Society & Culture
Interview with Samantha Rajaram The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 51b with Heather Rose Jones A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: How the anti-miscegenation policy of the Dutch East India Company inspired the story Starting with characters and finding their stories The experience of finding your place in the world The difficulty of researching sexuality in the 17th century Samantha’s complex professional history and how it feeds into her writing Growing up as the only Indian family in a Wyoming town Samantha’s experience in Pitch Wars and finding/being a mentor Differing expectations in different genre cultures Books mentionedThe Company Daughters by Samantha Rajaram A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts are added as available.) 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) Links to Samantha Rajaram Online Website: SamanthaRajaram.com Twitter: @Samantha_Reader Facebook: Samantha Rajaram Instagram: Samantha.R.Reader If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: The Lesbian Talk Show Patreon The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon