On the Shelf for January 2026 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 332 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Summary of the Project in 2025Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogXie, Wenjuan. 2015. (Trans)Culturally Transgendered: Reading Transgender Narratives in (Late) Imperial China. Dissertation.Sommer, Matthew H. “Was China Part of a Global Eighteenth-Century Homosexuality?” in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, vol. 33, no. 1, 2007, pp. 117–33.Carton, Adrian. 2006. “Desire and Same-Sex Intimacies in Asia” in Gay Life and Culture, A World History, ed. Robert Aldrich. Universe Publishing, New York. ISBN 978-0-7893-1511-3Gowing, Laura. 2006. ”Lesbians and Their Like in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800” in Gay Life and Culture: A World History ed. Robert Aldrich. London: Thames and Hudson. 125-43Rupp, Leila J. 2001. “Toward a Global History of Same-Sex Sexuality” in Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 10, No. 2: 287-302Leupp, Gary P. 2007. “Capitalism and Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century Japan.” in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 135–52.Pflugfelder, Gregory M. 1992. “Strange Fates: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Torikaebaya Monogatari” in Monumenta Nipponica Vol. 47, No. 3 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 347-368.Shah, Shalini. 1991. “Women and Sexuality in the Mahabharata” in Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 52: 138-144.Srivastava, Manjari & Manjari Shrivastava. 2007. “Lesbianism in Nineteenth Century Erotic Urdu Poetry “Rekhti”” in Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 68, Part One: 965-988 Book ShoppingThe Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective by Sara Lodge Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionDreadful Sorry, Clemintine (Clementine #2) by Genta SebastianSteel on Distance by N.J. KnoxA Djinn and Tonic (The Magical Underground #2) by Nan SampsonGold and Grace by Eline EvansLike in Love with You by Emma R. AlbanThe Debutante Dilemma by author The Case of the Murdered Muckraker (Harriot Morrow Investigates #2) by Rob Osler What I’ve been consumingThe Case of the Missing Maid by Rob OslerSaint-Seducing Gold by Brittany N. WilliamA Plague on Both Your Houses by Susanna GregoryEarl Crush by Alexandra VastiMurder by Memory by Olivia WaiteEmma: The Nature of a Lady by Kate ChristieThe Scandal at Pemberley by Mara BrooksThe Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet by Melinda TaubThe Lady’s Wager by Olivia Hampton Call for submissions for the 2026 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.This month we interview M.K. Hardy and talk about:Needfire by MK Hardy (US availability is limited) MK Hardy is a nom de plume for Morag Hannah and Erin HardeeAdapting the gothic template for sapphic storiesWhy Scotland is the perfect setting for gothicsThe benefits and complications of writing as a teamForthcoming: The Haunting of Avis Lovelock 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/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesMastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.ShopBluesky: @heatherrosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to MK Hardy Online Website: https://www.mkhardywrites.com/Twitter: @mkhardywritesInstagram: @mkhardywritesBluesky: @mkhardywrites.com
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