As a special Pride Month celebration, I’m recording a pair of episodes talking about the poet Sappho: what we know about her life and context, the legends that sprang up about her, what people of various ages thought of her, and most especially what they knew of her poetry, how they interpreted and even imitated it.
In this episode we talk about:
This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here:
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Links to Heather Online
Talking to Ghosts by Caitlin Flavell - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 147
The Evolution of Butch as a Lesbian Signifier - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 146
Book Appreciation with Stephanie Burgis - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 145
Interview with Stephanie Burgis - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 144
On the Shelf for February 2020 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 143
Iphis and Ianthe - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 142
Book Appreciation with Kate Heartfield - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 141
Interview with Kate Heartfield - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 140
On the Shelf for January 2020 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 139
Lesbian Vikings - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 138
Things I Loved in 2019 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 137
The Highwaywoman Special (Reprise) - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 136
On the Shelf for December 2019 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 135
The Mermaid by Kathleen Jowitt - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 134
Class and Models of Lesbian Desire - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 133
Book Appreciation with Heather Rose Jones - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 132
Interview with Heather Rose Jones - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 131
On the Shelf for November 2019 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 130
The Goblin Market (Reprise) - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 129
Poetry about Love Between Women from the 16th and 17th Centuries (Reprise) - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 128
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