On the Shelf for April 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 311 with Heather Rose Jones

Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.

In this episode we talk about:

• A special announcement about your host


• Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
  
  
  • Ragan, Bryant T. Jr. 1996. “The Enlightenment Confronts Homosexuality” in Homosexuality in Modern France ed. by Jeffrey Merrick and Bryant T. Ragan, Jr. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-509304-6
  
  
  • Merrick, Jeffrey. 1996. “The Marquis de Villette and Mademoiselle de Raucourt: Representations of Male and Female Sexual Deviance in Late Eighteenth-Century France” in Homosexuality in Modern France ed. by Jeffrey Merrick and Bryant T. Ragan, Jr. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-509304-6
  
  
  • Colwill, Elizabeth. 1996. “Pass as a Woman, Act like a Man: Marie-Antoinette as Tribade in the Pornography of the French Revolution” in Homosexuality in Modern France ed. by Jeffrey Merrick and Bryant T. Ragan, Jr. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-509304-6
  
  
  • Sautman, Francesca Canadé. 1996. “Invisible Women: Lesbian Working-class Culture in Ferance, 1880-1930” in Homosexuality in Modern France ed. by Jeffrey Merrick and Bryant T. Ragan, Jr. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-509304-6
  
  
  • Oram, Alison & Annmarie Turnbull. 2001. The Lesbian History Sourcebook: love and sex between women in Britain from 1780 to 1970. Routledge, New York. ISBN 9-78-0-415-11485-3
  
  
  • Choma, Anne. 2019. Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister. Penguin Books, New York. ISBN 978-0-14-313456-5
  
  
  • Ó Síocháin, Tadhg. 2017. The Case of The Abbot of Drimnagh: A Medieval Irish Story of Sex-Change. Cork Studies in Celtic Literatures. ISBN 978-0-9955469-1-2
  
  
  
  



• Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
  
  
  • Glitter in the Dark by Olesya Lyuzna
  
  
  • That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga #1) by Brittany N. Williams
  
  
  • Saint-Seducing Gold (The Forge & Fracture Saga #2) by Brittany N. Williams
  
  
  • Iron Tongue of Midnight (The Forge & Fracture Saga #3) by Brittany N. Williams
  
  
  • Mere by Danielle Giles
  
  
  • Renegade Girls: A Queer Tale of Romance and Rabble-Rousing by Nora Neus and Julie Robine
  
  
  • The Scarlett Highwaywoman (The Highwaywomen #1) by Delilah Kent
  
  
  • A Thief's Kiss (The Highwaywomen #2) by Delilah Kent
  
  
  • Velvet & Vengeance (The Highwaywomen #3) by Delilah Kent
  
  
  • The Butchers Bride (The Highwaywomen #4) by Delilah Kent
  
  
  • The Duchess and the Dagger (The Highwaywomen #5) by Delilah Kent
  
  
  • Reckless Hearts (The Highwaywomen #6) by Delilah Kent
  
  
  • Banshee's Cry (Lesbian Pirates #3) by Marina Tempest
  
  
  • Lucky Harp (Lesbian Pirates #4) by Marina Tempest
  
  
  • Mercy's Blade (Lesbian Pirates #5) by Marina Tempest
  
  
  • Midnight Serpent (Lesbian Pirates #6) by Marina Tempest
  
  
  • Rum & Roses (Velvet & Vice #3) by V.C. Sterling
  
  
  • Brandy & Betrayal (Velvet & Vice #4) by V.C. Sterling
  
  
  • Absinthe & Affection (Velvet & Vice #5) by V.C. Sterling
  
  
  • Moonshine & Mayhem (Velvet & Vice #6) by V.C. Sterling
  
  
  • Scotch & Secrets (Velvet & Vice #7) by V.C. Sterling
  
  
  
  



• What I’ve been consuming
  
  
  • Gentleman Jack by Anne Choma
  
  
  • The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison
  
  
  • The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan
  
  
  
  

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


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• 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


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