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On the Shelf for June 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 288 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: New podcast Period – feminist look at historical dramas Lesbiantiquity Book ShoppingMortimer, Ian. 2012. The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Penguin Books, New York. ISBN 978-0-14-312563-1 Brown, Pamela Allen & Peter Parolin (eds). 2005. Women Players in England, 1500-1660. Ashgate, Burlington. ISBN 978-0-7546-6535-9 Colonna, Pompeo (intro Franco Minonzio, trans Margaret L. King). 2024. In Defense of Women: A Bilingual Edition. Iter Press, New York. ISBN 978-1-64959-113-5 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionUncharted Waters (The Savages of Falcote) by Ally Hastings Three Times Elspeth Harris Rode to Town by Becky Black She Serves the Realm (No Man is her Master #4) by Lee Swanson The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence (Lucky Lovers of London #3) by Jess Everlee Her Runaway Bride (Hers: Victorian Lesbian Romance) by Brooke Winters Tides of Captivation: A sapphic pirate tale (Daughters Under the Black Flag #1) by Eden Hopewell What I’ve been consumingThe Witch King by Martha Wells Travelers Along the Way by Aminah Mae Safi Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban 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: @[email protected] Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

All the Historic Lesbianisms The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 287 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Social models of women loving women Variables and features of those models 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: @[email protected] Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

On the Shelf for May 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 286 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Book ShoppingTomlinson, Sophie. 2005. Women on Stage in Stuart Drama. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81111-2 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionUnholy with Eyes like Wolves by Morgan Dante Harvest Season (The Old Bridge Inn #3) by Annick Trent The Summer of Second Chances (Desiring the Dexingtons #4) by Renee Dahlia 2 Screams 1 Sugar: A Sapphic Friends to Lovers Romance by Sula Sullivan The Good Women of Fudi by Liu Hong Adrift by Sam Ledel My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen A Liaison with Her Leading Lady by Lotte R. James The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields Other Titles of InterestFlight Lines (WASPS #2) by Jana Williams Pebble in the Pond by Alex Westmore (Linda Kay Silva) A Heart Divided by Angie Williams What I’ve been consumingSong of the Huntress by Lucy Holland Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo Death in the Spires by K.J. Charles The Time Travelers Guide to Regency Britain by Ian Mortimer The Time Travelers Guide to Restoration Britain by Ian Mortimer 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: @[email protected] Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Poetry about Love between Women from the 19th Century The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 285 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: 19th century poetry Connections and cross-references between women poets Sources mentionedIn addition to being found in the following sources, the text of many of these poems have been taken from various online sources not mentioned. Castle, Terry (ed). 2003. The Literature of Lesbianism: A Historical Anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 0-231-12510-0 Domna C. Stanton. 1986. The Defiant Muse: French Feminist Poems from the Middle Ages to the Present. The Feminist Press, New York. ISBN 0-935312-52-8 Donoghue, Emma. 1997. Poems Between Women: Four centuries of love, romantic friendship, and desire. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-231-10925-3 Faderman, Lillian (ed). 1994. Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present. New York: VIking. ISBN 0-670-84368-4 Faderman, Lillian. 1999.To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America – A History. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. ISBN 0-395-85010-X Greene, Ellen (ed). 1996. Re-Reading Sappho: Recepton and Transmission. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 0-520-20602-9 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 Johnson, Thomas R. (ed). 1961. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston. ISBN 0-316-18413-6 Vicinus, Martha. 2004. Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0-226-85564-3 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: @[email protected] Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

On the Shelf for April 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 284 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Book ShoppingNorman, Ben. 2023. Pomp and Piety: Everyday Life of the Aristocracy in Stuart England. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-3981-1017-5 Southon, Emma. 2023. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire. New York: Abrams Press. ISBN 978-1-4197-6018-1 Turton, Stephen. 2024. Before the Word Was Queer: Sexuality and the English Dictionary, 1600-1930. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1-31651873-1 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionLighthouse Keeper by Eliza Lentzski Eine Lady für die Diebin (Lovers and Liaisons) by Dani Collins (trans: Emma Schwarz) A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis Other Titles of InterestTeach the Children to Pray by Rebecca Harwick Grey Dog by Elliott Gish The Final Curse of Ophelia Gray by Christine Calella What I’ve been consumingA Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard Starter Villain by John Scalzi 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: @[email protected] Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Daughters of Derbyshire by Daniel Stride The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 283 with Heather Rose Jones This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Daughers of Derbyshire” by Daniel Stride, 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: @[email protected] Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Daniel Stride Online Website: A Phuulish Fellow

