The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

By Heather Rose Jones

A show about queer women in history and historic literature, plus coverage of the field of sapphic historical fiction. Content note: May include discussions of sex within an academic context.... more

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November 01, 2021“Moon River” by Mandy Mongkolyuth - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 214
“Moon River” by Mandy Mongkolyuth
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 214 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Moon River” by Mandy Mongkolyuth, 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
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Mandy Mongkolyuth Online
Tumblr: @themandilorian
...more
30min
October 18, 2021All-Woman Societies in History and Fiction - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 213
All-Woman Societies in History and Fiction
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 213 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about ideas and realities about all-woman societies, communities, and organizations in the past, and how they depicted the possibility of same-sex erotics.
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
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
20min
October 04, 2021On the Shelf for October 2021 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 212
On the Shelf for October 2021
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 212 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Book discoverability and how covers and blurbs contribute to it.
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Skidmore, Emily. 2017. True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the 20th Century. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 978-1-4798-7063-9
Boehringer, Sandra (trans. Anna Preger). 2021. Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome. Routledge, New York. ISBN 978-0-367-74476-2
New and forthcoming fiction
Big London Dreams by Clare Lydon
Missing in Milan by Edale Lane
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Complementary by Celia Lake
Longshadow (Regency Faerie Tales 3) by Olivia Atwater
The Perks of Loving a Wallflower (The Wild Wynchesters #2) by Erica Ridley
Urchin by Kate Story
Sisters of the Great War by Suzanne Feldman
The Sweetest Taboo by Ava Freeman
Of Trust and Heart by Charlotte Anne Hamilton
Warm Pearls and Paper Cranes: A Lesbian Romance by E.V. Bancroft
Girls Back Home (Ranger Paraversum 3) by Vesna Kurilic
What am I reading?
Gay Pride and Prejudice by Kate Christie
The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite
Complementary by Celia Lake
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
An Unseen Attraction by K.J. Charles
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
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
30min
September 25, 2021Bonus Fiction: “Margaret” by Eleanor Musgrove - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 211
Bonus Fiction: “Margaret” by Eleanor Musgrove
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 211 with Heather Rose Jones
This special bonus fiction episode presents “Margaret” by Eleanor Musgrove, 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
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Eleanor Musgrove Online
Website: The Writings of E.A. Musgrove
Facebook: E.A. Musgrove
...more
55min
September 18, 2021Sapphists in Austenland - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 210
Sapphists in Austenland
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 210 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The social structures in Jane Austen’s novels in which same-sex relationships could develop
A tour through the sapphic potential in each of Austen’s works
A survey of Austen-inspired sapphic historical fiction, demonstrating some of that potential
Austen-based fiction mentioned in the episode
”Margaret” by Eleanor Musgrove in A Certain Persuasion (The LHMP will be reprinting this in audio next week. Check the website for a link.)
”Eleanor and Ada” by Julie Bozza in A Certain Persuasion (Not currently in print? The link is to the author’s website.)
Lucas by Elna Holst
Gay Pride and Prejudice by Kate Christie
The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley
”Father Doesn’t Dance” by Eleanor Musgrove in A Certain Persuasion (Not currently in print.)
Frederica and the Viscountess by Barbara Davies
Her Particular Friend by J.L. Merrow in A Certain Persuasion (Link is to a stand-alone reprint of the story.)
Kissing Emma by Gemma Harborne (out of print)
“One Half of the World” by Adam Fitzroy in A Certain Persuasion (Not currently in print?)
A Certain Persuasion: Modern LGBTQ+ fiction inspired by Jane Austen’s novels edited by Julie Bozza. Manifold Press, 2016. (Unfortunately Manifold Press has gone out of business. Used hard copies may be available at this link. Stories that have been made available in other venues have links in the individual listings.
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
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
51min
September 05, 2021On the Shelf for September 2021 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 209
On the Shelf for September 2021
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 209 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
Manion, Jen. 2020. Female Husbands: A Trans History. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-108-48380-3
Stehr (see below)
Skidmore, Emily. 2017. True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the 20th Century. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 978-1-4798-7063-9
New acquisitions for the blog
Stehr, Emily (compiler). 2018. Tragic (but Interesting & Very Short) History of Sodomite, Lesbians, & Sapphics. Self-published. ISBN 978172000756
Boehringer, Sandra (trans. Anna Preger). 2021. Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome. Routledge, New York. ISBN 978-0-367-74476-2
New and forthcoming fiction
The Adventure of the Golden Woman by Cynthia Ward
A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee
Jazz Hell by Charlotte K. Stone
My Home is on the Mountain by Caro Clarke
Late City Summer by Jeanette Bears
Punk Disco Bohemian by Arya Jenkins
What have I read/consumed?
The Wife in the Attic by Rose Lerner (audiobook)
Elisa & Marcela (movie)
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire (audiobook)/li>
”Mary's Secret Desire” by Tilda Templeton
Lucas by Elna Holst
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
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
12min
August 22, 2021Shakespeare’s Queer-Baiting - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 208
Shakespeare’s Queer-Baiting
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode # with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Homoerotic motifs in Shakespeare’s plays
The general context of female homoeroticism in early modern drama
Situating Shakespeare’s material in that context
Sources mentioned
Walen, Denise A. 2005. Constructions of Female Homoeroticism in Early Modern Drama. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-6875-3
This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Shakespeare
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
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
33min
August 07, 2021On the Shelf for August 2021 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 207
On the Shelf for August 2021
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 207 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Delays in the interview and fiction segments
Processing a primary source for the blog
Publishers on our radar
Kalikoi
Entangled Publishing
Feiwel & Friends
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Manion, Jen. 2020. Female Husbands: A Trans History. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-108-48380-3
New and forthcoming fiction
A Lady's Fine Companion by Margaret K. Mac
All Manner of Hats by Elva Birch
In the Shadow of the Past (Shadow Series #1) by J.E. Leak
Her Countess to Cherish by Jane Walsh
Blackpoint by Kate Hershberger
The Fiend in the Fog by Jess Faraday
The Fog of War (Bradfield #1) by A. L. Lester
The Breath between Waves by Charlotte Anne Hamilton
The Haunting of Meade Manor by Shannon Carr
The Commitment by Virginia Hale
What have I read?
”At Word’s Point” by Carolyn Elizabeth
The Heroine’s Journey by Gail Carriger
Network Effect by Martha Wells (audiobook)
City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (audiobook)
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (audiobook)
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
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
21min
July 17, 2021Rosa Bonheur - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 206
Rosa Bonheur
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 206 with Heather Rose Jones
A biographical sketch of 19th century French painter Rosa Bonheur and the two women she shared her life with.
This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Rosa Bonheur
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
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
14min
July 03, 2021On the Shelf for July 2021 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 205
On the Shelf for July 2021
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 205 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
”Pride” and identity
Golden Crown Literary Society Conference Schedule
New and forthcoming fiction
The Women of Apasas (Amazzi Warriors and Queens #1) by Elizabeth Reign
Viking Quest by Edale Lane
Lie With Me by Patricia Spencer
The Dawn of the Rose (Love and Thorns #2) by Sarah Swan
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Justice Won (Wynter #3) by Kim Pritekel
Her Lady's Fortune (Great War 3) by Renee Dahlia
Murder and Gold (Cantor Gold #5) by Ann Aptaker
Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices by edited by Swapna Krishna & Jenn Northington
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
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
21min

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