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The 100th Episode - Where My Heart Goes The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 100 with Heather Rose Jones To celebrate the podcast's 100th episode, I offer you a bonus story. In this episode we talk about: “Where My Heart Goes” by Heather Rose Jones, originally published in Through the Hourglass edited by Sacchi Green and Patty G. Henderson. The real historical figures who inspired this story were discussed in episode #5 Laudomia Loves Margaret A transcript of this podcast may be 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/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
On the Shelf for September 2017 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 17 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about: Why I'm recording this more than a month before it airs, and how you're all missing out on hearing about my trip to Europe, which will have just finished then. Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Velasco, Sherry. 2011. Lesbians in Early Modern Spain. Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville. ISBN 978-0-8265-1750-0 (We've spent this month going through the chapters on legal records, celebrity gender benders, women's romantic relationships in convents, homoerotic motifs on stage and in novels, and the visual stereotype of lesbians in early modern Spain) Books on Boston Marriage and the queer history of Boston Announcing this month's author guest, Genevieve Fortin New and forthcoming fiction The new/forthcoming boos segment hasn't been added yet. Ask Sappho: An anonymous poster on the facebook group asks: What are some lesbian novels set during the American Civil War? Through the Hourglass edited by Sacchi Green and Patty G. Henderson Firefly by Whitney Hamilton Promising Hearts by Radclyffe House of Clouds by K. I. Thompson Words Heard in Silence by T. Novan and Taylor Rickard (Note: In later books in this series, it beomes clear that the character of Charlie Nolan is a trans man, not a woman using gender disguise. But in this first book, my understanding is that is not yet how the character understands his identity.) The War Between the Hearts by Nann Dunne Miserere by Caren J. Werlinger Divided Nation, United Hearts by Yolanda Wallace Beguiled & Her Beguiling Bride by Paisley Smith Sabre by Rhavensfyre And this article gives examples of real-life women who fought and spied in the Civil War in male disguise, just like many of the characters in these novels. A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
This month's Patron-funded story is "A Dance of Queens" by Sacchi Green, narrated by Nikki Delgado. After the story, there's an excerpt from a new podcast, "Fuck Humans"
The 100th Episode - Where My Heart Goes The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 33a with Heather Rose Jones To celebrate the podcast’s 100th episode, I offer you a bonus story. In this episode we talk about “Where My Heart Goes” by Heather Rose Jones, originally published in Through the Hourglass edited by Sacchi Green and Patty G. Henderson. The real historical figures who inspired this story were discussed in episode #5 Laudomia Loves Margaret 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: contact@alpennia.com Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Heather-Rose-Jones-490950014312292/ If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLesbianTalkShow
In this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Jove sits down with award-winning editor and author Sacchi Green to discus her new release, Wild Rides and other Lesbian Erotic Adventures, available now from Dirt Road Books.
Women and Words Overview - 25-30 November 2017 Andi and Jove lament the busy that has descended upon them, but they’re also really excited about the end of the NaNoWriMo Challenge via Dirt Road Books (their OTHER project) and all the manuscripts people will soon be sending in for perusal. They also are unanimous in the conclusion that author Collette Moody is freaking hilarious and needs to be read by everyone. Oh, and HOLY CRAP THE HOOTENANNY APPROACHES. 25 Nov.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta provides a few books guaranteed to make you laugh. Women and Words link HERE 26 Nov.: Author and editor Sacchi Green gives us some info about her latest edited anthology, The Year’s Best Lesbian Erotica Vol. 2. Women and Words link HERE Sacchi Green’s website 27 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt popped in to tell us what she’s been up to and to wish us all a happy holiday season. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website 28 Nov.: Author, Women and Wordster, and Lesbian Herstory Legend Lee Lynch blogged about her inner dork. Women and Words link HERE Lee Lynch’s books 29 Nov.: Author and editor Candace Walsh came by with a blog and giveaway of her co-edited latest volume, Greetings from Janeland: Women Write More About Leaving Men for Women. DON’T FORGET! EBOOK GIVEAWAY! Women and Words link HERE More info about the book (and its predecessor) HERE 30 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette is freaking out about the Hootenanny and she’d like your input. What songs should she and Tucker the merry elf re-write this year? Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Twitter and Tumblr THE HOOTENANNY IS APPROACHING. That’s the giant twelve-day giveaway at Women and Words. It starts Dec. 12 and ends Dec. 23. We will be doing NOTHING ELSE but that during that time. And our heads generally explode and we lose our minds but it’s all in fun and luv! Hope to see you there!