Amazons The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 282 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Possible historic sources for the Amazon myth Classical and post-classical Amazons Homoeroticism and Amazon characters Sources mentionedAmer, S. 2009. “Medieval Arab Lesbians and 'Lesbian-Like'” in Journal of the History of Sexuality, 18(2), 215-236. Blythe, James M. 2001. “Women in the Military: Scholastic Arguments and Medieval Images of Female Warriors” in History of Political Thought, vol. 22 no. 2, pp.242-269. Boehringer, Sandra (trans. Anna Preger). 2021. Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome. Routledge, New York. ISBN 978-0-367-74476-2 Crane, Susan. 1996. “Clothing and Gender Definition: Joan of Arc,” in Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 26:2 : 297-320. Dekker, Rudolf M. and van de Pol, Lotte C. 1989. The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe. Macmillan, London. ISBN 0-333-41253-2 Donoghue, Emma. 2010. Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ISBN 978-0-307-27094-8 Habib, Samar. 2007. Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. Routledge, New York. ISBN 78-0-415-80603-9 Hinds, Leonard. 2001. “Female Friendship as the Foundation of Love in Madeleine de Scudéry’s ‘Histoire de Sapho’” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuality in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3 Kruk, Remke. 1998. “The Bold and the Beautiful: Women and ‘fitna’ in the S?rat Dh?t al-Himma: The Story of N?r?” in Women in the Medieval Islamic World: Power, Patronage, and Piety, ed. Gavin R. G. Hambly. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN 0-312-21057-4 Mayor, Adrienne. 2014. The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14720-8 Morrison, Susan Signe. 2017. A Medieval Woman's Companion. Oxbow Books, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-78570-079-8 Murray, Stephen O. 1997. “Woman-Woman Love in Islamic Societies” in Islamic Homosexualities - Culture, History, and Literature, ed. by Stephen O. Murray & Will Roscoe. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8147-7468-7 Schwarz, Kathryn. 2000. Tough Love: Amazon Encounters in the English Renaissance. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-2599-3 Stephens, Dorothy. 1994. “Into Other Arms: Amoret’s Evasion” in Queering the Renaissance ed. by Jonathan Goldberg. Duke University Press, Durham and London. ISBN 0-8223-1381-2 Wahl, Elizabeth Susan. 1999. Invisible Relations: Representations of Female Intimacy in the Age of Enlightenment. Stanford University Press, Stanford. ISBN 0-8047-3650-2 Walen, Denise A. 2005. Constructions of Female Homoeroticism in Early Modern Drama. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-6875-3 Westphal, Sarah. 1997. "Amazons and Guérillères" in Medieval Feminist Newsletter, No. 23: 24-28. Wilde, Lyn Webster. 1999. On the Trail of the Women Warriors. London: Constable. ISBN 0-09-148080-3 This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Amazons 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: @[email protected] Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

On the Shelf for March 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode # with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: The 2024 fiction line-up ”Charting the Cliff” – Hugo nomination shenanigans Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogLoehr, Kirsty. 2022. A Short History of Queer Women. Oneworld Publications, London. ISBN 978-0-86154-284-0 Bohata, Kirsti. 2017. “Mistress and Maid: Homoeroticism, Cross-Class Desire, and Disguise in Nineteenth-Century Fiction” in Victorian Literature and Culture 45:2 pp.341-359 Book ShoppingFiennes, Celia (ed. Christopher Morris). 1982. The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes: 1685-1712. MacDonald & Co, London. ISBN 356-08631-3 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionAbove Rubies by Fyn Alexander Silver Heels: Women of the Wild West by Olivia Hampton Whispers in the Shadows: The Untold Story of a Love that Defied Convention by Haley Ruby Lies that Bind by Rae Knowles & April Yates Of Socialites and Prizefights (Flos Magicae) by Arden Powell Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland Pelican Girls by Julia Malye Julieta e Cinderela by Vicky Fiorez Last Barrel (Speakeasy #3) by Stacy Lynn Miller The Weavers of Alamaxa (Alamaxa #2) by Hadeer Elsbai Other Titles of InterestComing of Age (Bintanath #1) by Joan Fennelly Jewels of the Harem: Love's Secret Treasures by Lucilla Leigh Victorian Passions: Lesbian Romance Amidst Historical Intrigue by Lucilla Leigh What I’ve been consumingBabel by R. F. Kuang The Duke who Didn't by Courtney Milan The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K.J. Charles This month we interview Lucy Holland and talk about:Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland Sistersong by Lucy Holland Breaking the Glass Slipper (podcast) 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: @[email protected] Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Lucy Holland Online Website: LucyHounsom.co.uk Patreon: Lucy Holland Twitter: @silvanhistorian Instagram: @silvanhistorian Facebook: Lucy Hounsom

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 12: Bluestockings and Amazons The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 280 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: The archetypes of the bluestocking and the amazon and why they make a natural romantic pairing 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: @[email protected] Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

On the Shelf for February 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 279 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Close of submissions for the 2024 fiction series Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogBlake, Liza. 2011. “Dildos and Accessories: The Functions of Early Modern Strap-Ons” in Ornamentalism: The Art of Renaissance Accessories. University of Michigan Press. pp. 130-156 Book ShoppingLoehr, Kirsty. 2022. A Short History of Queer Women. Oneworld Publications, London. ISBN 978-0-86154-284-0 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionAlice: A Ghost Story by Mats Evensson The Belle (One of the Outcasts #1) by Violet Knight The Knowing by Emma Hinds Beards by Cheyenne Isles The Scrolls of Deborah (Desert Songs Trilogy #1) by Esther Goldenburg Letters to Her Love (Northfield Hall Novellas #3) by Katherine Grant The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton Other Titles of InterestThe Fox Maidens by Robin Ha Guide Us Home by Jesse J Thoma & CF Frizzell An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson What I’ve been consumingPerfect Rhythm by Jae A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn 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: @[email protected] Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)