On the Shelf for November 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 327 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Setting up context for this month’s fiction episodeAdditions to the websiteProgress on the Lesbian Historic Motif Project bookRecent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Pelliccia, Hayden. 1995. “Ambiguity against Ambiguity: Anacreon 13 Again” in Illinois Classical Studies, Vol. 20: 23-34.Davidson, J.F. 1987. “Anacreon, Homer and the Young Woman from Lesbos” in Mnemosyne, Fourth Series, Vol. 40, Fasc. 1/2: 132-137.Petropoulos, J.C.B. 1993. “Sappho the Sorceress: Another Look at fr. 1 (LP)” in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 97: 43-56.Devereux, George. 1970. “The Nature of Sappho's Seizure in Fr. 31 LP as Evidence of Her Inversion” in The Classical Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 1: 17-31.Lardinois, André. 1994. “Subject and Circumstance in Sappho's Poetry” in Transactions of the American Philological Association, Vol. 124: 57-84.Most, Glenn W. 1995. “Reflecting Sappho” in Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Vol. 40: 15-38.Skinner, M.B. 1989. “Sapphic Nossis” in Arethusa 22:5-18.Blondell, Ruby and Sandra Boehringer. 2014. “Revenge of the Hetairistria: The Reception of Plato’s Symposium in Lucian’s Fifth DIalogue of the Courtesans.” Arethusa 47: 231-64. The A to Z of Charles II’s London 1682The Whitehall Palace Plan of 1670Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction No Love for an Outlaw by Kerri ReevesTwin Flames of Namwon: The Reimagined Love Story of Chunhyang and Cheong by Velis AenoraNeon Nights by William EllisonRaised for the Sword by AiméeThe Salvage by Anbara SalamA Lady for a Highwayman (from Lovers and Liaisons) by Dani CollinsMy Mother's Spear by Ishtar Watson Phoenix (Intertwined Souls #9) by Mary DeeOphelia by S.M. NamkoongBetween Two Silences by Shanon O'BrienThe Secret War (Hattie James #3) by Stacy Lynn MillerThe Duke by Anna CowanMy Darling Clementine (Clementine #1) by Genta SebastianWhere There's Room for Us by Hayley KiyokoThe Fault Mirror by Catherine FearnsAs Many Souls as Stars by Natasha SiegelAngel Maker by Elizabeth BearA House with Good Bones by T. KingfisherMurderbot Series (various titles) by Martha WellsDaughter of Mystery by Heather Rose JonesCall for submissions for the 2026 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.This month we interview Anbara Salam and talk about: What grounds a story in a specific place and time?Isolation, claustrophobia, and “things that should be gone but aren’t” as the essence of gothicsResearching queer sexuality in the mid-20th centuryExploring sapphic longingThe importance of not making the central conflict about queernessThe Salvage by Anbara SalamBelladona by Anbara SalamA transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project PatreonWebsite: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesBluesky: @heatherrosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)Links to Anbara Salam Online
Website: anbarasalam.comInstagram: @anbarasalam