Women and Words Overview - 11-17 Nov. 2017 Jove would like Andi to stop writing fanfic for a minute and write something for her to publish. Spoiler: Andi is! Also, WTF with those weird jobs you’ve had, Clifford Mae Henderson? And Erin’s blog this week hit Andi right in the feels. It’s an important topic, friends. 11 Nov.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta did a reader’s perspective on books that deal with Alzheimer’s disease, something that affects a lot of people, including someone near and dear to her. Women and Words link HERE ALSO Call for Submissions repeat! Best Lesbian Erotica Vol. 3, ed. by Sacchi Green. Link HERE 13 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler was on an LGBTQ+ panel at Bouchercon and it went very well. YAY! (Bouchercon is a huge mystery author/fan convention). Women and Words link HERE Jessie Chandler’s website 14 Nov.: Women and Wordster and life coach Angela Grace has some great tips for navigating certain convos during the holidays. Women and Words link HERE 15 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson on the weird and wild gigs she’s had over the years to make ends meet. Women and Words link HERE Clifford Mae’s website 16 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle talks about Imposter Syndrome – feeling like a fraud when you’re trying to accomplish something. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website 17 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette did a Fangirl Friday on a few of the Clexa fanfics she’s recently read that she dug. If you have fanfic from other fandoms (or Clexa) you’ve been digging on, let us know in the comments. Share the luv! Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Twitter and Tumblr ALSO! The Hootenanny submission form is NOW CLOSED. Please keep us in mind for next year! The merry elves requested a definitive cut-off this year to help keep our heads from exploding. At least this early. J
Women and Words Overview 14-20 October 2017 Andi and Jove chat about Jove’s event earlier this month, fangirl over Ashley Bartlett and Sacchi Green, get a little pissy about politics (sigh), analyze Clifford Mae Henderson’s dreams, and discuss the awesome lesbian vampire web series Carmilla, to which they say, support your local lesbians and other queer artists! 14 Oct.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta did a reader’s perspective on different sub-genres of lesfic that she branched out to read. Women and Words link HERE 15 Oct.: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Editor extraordinaire Sacchi Green is taking submissions for the forthcoming Vol. 3 of best lesbian erotica, slated for publication by Cleis Press in 2019. Deadline is Feb. 2018. Details at the… Women and Words link HERE 16 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll gives us a history lesson on the Peterloo Massacre, which took place in August of 1819. Women and Words link HERE Stevie Carroll’s LiveJournal 17 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett’s thoughts on being your own advocate, a lesson she imparts to her young queer students. Women and Words link HERE Find Ashley here 18 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson has been having some strange and unsettling dreams. Leave your interpretations in the comments. Women and Words link HERE Clifford Mae Henderson’s website 19 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle does another Retro TV blog, this time on Halloween. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website 20 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette fangirls over the lesbian vampire web series Carmilla. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Twitter and Tumblr PLUS! The Hot off the Press/Coming Attractions lists are updated! GO SEE! AND Dirt Road Books has FREE Halloween stories offered on its website. AND! OMG OMG OMG Author Penny Mickelbury will be joining the Women and Words team as one of our regular contributors. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED. Jove reminded people about an upcoming event she’ll be attending along with author Blythe Rippon November 4. It’s the Read With Pride Northwest gathering, held at the Seattle downtown library. And don’t forget – National Novel Writing Month is November. NaNoWriMo! Get your write on and get the manuscript done that you’ve always wanted to do. Sign up, find your tribe, and commence November 1. And double don’t forget TO SIGN UP FOR THE WOMEN AND WORDS HOOTENANNY! 12 days of book giveaways in December. Authors, here’s your chance to give books and share the luv!
