Turkes. The Sultan described, and his Customes and Court. Included in George Sandys A Relation of a Journey begun Anno Dom. 1610 published in: Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes edited by Samuel Purchas (1625).
- Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste. 1675. Nouvelle Relation De l’intéreur Du Sérail Du Grand Seigneur Contenant Plusieurs Singularitex Qui Jusqu’icy N’ont Point esté mises En Lumiere. Translated into English by J. Phillips as: A New Relation Of The Inner-Part of The Grand Seignor’s Seraglio, Containing Several Remarkable Particulars, Never Before Expos’d To Public View bound with A Short Description of all the Kingdoms Which Encompas the Euxine and Caspian Seas, Delivered by the author after Twenty Years Travel Together with a Preface Containing Several Remarkable Observations concerning divers of the forementioned countries. 1677. R. L. and Moses Pitt.
- Montague, Mary Wortley. 1763. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M——e: Written during her Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa. T. Becket and P.A. DeHondt, in the Strand.
- Walsh, William. 1691. A Dialogue Concerning Women, being a Defence of the Sex. London, Printed for R. Bentley in Russel-street in Covent-Garden, and I. Tonson at the Judge’s-Head in Chancery-Lane.
- Anonymous. 1749. Satan's Harvest Home: or the Present State of Whorecraft, Adultery, Fornication, Procuring, Pimping, Sodomy, And the Game of Flatts, (Illustrated by an Authentick and Entertaining Story) And other Satanic Works, daily propagated in this good Protestant Kingdom. London.
- Book Shopping
- Seed, David (ed). 1995. Anticipations: Essays on Early Science Fiction and its Precursors. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0-8156-2640-1
- Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
- Say Their Names by Karen Badger
- Rest in Paper by Jay Mulling
- Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén
- Two Wings to Hide My Face by Penny Mickelbury
- Whiskey War (Speakeasy #2) by Stacy Lynn Miller
- The Apple Diary by Gerri Hill
- Virgin Flight by E.V. Bancroft
- In the Shadow of Victory (Shadow Series #4) by J.E. Leak
- Other Titles of Interest
- What I’ve been consuming
- Menewood by Nichola Griffith
- Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
- Call for submissions for the 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
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
- Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
- Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Turkish Delights: The European Fascination with Lesbianism in the Ottoman Empire
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 273 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
- The socio-political context of Europeans in Ottoman Turkey
- European texts describing lesbianism in early modern Constantinople
- How Turkey became associated with lesbianism in European pop culture
- More extensive versions of the texts can be found at the following links:
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)
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
On the Shelf for November 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 272
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
On the Shelf for November 2023
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 272 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- McCallum, E.L. & Mikko Tuhkanen, eds. 2014. The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature. Cambridge University Press, New York. ISBN 978-1-107-03521-8
- Wilson, Kathleen. 2004. “The Female Rake: Gender, Libertinism, and Enlightenment” in Peter Cryle & Lisa O’Connell (eds.) Libertine Enlightenment: Sex, Liberty, and License in the Eighteenth-century. Palgrave, Basingstoke. pp.99-111.
- Book Shopping
- Koppelman, Susan (ed). 1994. Two Friends and Other Nineteenth-Century Lesbian Stories by American Women Writers. Meridian, New York. ISBN 0-452-01119-1
- Goldsmith, Margaret. 1935. Christina of Sweden: A Psychological Biography. Doubleday,Doran & Company, Inc., New York.
