Interview with Jill Liddington The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 259 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: The social and economic landscape of Anne Lister’s life The dynamics of Lister’s “marriage” to Ann Walker The history of the diaries and their amazing legacy Jill Liddington’s books about Anne Lister Presenting The Past: Anne Lister Of Halifax, 1791–1840, Pennines Pens, 1994. Female Fortune: Land, Gender and Authority: The Anne Lister Diaries and Other writings, 1833–36, Manchester University Press (original edition: Rivers Oram Press, 1998). Nature's Domain ..read more

On the Shelf for May 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 258 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Teaser for a potential upcoming guest Recent book shopping Boag, Peter. 2011. Re-Dressing America's Frontier Past. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 978-0-520-27062-6 Bullough, Vern L. & Bonnie Bullough. 1993. Crossdressing, Sex, and Gender. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 0-8122-1431-5 New and forthcoming fiction A Wound Like Lapis Lazuli b ..read more

The Pirate in the Mirror by Catherine Lundoff The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 257 with Heather Rose Jones This quarter’s fiction episode presents “The Pirate in the Mirror” by Catherine Lundoff, 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 Heat ..read more

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 7: Second Chances and Older Women The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 256 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: The structure of the “second chance romance” trope Features of second-chance romances with female couples Considerations for older heroines 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 Disco ..read more

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 fic ..read more

They Did the Smash (the Schoolgirl Smash) The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 254 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Romantic and pseudo-romantic relationships in single-gender educational institutions The public culture of the schoolgirl “smash” or “crush” When and how attitudes toward such romances changed The culture of life partnerships between female faculty 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/ Tw ..read more

On the Shelf for March 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 253 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Podcast: Queer as Fact Book Shopping: The Once and Future Sex by Eleanor Janega New and forthcoming fiction A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar Evil's Echo by Jane Alden Aimer Mathilde by Laurence Tardi When We Lost our Heads by Heather O'Neill Your Goyle and Mine (The Magickal Underground #1) by Nan Sampson The Daughters of Izdihar (The Alamaxa Duology #1) by Hadeer Elsbai A Def ..read more

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 6: Friends or Enemies to Lovers The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 252 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Considerations for using friends-to-lovers and enemies-to-lovers tropes in sapphic historic romance 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 Proje ..read more

On the Shelf for February 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 251 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: The Harper Collins strike and the significance of major publishers in sapphic fiction Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Haggerty, George E. 1998. Unnatural Affections: Women and Fiction in the Later 18th Century. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. ISBN 0-253-21183-2 Book Shopping Abercrombie, Thomas A. 2018. Passing to América: Antonio (Née Maria) Yta ..read more

All is Silence by Heather Rose Jones The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 250 with Heather Rose Jones A bonus fiction episode to celebrate episode #250: “All is Silence” by Heather Rose Jones, narrated by the author. 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 Web ..read more