And…somehow there is talk of sex toy stores. This is why you should never leave Andi and Jove alone with a podcast. One of Jove’s kids would like her to slow down when she drives, which Andi finds endlessly amusing. Also, Andi and Jove reminisce about various sex toy stores they’ve visited and Andi wants to name herself after an Irish airline. 7 Oct.: Women and Wordster Ann Etter joined us for a reader’s perspective on trying new genres than her usual. Women and Words link HERE 8 Oct.: Author Cheyenne Blue stopped by to talk about her latest, Party Wall, and do a giveaway. Oh, and to talk about sex toy stores. Because reasons. You’ll see. Women and Words link HERE Cheyenne Blue’s website 10 Oct.: Women and Wordster and life coach/psychologist Angela Grace reminds us that stability is a good thing, and in these times, tap into your friends who have qualities like that. Women and Words link HERE Find Angela HERE 11 Oct.: Author KD Williamson joined us with a background story to her latest release, Pink AND she’s doing a giveaway! It’s still going on! Go sign up! Women and Words link HERE KD Williamson’s website 12 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Fiona Zedde on road trips and her car, Z. Alice Cooper. LOL LOVE! Women and Words link HERE Fiona Zedde’s website 13 Oct.: Undeterred by Friday the 13th, author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette explores the meaning of being human after seeing Blade Runner 2049. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Twitter and Tumblr Jove has an event coming up tomorrow! Literary Lesbians present an evening of spellbinding entertainment at Tabor Space in Portland! And we’ll be posting a call for submissions pretty darn soon. Sacchi Green is looking for short stories for Best Lesbian Erotica 2019. As soon as we have more info, we’ll let you know. Also, Jove will be doing NaNoWriMo this year (National Novel Writing Month), which is held in November. A month to write a novel, friends! You can do it! Dirt Road Books will have its own group with some cool stuff going on, so we’ll keep you posted on that. In the meantime, CHECK OUT NANOWRIMO! AND don’t forget, authors! Sign up to provide a couple of your books in our giant giveaway extravaganza, The Hootenanny! Dec. 12-23. Easily 150 authors, and literally hundreds of books. Last year I think we gave away at least 300 books. SRSLY. SIGN UP! CLICK! ALSO, TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS! SOCIAL MEDIA THE HELL OUT OF THIS! SHARE THE LUV SO MOAR PEOPLE CAN PLAY! Thanks.
On the Shelf September 2017 Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about Why I’m recording this more than a month before it airs, and how you’re all missing out on hearing about my trip to Europe, which will have just finished then. A summary of the publications covered in the blog in August Velasco, Sherry. 2011. Lesbians in Early Modern Spain. Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville. ISBN 978-0-8265-1750-0 (We’ve spent this month going through the chapters on legal records, celebrity gender benders, women’s romantic relationships in convents, homoerotic motifs on stage and in novels, and the visual stereotype of lesbians in early modern Spain) What’s coming up in the blog: books on Boston Marriage and the queer history of Boston This month’s author guest: Genevieve Fortin Ask Sappho: “An anonymous poster on the facebook group asks: What are some lesbian novels set during the American Civil War?” More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives here You can follow the blog on my website or subscribe to the RSS feed Here are the books mentioned in the Ask Sappho segment: Through the Hourglass edited by Sacchi Green and Patty G. Henderson on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca Firefly by Whitney Hamilton on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca Promising Hearts by Radclyffe on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca House of Clouds by K. I. Thompson on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca Words Heard in Silence by T. Novan and Taylor Rickard on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca The War Between the Hearts by Nann Dunne on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca Miserere by Caren J. Werlinger on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca Divided Nation, United Hearts by Yolanda Wallace on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca Beguiled by Paisley Smith on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca Her Beguiling Bride by Paisley Smith on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca Sabre by Rhavensfyre on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca And this article gives examples of real-life women who fought and spied in the Civil War in male disguise, just like many of the characters in these novels. If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Women and Words Overview 25-30 June 2017 Andi and Jove are getting ready to hit the road for GCLS! Jove literally is doing another one of her epic road trips, though this one is only 2 weeks as opposed to 6. Also, Andi and Jove wax nostalgic over car rides in the 1970s and Jove’s mom was a living, breathing mic drop. 25 June: Author Barbara Winkes joined us to talk about certain storylines that seem to get a bad rap as “overdone.” Also, she did a giveaway! (see why it’s cool to check the website?) Women and Words link HERE Barbara Winkes’ website 26 June: Author and women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt had a little problem with some bees attempting to colonize her dining room wall. Seriously. Check it out. She’s got photos and a link to video. Plus, some fun puns. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website 27 June: Author, Women and Wordster and lesbian herstorical icon Lee Lynch Amazon Trail’ed with us about the cruise she took to Alaska. Sapphire Publishing arranged a cruise called “Literary Adventures at Sea.” And it coincided with Lee’s tenth anniversary with her wife. #allthefeelz Women and Words link HERE Lee Lynch’s website 28 June: Author Jody Klaire stopped by to share a little bit about her life, including pain management, and to do a book giveaway. YAY! GIVEAWAYS! Women and Words link HERE Jody Klaire’s website 29 June: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette posted a reminder about GCLS – a reboot of a post from last year that explains why should consider going to this conference and becoming a member of GCLS. She updated the links to this year’s info… Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Jove has a reading at the Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City Sunday July 2. ROAD TRIP! Also, we forgot to mention this today, but R.G. Emanuelle did a reading Saturday the 24th at Bluestocking Books in Manhattan. Fellow authors Sacchi Green, D.L. King, Dena Hankins, and Sarah Fonseca also read. And Women and Words may not have a weekly update next week, as we’re on-site at GCLS in Chicago. However, we’ll try. But don’t hold your breath.
