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Podcast: The 7am Novelist
Episode: Hesse Phillips on Challenges in Writing Queer History
Description: Today we get to hear from Hesse Phillips whose historical novel, Lightborne, was released in May 2024. Hesse and I will be talking about the difficulties of writing queer history and the task of humanizing an historical figure that has often been mischaracterized and misunderstood by both the public and literary scholars.Watch a recording here. The audio/video version is available for one week. Missed it? Check out the podcast version above or on your favorite podcast platform.To find many books by our authors, visit our Bookshop page. For Phillips’ debut, available from the UK, c...