Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 21b - Interview with Alyssa Cole

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 07:00

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Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 49 (previously 21b) - Interview with Alyssa Cole

(Originally aired 2018/04/14 - listen here)

Transcript pending.

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
Books 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 (updated: Once Ghosted Twice Shy
- Anne of the Wild Rose Inn by Jennifer Armstrong - an early inspiration for Alyssa’s historical interests