The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

The Pirate in the Mirror by Catherine Lundoff - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 257

The Pirate in the Mirror by Catherine Lundoff

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 257 with Heather Rose Jones

This quarter’s fiction episode presents “The Pirate in the Mirror” by Catherine Lundoff, 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)

Links to Catherine Lundoff Online

• Website (Queen of Swords Press): https://queenofswordspress.com/
• Twitter: @clundoff
• Instagram (Queen of Swords Press): @qospress
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clundoff

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 7: Second Chances and Older Women - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 256

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 7: Second Chances and Older Women

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 256 with Heather Rose Jones

In this episode we talk about:

• The structure of the “second chance romance” trope
• Features of second-chance romances with female couples
• Considerations for older heroines

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 April 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 255

On the Shelf for April 2023

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 255 with Heather Rose Jones

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

In this episode we talk about:

• Why the blog has been thin lately
• Historic settings and mythic fiction
• New Books for the Blog
  • Palmer, Paulina. 1999. Lesbian Gothic: Transgressive Fictions. Cassell, New York. ISBN 0-304-70154-8
  • 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
• New and forthcoming fiction
  • Her Venetian Beauty (Ladylike Inclinations #4) by Violet Cowper
  • The Enemy Within by Stein Willard
  • Eight Strings by Margaret DeRosia
  • Her Female Husband (The Kendallville Librarian #1) by Julieanne
  • Heart's Home (Heart Series #3) by L. Dreamer
  • From the Ashes of Victory - Box Set by Cameron Darrow
  • Legacy of the Valiant (Tales from Norvegr #2) by Edale Lane
  • Knight of Nights (The Coin of Love #2) by Karin Kallmaker
  • Something Spectacular (Something Fabulous) by Alexis Hall
  • The Widow's Modiste (Desiring the Dexingtons #3) by Renee Dahlia
  • The Weeds by Katy Simpson Smith
• What I’ve been consuming
  • Christmas masquerade by Meg Mardell
  • Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
  • The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
  • The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles
• Some thoughts on historic settings where myth and fantasy has replaced realistic history

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)

They Did the Smash (the Schoolgirl Smash) - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 254

They Did the Smash (the Schoolgirl Smash)

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 254 with Heather Rose Jones

In this episode we talk about:

• Romantic and pseudo-romantic relationships in single-gender educational institutions
• The public culture of the schoolgirl “smash” or “crush”
• When and how attitudes toward such romances changed
• The culture of life partnerships between female faculty

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 March 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 253

On the Shelf for March 2023

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 253 with Heather Rose Jones

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

In this episode we talk about:

• Podcast: Queer as Fact
• Book Shopping: The Once and Future Sex by Eleanor Janega
• New and forthcoming fiction
  • A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar
  • Evil's Echo by Jane Alden
  • Aimer Mathilde by Laurence Tardi
  • When We Lost our Heads by Heather O'Neill
  • Your Goyle and Mine (The Magickal Underground #1) by Nan Sampson
  • The Daughters of Izdihar (The Alamaxa Duology #1) by Hadeer Elsbai
  • A Defiant Devotion (A Truth Universally Acknowledged #2) by E.B. Neal
  • La Femme Falaise: Romance historique by Hélène Néra
  • The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes
  • Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood
  • Now the Wind Scatters by J Donal
  • Daughters of Nantucket: A Novel by Julie Gerstenblatt
  • Well Behaved Women by Caroline Lamond
  • To Meet Again by Kadyan
  • A Dark, Cold Touch: A Gothic Romance by Megan E. Hart
• What I’ve been consuming
  • A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles
  • A Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles
  • Spectred Isle by K.J. Charles
  • The Henchman of Zenda by K.J. Charles
  • Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
  • Sistersong by Lucy Holland

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)

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 6: Friends or Enemies to Lovers - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 252

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 6: Friends or Enemies to Lovers

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 252 with Heather Rose Jones

In this episode we talk about:

• Considerations for using friends-to-lovers and enemies-to-lovers tropes in sapphic historic romance

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 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)

All is Silence by Heather Rose Jones - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 250

All is Silence by Heather Rose Jones

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 250 with Heather Rose Jones

A bonus fiction episode to celebrate episode #250: “All is Silence” by Heather Rose Jones, narrated by the author.

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)

The Romance of Silence - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 249

The Romance of Silence

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 249 with Heather Rose Jones

In this episode we talk about:

• The medieval “Romance of Silence”
• Ideas about gender, and nature vs nurture
• An extended plot synopsis
• Sources mentioned
  • Roche-Mahdi, Sarah. 1999. Silence. Michigan State University Press, Lansing. ISBN 0-87013-543-0
• This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Roman de Silence (Heldris de Cornuälle)

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 January 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 248

On the Shelf for January 2023

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 248 with Heather Rose Jones

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

In this episode we talk about:

• A summary of what the podcast and blog have covered this year
• Upcoming BBC series with a sapphic take on Marie Antoinette
• Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
  • Moore, Lisa. 1997. Dangerous Intimacies: Toward a Sapphic History of the British Novel. Duke University Press, Durham, 1997. ISBN 0-8223-2049-5
• New and forthcoming fiction
  • A Rose Blooms at Golden Fork by Rachel Anderson
  • Just Wide Enough for Two by Kacey M. Martin
  • Rachel Kelly And The Vigilantes (Rachel Kelly in Oregon County # 1) by Pamela Cabot
  • Unchain My Heart: A Fantasy Lesbian Romance in Classical Greece (Bonds of Fate #1) by R.J. Martin
  • Sixpenny Octavo by Annick Trent
  • Vanilla Kisses (Diary of an Obstinate, Headstrong Female #1) by C.C. Burns
  • Appetence (Diary of an Obstinate, Headstrong Female #2) by C.C. Burns
  • Midwinter (Diary of an Obstinate, Headstrong Female #3) by C.C. Burns
  • Hen Fever by author
  • White Star: A lesbian Gilded Age romance set on the Titanic by Laura Jelenkovich
  • The Demon Gospel (Hidden Gods #2) by Ariel Dalziel
  • Her Enticing Muse (Ladylike Inclinations #3) by Violet Cowper
  • Forever's Promise by Missouri Vaun
  • The Ashes of the Brothel: Betrayal in the Wickedest Little Town in the West by Katryna Lalock
  • After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
  • In the Shadow of Truth (Shadow Series 3) by J.E. Leak
• What I’ve been consuming
  • The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin
  • The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones
  • Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell
• Call for submissions for the 2023 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
• This month we interview Jennifer Nestojko and talk about:
  • The inspirations for “From the Bird’s Nest”
  • The joys of epistolary stories
  • Writing disabilities in a historic context
  • Being a writer and a teacher
  • Ideas for an Anglo-Saxon setting and playing around with Beowulf
  • Books and authors mentioned:
    • Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
    • Emily Dickinson
    • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
    • Work by Louisa May Alcott
    • Sarah Orne Jewett
    • “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    • Re: Beowulf-related novels:
    • Jennifer may have been thinking of Grendel by John Gardner.
    • The novel written from the viewpoint of Grendel’s mother that I was thinking of was The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley, who also wrote an acclaimed modern translation of Beowulf.
    • Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    • Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
    • Fairacre Series by “Miss Read,” pen name of Dora Jessie Saint

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)