The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

On the Shelf for November 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 272

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
  • The Grass Widow by D.A. Chadwick
• 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)

The Salt Price by B. Pladek - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 271

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

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 10: Rakes - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 270

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)

On the Shelf for October 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 269

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
  • Menewood (The Light of the World #2) by Nicola Griffith
  • Unsettled by Patricia Reis
  • Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue by Christine Higdon
  • A Glimpse into Your Soul by Char Dafoe
  • Songs of Irie by Asha Ashanti Bromfield
• 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)

Lesbian Gothics, Gothic Lesbians - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 268

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)

On the Shelf for September 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 267

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
  • The Girl Who Fled the Picture by Jane Anderson
  • The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield
• 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:
    • Carving a New Shape by Rhiannon Grant
    • Between Boat and Shore by Rhiannon Grant
    • The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss
    • Ember of a New World by Ishtar Watson
    • Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
• 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:
    • The Low Road by Katharine Quarmby
    • The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
    • Gentleman Jack (tv series)
    • The Fascination by Essie Fox

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)

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 9: Spies - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 266

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)

On the Shelf for August 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 265

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
  • The Ghost Ship (Burning Chambers #3) by Kate Mosse
  • A Lady's Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin
  • Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott
• 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:
  • Aphra Behn: A Secret Life by Janet Todd
  • New Light on Aphra Behn by W.J. Cameron
  • Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain by Nadine Akkerman
• This month we interview Meredith Rose:
  • A Study in Garnet by Meredith Rose
  • Alchemy Empire Series by Meredith Rose
  • Critical Role (webcast)
  • Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
• This month we interview Lee Swanson:
  • Her Dangerous Journey Home (No Man is Her Master #3) by Lee Swanson
  • The Cloistered Lady by Coirle Mooney
  • The Lady’s Keeper</em by Coirle Mooney

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

To the Fair Muse who, Loving Me, Imagin’d More by Annemarie KD - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 264

To the Fair Muse who, Loving Me, Imagin'd More by Annemarie KD

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 264 with Heather Rose Jones

This quarter’s fiction episode presents “To the Fair Muse who, Loving Me, Imagin'd More” by Annemarie KD, 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
• Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
• Twitter: @heatherosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Lesbians as a “Third Sex” - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 263

Lesbians as a “Third Sex”

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 263 with Heather Rose Jones

In this episode we talk about:

• Historic contexts in which people conceived as lesbians as belonging to a “third sex”
• Academic studies that use the concept of a “third sex” as a way of understanding historic models of gender and sexuality

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)