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What happens when a teen prodigy meets a drunk poet with a pistol in his pocket (the gun kind, not the fun kind)?
Answer: extremely gay chaos.
This week on Historical Homos, we’re diving into the doomed romance of Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine—the most sensationally toxic boyfriends in the history of French poetry.
With our guest this week, Robert St. Clair, we’ll unpack:
It’s toxic. It’s fascinating. It’s, how you say, very fucking French
🎧 Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you pod. Pipe and syphilis sold separately.
📱 Follow Historical Homos on Instagram and TikTok, and do sign up to our newsletter if you care about gay people, like, at all.
Most importantly, if you like what you hear, please do leave us a ⭐ FIVE STAR ONLY ⭐ review.
Episode Credits
Written and hosted by Bash
Edited by Alex Toskas
Produced by Dani Henion
Guest host: Robert St. Clair, Associate Professor of French, Dartmouth College
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What happens when a teen prodigy meets a drunk poet with a pistol in his pocket (the gun kind, not the fun kind)?
Answer: extremely gay chaos.
This week on Historical Homos, we’re diving into the doomed romance of Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine—the most sensationally toxic boyfriends in the history of French poetry.
With our guest this week, Robert St. Clair, we’ll unpack:
It’s toxic. It’s fascinating. It’s, how you say, very fucking French
🎧 Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you pod. Pipe and syphilis sold separately.
📱 Follow Historical Homos on Instagram and TikTok, and do sign up to our newsletter if you care about gay people, like, at all.
Most importantly, if you like what you hear, please do leave us a ⭐ FIVE STAR ONLY ⭐ review.
Episode Credits
Written and hosted by Bash
Edited by Alex Toskas
Produced by Dani Henion
Guest host: Robert St. Clair, Associate Professor of French, Dartmouth College
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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