Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 21b - Interview with Alyssa Cole
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 07:00
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 21b - Interview with Alyssa Cole - (transcript not available)
(Originally aired 2018/04/14 - listen here)
A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.
In this episode we talk about
- Alyssa’s novella “That Could Be Enough” in Hamilton’s Battalion
- How Alyssa, Courtney Milan, and Rose Lerner brainstormed up the anthology
- How the musical Hamilton inspired the collection
- Writing marginalized identities in historical romance
- Researching historic New York City
- The surprising acceptance of some same-sex couples in 18th century America
- The distinction between “historical accuracy” and “historical average” in developing characters
- Alyssa’s favorite historical writers and how Ta-Nehisi Coates’ blog sent her inspiration in different directions
Publications mentioned:
Hamilton’s Battalion by Courtney Milan, Rose Lerner, and Alyssa Cole
“Be Not Afraid” by Alyssa Cole in For Love & Liberty: Untold love stories of the American Revolution - the story of Andromeda’s grandparents
Root and Branch: African Americans in New York and East Jersey by Graham Russell Gao Hodges
Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rechel Hope Cleves
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole - A secondary character in this book is a non-binary woman who is a sapeur, a “dandy”, and who will have a f/f romance in a forthcoming book
Anne of the Wild Rose Inn by Jennifer Armstrong - an early inspiration for Alyssa’s historical interests
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