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Queer Lit

Auteur(s): Lena Mattheis
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 Queer Lit is a podcast about LGBTQIA+* literature and culture. In each episode, literary studies researcher Lena Mattheis talks to an expert in the field of queer studies. Topics include lesbian literature, inclusive pronouns and language, gay history, trans and non-binary novels, intersectionality and favourite queer films, series or poems.

New episode every other week!

Recent transcripts here: https://lenamattheis.wordpress.com/queer-lit-transcripts/

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  • “Lean Cat, Savage Cat” with Lauren J. Joseph

    “Lean Cat, Savage Cat” with Lauren J. Joseph
    Feb 3 2026
    The incredible author Lauren J. Joseph joins me to talk about her new book Lean Cat, Savage Cat – out on 26 February 2026. Lauren talks about the genre-bending ambiguity of the novel, about characters that have followed her from the stage to the page, and about writing across languages. We touch on the intricacies of first-person narration, but also on what it’s like to write a novel versus writing a PhD.

    References:
    Lauren J. Joseph’s Lean Cat, Savage Cat (2026)
    Lauren J. Joseph’s At Certain Points We Touch (2022)
    Ben Robbins
    Alexander Geist
    David Bowie
    Bryan Ferry
    Morrissey
    Hildegard von Bingen
    Marty Supreme
    Timothée Chalamet
    Essen
    Dortmund
    Karstadt
    KaDeWe
    Romy Haag
    Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy: Low, Heroes, Lodger
    Narcissus and Echo
    Céleste Albaret
    Proust
    American Psycho
    Pedro Lemebel’s My Tender Matador
    Jean Genet
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    38 min
  • “Queer Exiles” with Ben Robbins

    “Queer Exiles” with Ben Robbins
    Jan 20 2026
    From Christopher Isherwood to Djuna Barnes, some of the most prolific queer writers of the 20th century wrote in exile. Ben Robbins joins me to explain how and why queer writers connected with each other in exile and how (in)voluntary movement shaped their stories. Ben shares some surprising encounters from the archives and paints a picture of some of the locations of queer exile: Berlin, Tangier and Capri.

    References:
    Networked Narratives: Queer Exile Literature 1900-1969
    Funded by the Austrian Science Fund/FWF (Project DOI: 10.55776/P35199)
    https://www.uibk.ac.at/projects/networkednarratives/
    Ben Robbins’ “‘Marriages ought to be secret’: Queer Marriages of Convenience and the Exile Narrative” JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, Dec. 2023, pp. 100–122, https://doi.org/10.47060/jaaas.v5i1.173.
    Networks of Anglophone LGBTQ+ Exile Writers
    http://queerexilelit.uibk.ac.at/ Robbins, Ben, and Ralph J. Poole. "Introduction: Queer Ruralisms." AmLit – American Literatures 4.2 (2024): 4-21.
    Ben Robbins’ Faulkner's Hollywood Novels: Women between Page and Screen (University of Virginia Press 2024) https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5855/
    Queer Second Cities
    Maria Sulimma
    Ben Robbins’ “Christopher Isherwood in Exile”
    https://www.huntington.org/verso/christopher-isherwood-exile
    Harry Ransom Center
    Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman)
    Oscar Wilde
    W. Somerset Maugham
    E.F. Benson
    John Ellingham Brooks
    Romaine Brooks
    John Ellerman
    Robert McAlmon
    Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood
    Natalie Barney
    Christopher Isherwood’s Goodbye to Berlin
    Stephen Spender’s The Temple
    Jane Bowles’ Two Serious Ladies
    W.H. Auden
    Patricia Highsmith
    Allen Ginsberg
    Claude McKay
    Thornton Wilder
    Ben Robbins. "Space, Sexuality, and Thornton Wilder's Villa Rhabani." Thornton Wilder Journal 5:1, November 2024, pp. 99-119. DOI: 10.5325/thorntonwilderj.5.1.0099
    https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/thornton-wilder/article-abstract/5/1/99/392187/Space-Sexuality-and-Thornton-Wilder-s-Villa?redirectedFrom=fulltext
    Open access: https://ulb-dok.uibk.ac.at/urn/urn:nbn:at:at-ubi:3-40689
    William Burroughs’ Naked Lunch
    Alfred Chester’s Looking for Genet: Literary Essays and Reviews
    Susan Sontag
    Gore Vidal
    Henry James
    Truman Capote

    Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:
    1. How does Ben define ‘exile’? How is this similar to and different from ‘expat’?
    2. How does exile relate to class status and financial means?
    3. Why are queer networks so important in this context?
    4. What does Ben say about exile and (involuntary) movement affecting narrative form?
    5. How do you find out where you can safely travel?
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    47 min
  • Queer Lit on Amplified

    Queer Lit on Amplified
    Jan 6 2026
    Time for a cross-over! I had the absolute pleasure on being invited to join the Amplified network and appear on their superb podcast. Here is our episode and Amplified's show notes:

    "Amplified is an audio blog series about the sounds of scholarship from our team here at the Amplify Podcast Network. This month on Amplified, Stacey Copeland and Hannah McGregor are joined by Lena Mattheis to kick off a brand new series featuring the latest additions to our sustained cohort of podcasters. Lena is the creator and host of Queer Lit, a podcast about LGBTQIA2S+* literature and culture. In this conversation, we reflect on podcasting as a tool for community building and queer scholarly practice, tracing how Queer Lit emerged from Lena's teaching practice and a commitment to accessible feminist and queer knowledge creation."
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    24 min
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