The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

One Night in Saint-Martin by Catherine Lundoff The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 47 The debut story in our 2018 fiction series. Written by Catherine Lundoff and narrated by Tiana Hanson. A transcript of this podcast may be 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...

Falling in Love with Cross-Dressing Girls The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 46 An exploration of the concept of the “portal fantasy” and how it applies to historic literature involving cross-dressing as a context for same-sex desire. In this episode we talk about The context of women cross-dressing in history and literature The literary genre of “portal fantasies” and the devices they u...

Book Appreciation with Elizabeth Bear The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 45 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 Elizabeth Bear recommends a favorite queer historical novel: Everfair by Nisi Shawl - Everfair is a alternate steampunk history of c...

Interview with Elizabeth Bear The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 44 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: Elizabeth’s upcoming steampunk novel Stone Mad, an independent sequel to Karen Memory. Set in an alternate late 19th century Pacific Northwest, Karen navigates her way past murderers, corrupt politician...

On the Shelf for March 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 43 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about: The stories chosen for the new audio fiction episodes "Peaceweaver" by Jennifer Nestojko "At the Mouth" by Gurmika Mann "Inscribed" by V.M. Agab "One Night in Saint Martin" by Catherine Lund...

Charlotte Cushman The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 42 Charlotte Cushman was the greatest American actress of the 19th century. So why isn’t she a household name? In this episode we talk about: Cushman’s professional career arc The ways in which 19th century attitudes toward romance and sex affected reception of Cushman’s performances The phenomenon of Romantic Friendship between women,...

Book Appreciation with Ellen Klages The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 41 In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured author will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Ellen Klages recommends some favorite queer historical novels: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters Hild by Nicola Griffith Tremontaine by Ellen Kushner...

Interview with Ellen Klages The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 40 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: The long incubation for the ideas that became Passing Strange Lesbian culture in mid-century San Francisco and the San Francisco World’s Fair on Treasure Island The hidden interconnectedness of Ellen’s no...

On the Shelf for February 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 39 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about: The fiction submission window is over Send us your upcoming release notices about lesbian historical fiction Lesbian Book Bingo https://jae-fiction.com/lesbian-book-bingo/ My Lesbian Book...

(Un)Conventional Women The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 38 A discussion of the long and tangled history of the historic fact and literary motif of lesbians in convents. In this episode we talk about: A brief history of Christian attitudes toward sex and Western beliefs about women’s sexuality Convent regulations that address women’s romantic and sexual bonds Case histories of sexual ac...

Book Appreciation with Kathleen Knowles The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 37 In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured authors talks about her favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Kathleen recommends some favorite queer historical novels: The Persian Boy by Mary Renault (gay male fiction) The Friendly Young Ladies by Mary Renault (cont...

Interview with Kathleen Knowles The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 36 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: Kathy’s interest in reading about the LGBT history of San Francisco Her favorite historians, including Lillian Faderman, Martin Duberman What inspired her three connected novels set in turn-of-the-cen...

On the Shelf for January 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 35 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about: Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog The Lesbian Premodern Announcing this month’s author guest, Kathleen Knowles New and forthcoming fiction The new and forthcoming books...

2017 Roundup The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 34 I take the opportunity for a year-end review of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog and podcast. In this episode we talk about What inspired me to first start the blog How the podcast started and how it differs from the blog The podcast expansion and why I enjoy doing author interviews The upcoming fiction project A transcript of thi...

Death did not them Depart The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 33 An examination of joint grave memorials for pairs of unrelated women that use the symbolism of marriage. In this episode we talk about: Classical Greek sculptural monuments from 5th c. BCE Athens A Classical Roman memorial in which two women are shown clasping right hands, in a gesture typically indicating marriage The unusu...

Book Appreciation with T. T. Thomas The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 32 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 T. T. Thomas recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Miserere by Caren Werlinger In this Small Spot by Caren Werlinger - Not...

Interview with T.T. Thomas The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - episode 31 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: What T.T. finds so interesting about the decades around 1900 Her fascination with the Regency-era figure of Anne Lister, whose diaries discuss her affairs with women in code Using professional journals, di...

On the Shelf for December 2017 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 30 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about: Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Knighton’s Chronicle A joint grave memorial for two 15th century English women Thinking Sex with the Premoderns by Valerie Traub The L...

When did we become Lesbians? The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 29 This episode discusses the history of words for women who loved women throughout recorded European history. What words were used? Where did they come from? What shades of meaning did they have? And how did those meanings change over time? In this episode we talk about the following words: Greek: hetairistriai Greek and La...

Book Appreciation with Farah Mendlesohn The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 28 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 Farah Mendlesohn recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Moll Cutpurse by Ellen Galford Fires of...

Interview with Farah Mendlesohn The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 27 with Heather Rose Jones A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: I chat with Farah Mendlesohn about her brand new lesbian Regency romance Spring Flowering. How did a literary theorist specializing in fantasy and science fiction come to write...

On the Shelf for November 2017 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 26 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about: Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Premodern Sexualities - a collection of papers on the history of sexuality Knighton’s Chronicle - a primary text mentioned in the “fem...

Female Knights in Shining Armor The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 25 with Heather Rose Jones Does your heart thrill to the clash of swords, the gleam of sunlight on a polished helm, and the snap of silken banners in the breeze at a tournament field? And then the helmet is removed by the victorious knight to reveal a fair face and a tumble of flowing locks and the crowd gasps to know a w...

Book Appreciation with Caren Werlinger The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 24 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 Caren recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Patience and Sarah by Isabell Miller. The Price of...

Interview with Caren Werlinger The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 23 with Heather Rose Jones A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: The approach of framing a historic story within a modern character’s interaction with that story. The uses of parallel lives to create reader connection. How Caren used dreams a...