Women and Words 22-28 April 2017 Jove got herself a new electronic device that she’s totally in love with (but it’s not what you think!!!!). Also, lesbian erotic fairy tales is a thing. Oh, and both really like it when the young folks talk to the old(er) about their perceptions of queer culture and community and they think it’s such a good idea to share experiences and ideas. 22 April: Author Anna Larner joined us to discuss her debut novel with Bold Strokes Books, Highland Fling. She also did a giveaway, because we are big into giveaways. Women and Words link HERE Anna Larner’s website ALSO, call for submissions, hashtagqueer.com. Keep them in mind for future reference, too. 23 April: Author and editor Sacchi Green joined us to chat about her latest edited anthology through Cleis Press, Witches, Princesses, and Women and Arms: Erotic Lesbian Fairy Tales. And she did a giveaway! Women and Words link HERE Sacchi Green’s website 24 April: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt shared a bit of her creative process, and we think it’s super cool when authors do that. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website 25 April: Author, Women and Wordster and national lesbian treasure Lee Lynch did something really cool and posted an interview with a young woman in high school who is working on a project about being a gay activist in the 1960s. Give this one a read, friends, because the more community we build across generations, the better for all. Women and Words link HERE Lee Lynch’s website 27 April: Author and Women and Wordster Renée Bess joined us to discuss language – a “pulsing, living, changing entity that adjusts itself to fit new environments.” Women and Words link HERE Renée Bess’ website 28 April: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette fangirled over a discontinued Marvel comic, Fearless Defenders. But she sure dug the 13 issues of a team of women superheroes with lots of WOC rep and some lesbian rep. (special thanks to horror/bizarre author Gina Ranalli for telling me to read it), Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website And fangirl with Andi on Tumblr Also, Jove would like readers out there to know that if they’re interested in writing a blog from a reader’s perspective to please hit her up. We love it when readers share their thoughts on books they’re reading. And author and publisher Amanda Radley (who recently launched Heartsome Publishing) has a lesbian and bi women fiction questionnaire she’d like you to participate in, to get a sense of the lesbian and bi women’s fiction market. Results will be collated and made available to publishers and indie authors with a view to help improve the lesbian and bi fiction market for all.
This episode is sponsored by Circlet Press The story, "Pirate from the Sky" was written by Sacchi Green and is narrated here by Rachel Hartford. As usual, listen through to the end for coupon codes you can use on the Circlet website.
[Look for the podcast play button below.] Hey sex fans, welcome back. The brilliant and big time award-winning author and editor, Sacchi Green is back with us today for Part 2 of her turn on this The Erotic Mind show. Sacchi and I had such a good time together last week and since I had so … Continue reading "More of The Erotic Mind of Sacchi Green — Podcast #425 — 07/14/14"
[Look for the podcast play button below.] Hey sex fans, welcome back. The brilliant and big time award-winning author and editor, Sacchi Green is back with us today for Part 2 of her turn on this The Erotic Mind show. Sacchi and I had such a good time together last week and since I had so … Continue reading "More of The Erotic Mind of Sacchi Green — Podcast #425 — 07/14/14"
The Unheard Voices of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror panel from Arisia. Catherine Lundoff moderated this panel, with K. Tempest Bradford (standing in for Nisi Shawl), Julia Rios, Trisha Wooldridge, Andrea Hairston, and Victor Raymond. Listening to this doesn't give you the visual cues that people in the room had, so a note up front: Nisi was in the audience, but wasn't up for sitting on the panel. There was an ongoing joke about Tempest being Nisi, and about Nisi being Nalo Hopkinson, who was not at the convention. Awards season!*Lambda finalists include lots of OA members like Nicola Griffith, Sacchi Green, Mary Ann Mohanraj, Alex Jeffers, Alaya Dawn Johnson, The editors and contributors to Ghosts in Gaslight, Monsters in Steam Gay City: Volume 5, Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold, Richard Bowes, Lee Thomas, and more. Full list here: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/03/06/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/*The Nebula nominee list is also out, and lots of OA types are there too, including Sofia Samatar, Nicola Griffith, Ellen Klages and Andy Duncan, Vylar Kaftan, Catherynne Valente, Christopher Barzak, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Sarah Pinsker, Rachel Swirsky, Karen Healey, and Nalo Hopkinson. Full nominee list here: http://www.sfwa.org/2014/02/2013-nebula-nominees-announced/The Galactic Suburbia Award and Honor List is out now, and the joint winners are N.K. Jemisin and Elise Matthesen. Full Honor List here: http://galactisuburbia.podbean.com/2014/03/23/episode-96-19-march-2014/*Carl Brandon Society is a group for fans and writers of color. They give out the Kindred and Parallax Awards for fiction by and/or about people of colors, and also administer scholarships for students of color to attend Clarion.