- Griffin, Farah Jasmine. 1999. Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends: Letters from Rebecca Primus of Royal Oak, Maryland, and Addie Brown of Hartford, Connecticut, 1854-1868. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ISBN 0-679-45128-5
- Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
- The Price of Lemon Cake (Kat Holloway #6.5) by Jennifer Ashley
- The Illhenny Murders (The Mary Grey Mysteries #1) by Winnie Frolik
- Death at Bayard Lodge (The Mary Grey Mysteries #2) by author
- A Swing of the Axe (The Mary Grey Mysteries #3) by author
- A Preposterous Alibi (Winslow & Fitzgerald Investigations Mystery #1) by author
- An Unforeseen Motive (Winslow & Fitzgerald Investigations Mystery #2) by author
- By Indelicate Means (Winslow & Fitzgerald Investigations Mystery #3) by author
- Charlotte and Me by Carol Leyland
- Anne Through Time: A Magical Bookshop Novel by Harmke Buursma
- Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
- Mary's Grace by John Musgrove
- My Christmas Gift to You: Forbidden Love (The Pride) by Julia C. Oliver
- The Rossetti Diaries by author
- Other Titles of Interest
- What I’ve been consuming
- Translation State by Ann Leckie
- Call for submissions for the 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
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
- Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
- Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
The Salt Price by B. Pladek - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 271
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
The Salt Price by B. Pladek
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 271 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “The Salt Price” by B. Pladek, 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
- Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
- Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to B. Pladek Online
- Website: bpladek.net
- Twitter: @bpladek
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 10: Rakes
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 270 with Heather Rose Jones
The continuing series about historic romance tropes looks at female rakes.
- Other episodes mentioned
- Madame de Murat: Author of Fairy Tales, Lover of Women
- Delariviere Manley’s The New Atalantis
- The Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu
- The True History of Catharina Vizzani
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
- Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
On the Shelf for October 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 269
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
On the Shelf for October 2023
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 269 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Getting back to blogging
- The Anne Lister Research Summit, Oct. 14-15, 2023
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Palmer, Paulina. 1999. Lesbian Gothic: Transgressive Fictions. Cassell, New York. ISBN 0-304-70154-8
- Yiannitsaros, Chirstopher. 2010. “’I’m scared to death she’ll kill me: Devoted Ladies, feminine monstrosity, and the (lesbian) Gothic Romance” in The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies 8: 41-52.
- Parker, Sarah. 2008. “’The Darkness is the Closet in Which Your Lover Roosts Her Heart’: Lesbians, Desire and the Gothic Genre” in Journal of International Women’s Studies, Vol. 9, Issue 2: 3-16.
- McCallum, E.L. & Mikko Tuhkanen, eds. 2014. The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature Cambridge University Press, New York. ISBN 978-1-107-03521-8
- Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
- War and Solace (Tales from Norvegr #3) by Edale Lane
- Cities of Women by Kathleen B. Jones
- Let the Waters Roar by Geonn Cannon
- The Heart of the Banshee (series #2) by Carolyn Elizabeth
- A Lady to Treasure by Marianne Ratcliffe
- Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
- Western Blue by Suzie Clarke
- Deeds and Words: A Sapphic Historical Mystery (Louisa & Ada #2) by Sarah Bell
- Lovesick Blossoms by Julia Watts
- Other Titles of Interest
- What I’ve been consuming
- A Study in Garnet by Meredith Rose
- Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
- A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by K.J. Charles
- Call for submissions for the 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
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
- Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
- Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Lesbian Gothics, Gothic Lesbians - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 268
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 268 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
- The history and definition of the gothic genre
- Features of female-centered gothics
- Sapphic characters as protagonists and antagonists
- A selection of lesbian gothics
- The Marquise and the Novice by Victoria Ramstetter
- Shadows of the Heart by Patty G. Henderson
- The Wife in the Attic by Rose Lerner - Interview with the author
- Lily of the Tower by Elizabeth Hart
- Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell
- The Secret of Matterdale Hall by Marianne Ratcliffe - Interview with the author
- Beulah Lodge by Cathy Dunnell
- Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
- Harkworth Hall by L.S. Johnson
- The Wicked and the Willing by Lianyu Tan - Interview with the author
- The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley
- The Ghost and the Machine by Benny Lawrence
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- Affinity by Sarah Waters
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)
