Book Appreciation: Black Authors/Black Characters
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 47c 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 we talk about f/f historical fiction by Black authors featuring at least one Black protagonist.


Resources for books by authors of color:Sistahs on the Shelf
WoC in Romance
Black Lesbian Literary Collective
The Brown Bookshelf
LGBTQReads.com
Books mentionedThe Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
The Caretaker’s Daughter by Gabrielle Goldsby
“That Could Be Enough” by Alyssa Cole
The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts by Tiya Miles
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Two Wings to Fly Away by Penny Mickelbury
Dread Nation and Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
Descendants of Hagar by Nik Nicholson
Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Barnett
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
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/

Links to Heather Online


Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

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