Jess is joined by the award-winning author Diana Souhami who has just published a new book titled 'No Modernism Without Lesbians'. Discussions in this episode centre around personal anecdotes and experiences, Diana's unique take on history and lesbian characters, as well as musings on what a post-pandemic future might look like. There are also reflections on the notion of identity and how labels such as, for example, the idea of 'Jewishness', 'Germanness' or 'Queerness' play into this.
Things mentioned in this episode:
Diana's book 'No Modernism Without Lesbians; Sylvia Beach, Natalie Barney; Gertrude Stein; Shakespeare and Company;