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
On the Shelf for September 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 267
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
On the Shelf for September 2023
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 267 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Book Shopping
- Goodman, Ruth. 2016. How to be a Tudor: A Dawn to Dusk Guide to Tudor Life. W.W. Norton & Company, New York. ISBN 978-1-63149-253-2
- Cleland, Elizabeth & Adam Eaker. 2022. The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. ISBN 978-1-58839-692-1
- Ball, Krista D. 2012. What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank. Tyche Books, Ltd, Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9878248-9-9
- Ndiaye, Noémie & Lia Markey. 2023. Seeing Race Before Race: Visual Culture and the Racial Matrix in the Premodern World. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Press, Tempe. ISBN 978-0-86698-842-1
- Leonardi, Camillo (trans. Liliana Leopardi). 2023. Speculum Lapidum: A Renaissance Treatise on the Healing Properties of Gemstones. The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park. ISBN 978-0-271-09539-4
- Hindley, Katherine Storm. 2023. Textual Magic: Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval England. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-82533-5
- Warr, Cordelia. 2023. Medieval Clothing and Textiles 17. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. ISBN 978-1-78327-598-4
- Not Just the Tudors (podcast)
- Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by Deanne Williams
- Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
- Ember of a New World by Ishtar Watson
- Sanditon: The Lesbian Solution by Garnet Marriott and Jane Austen
- Where Pleasant Fountains Lie (The New Countess #3) by Lady Vanessa S.-G
- Haven's End (Daughters Under the Black Flag #2) by Eden Hopewell
- The Birdwatchers by Louise Vetroff
- The Haunted Diamond by Becky Black
- He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor #2) by Shelley Parker-Chan
- Carving a New Shape by Rhiannon Grant
- For Love and Liberty by Eden Hopewell
- Her Duchess by Brooke Winters
- Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix (Remixed Classics # 8) by Cherie Dimaline
- Other Titles of Interest
- What I’ve been consuming
- The Great Roxhythe by Georgette Heyer
- Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
- Call for submissions for the 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
- This month we interview Rhiannon Grant and talk about:
- The appeal of a Neolithic setting
- Worldbuilding in archaeological settings
- Exploring spirituality
- Publications mentioned:
- This month we interview Katharine Quarmby and talk about:
- The historic inspiration for the story
- The work of turning archives into fiction
- Finding queer relationships in the historic record
- Fiction and non-fiction as reflections of each other
- Reclaiming marginalized histories
- Publications mentioned:
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
- Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Rhiannon Grant Online
- Facebook: Rhiannon Grant
- TikTok (main): @ rhiannonbookgeek
- TikTok (books): @ sapphicprehistory
- Twitter: @bookgeekrelng
- Bluesky: @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social
- Mastodon: >@rhiannongrant@mastodon.org.uk
Links to Katharine QuarmbyOnline
- Website: katharinequarmby.com
- Twitter: @KatharineQ
- Facebook: Katharine Quarmby (writer)
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 9: Spies - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 266
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 9: Spies
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 266 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about women in espionage through the ages and why this makes a great context for romance
Sources mentioned
- Akkerman N.N.W. 2018. Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- If you’re at all interested in early modern female spies, I recommend Akkerman’s entire publications page.
- Wikipedia index of spies by century
- “African American Women Spies” (specific author not listed)
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)
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
On the Shelf for August 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 265
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
On the Shelf for August 2023
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 265 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- The blog’s continuing hiatus
- Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
- Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
- By Moonlight by Lisabet Sarai
- Emma: The Nature of a Lady by Kate Christie
- The Low Road by Katharine Quarmby
- Love in the Shadows by Eden Hopewell
- Behind the Red Curtain by Eve Morton
- Her Dangerous Journey Home (No Man is Her Master #3) by Lee Swanson
- Learned By Heart by Emma Donoghue
- Other Titles of Interest
- What I’ve been consuming
- The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
- The Disenchantment by Celia Bell
- Nimona by N.D. Stevenson (Netflix movie)
- Call for submissions for the 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
- This month we interview Annemarie KD:
- This month we interview Meredith Rose:
- This month we interview Lee Swanson:
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
- Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Annemarie KD Online
- Annemarie does not have active social media at this time.
Links to Meredith Rose Online
- Website: meredithrosebooks.com
Links to Lee Swanson Online
- Website: LeeSwansonAuthor.me