Episode Details

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
  • Bray, Alan. 1996. Homosexuality in Renaissance England. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 9780231102896
  • Downing, Christine. 1989. Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love. The Continuum Publishing Company, New York. ISBN 0-8264-0445-6
  • Reineke, Martha & Christine Downing. 1993. “Within the Shadow of the Herms: A Critique of "Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love" [with Reply] in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 19, No. 1: 81-101, 103-106
  • Downing, Christine. 1994. “Lesbian Mythology” in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 20, No. 2, Lesbian Histories: 169-199.
  • Nelson, Max. 2000. “A Note on the Olisbos” in Glotta, 76. Bd., 1./2. H.:75-82
  • Bremmer, Jan. 1980. “An Enigmatic Indo-European Rite: Paederasty” in Arethusa, Vol. 13, No. 2, Indo-European Roots of Classical Culture: 279-298.
  • Arkins, Brian. 1994. “Sexuality in Fifth Century Athens” in Classics Ireland, Vol. 1: 18-34.
• Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
  • Florence Syndrome by Catherine Martini
  • Red Wake, Black Flag by Dahlia Quinn
  • Boardwalk Desire by Melody Ashford
  • Thrall of Deception (Tales from Norvegr) by Edale Lane
  • Angel Maker (Karen Memory #3) by Elizabeth Bear
  • Secrets of the Night by Shelby Banks
  • Gold for the Dead (Cantor Gold #7) by Ann Aptaker
  • A Lady Most Wayward (The Queen's Deadly Damsels #5) by Darcy McGuire
  • The Impossible Act of Georgia Cline by Eline Evans
  • Iceberg by Gun Brooke
  • A Legacy of Blood and Bone by Millie Abecassis
  • Gladiator, Goddess by Morgan H. Owen
  • Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell
  • The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
  • When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee
• Other Titles of Interest
  • Toni and Addie Go Viral by Melissa Marr
• What I’ve been reading
  • Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher
  • Illuminations by T. Kingfisher
  • A Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones