Episode Details

Book Appreciation: Black Authors/Black Characters The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 163 with Heather Rose Jones

In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured authors (or your host) will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting.

In this episode we talk about f/f historical fiction by Black authors featuring at least one Black protagonist.

• Resources for books by authors of color:
  • Sistahs on the Shelf
  • WoC in Romance
  • Black Lesbian Literary Collective
  • The Brown Bookshelf
  • LGBTQReads.com
• Books mentioned
  • The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
  • The Caretaker’s Daughter by Gabrielle Goldsby
  • “That Could Be Enough” by Alyssa Cole
  • The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts by Tiya Miles
  • The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
  • Two Wings to Fly Away by Penny Mickelbury
  • Dread Nation and Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
  • Everfair by Nisi Shawl
  • Descendants of Hagar by Nik Nicholson
  • Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Barnett
  • The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  • Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
• 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)