From Queer Pages

We’re back!!! In this episode, we discuss the French novel Claudine at School by Colette, published in 1900, a shockingly queer story that follows the adventures of a fifteen-year-old school girl. It's a funny story full of drama, a lot of queerness, some pencil eating, and snails. We had such a great time with this book and we're looking forward to y'all giving it a listen! Content warning for predatory dynamics, adult-minor relationships, and sexual assault. Follow us on social media/pateron: linktr.ee/fromqueerpages [https://t.co/JfrxZEiZHs?amp=1]

In this extremely long episode, our queer literary friends Joseph and Vee explore the 1891 novel Left to Themselves by Edward Prime-Stevenson. Potentially the first real queer YA story to be published, Left to Themselves is a novel that had been forgotten by most until its most recent edition.  Spoiler: It was an extremely wild ride. Our hosts discuss the author in detail, give you a full rundown of what happens in the story, and get completely sappy about the importance of this book in terms of the history of Queer YA. It's long but it's worth it. Content warning: discussion of a five-year age gap between the two main characters, discussion of predatory behavior of an older man directed towards a twelve year old boy Thanks for listening! Our links: linktr.ee/fromqueerpages [https://t.co/JfrxZEiZHs?amp=1]

In which we introduce ourselves and our plans for this podcast! Vee's mic settings were a little wonky so their audio isn't the best-- sorry about that! Our episode notes will be added to our site, fromqueerpages.wordpress.com [https://fromqueerpages.wordpress.com/], and you can stay up to date with us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/fromqueerpages]. Thank you so much for joining us on this journey!

Welcome to From Queer Pages, a podcast hosted by Joseph Rey and Vee Signorelli. We will be reading and discussing early queer YA novels, from the 1800's onward. Stay tuned! The first episode drops on Nov. 17th, 2020.