Episode Details

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