*Broad Universe is a group for women who write and publish science fiction and fantasy. They have a website, a podcast, and many promotional and support networking opportunities for members, including organizing group readings and book sale tables at conventions. *WisCon is a feminist science fiction convention held each year at the end of May in Madison, Wisconsin. The Carl Brandon Society and Broad Universe both have strong presences there. *Con or Bust is an organization that raises money to send fans of color to conventions. The Carl Brandon Society administers the funds. *Gaylaxicon and Outlantacon are conventions specifically for the QUILTBAG SF fandom community. Gaylaxicon is a roving con (like WorldCon), and Outlantacon happens each year in May in Atlanta. This year's Gaylaxicon will be hosted by Outlantacon.Work by people on the panel:*Filter House is Nisi Shawl's Tiptree Award Winning short story collection (Tempest joked that her collection would be called Filter House 2).*Redwood and Wildfire is Andrea Hairston's Tiptree Award Winning novel (for which she had also just received a Carl Brandon Award on the day of this panel).*Silver Moon is Catherine Lundoff's novel about menopausal werewolves*Catherine writes a series about LGBT SFF for SF Signal.*Julia is an editor for Strange Horizons, which is always interested in publishing diverse voices.*Kaleidoscope is an anthology of diverse YA SF and Fantasy stories Julia is co-editing with Alisa Krasnostein, which is scheduled to launch in August of 2014.*In Other Words is an anthology of poetry and flash by writers of color Julia is co-editing with Saira Ali, which is scheduled to launch at WisCon in May, and which will benefit Con or Bust.Other things mentioned: *Lorraine Hansberry was an African American lesbian playwright, best known for Raisin in the Sun, but Andrea pointed out that she also wrote a lot of science fiction plays. *The SFWA Bulletin incited a lot of pushback in 2013. Here is a timeline: http://www.slhuang.com/blog/2013/07/02/a-timeline-of-the-2013-sfwa-controversies/. It has since changed editorial staff and has just put out the first of the new team's issues, which seems to be a lot more favorably received, as evidenced here: http://www.jasonsanford.com/jason/2014/03/the-new-sfwa-bulletin-is-blowing-my-mind.html.*"The Serial Killer's Astronaut Daughter" by Damien Angelica Walters was written partly in response to the SFWA bulletin's sexism. *A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar came up as an example of a novel by a person of color put out through an independent (not one of the big New York houses--Andrea argued for calling these sorts of publishers independent rather than small) publisher, Small Beer Press. Since the panel, A Stranger in Olondria has won the Crawford Award and been nominated for the Nebula. *Crossed Genres, Twelfth Planet Press, and Papaveria Press are independent presses that publish diverse voices.*Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and Apex are magazines Tempest sees publishing diverse stories. Tor.com is also publishing more diverse stories now, like "The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere" by John Chu. *The Tiptree Award celebrates work that expands our notions of gender.*Dark Matter is an anthology exploring a century of SF by black writers. *Blood Children was an anthology put out by the Carl Brandon Society in 213 to benefit the Octavia Butler Scholarship, which sends students of color to Clarion. *Bending the Landscape, Kindred Spirits, and Worlds Apart were brought up as examples of QUILTBAG anthologies from more than just a few years back. All of these were mentioned as early examples, but the panel agreed we need more. *Daughters of Earth is a collection of stories by women from the early 1900s to 2000 with accompanying critical essays. This collection is edited by Justine Larbalestier. Andrea wrote a critical essay about an Octavia Butler story in this book. *The Cascadia Subduction Zone has a feature where an established writer recommends and reviews an older work that might be obscure. Andrea and Nisi have both done this. *Lethe Press publishes best gay SF stories each year in Wilde Stories, and best lesbian SF stories each year in Heiresses of Russ. Nisi and Julia are both in Heiresses of Russ 2013.*From the audience, Saira Ali recommends Goblin Fruit and Stone Telling as diverse poetry magazines, and Aliens: Recent Encounters (edited by Alex Dally MacFarlane) as a good anthology.
This week Terry and Eli sit down to chat with Sacchi Green about all things erotica, particularly her new anthology LESBIAN COPS, which our Terry has a story in. Congratulations to the both of them! Enjoy.