In fact, while there’s been some excellent queer history on the location and era, very little queer fiction is set in that era. James set his first novel, Joseph Chapman: My Molly Life, in Georgian London specifically because London’s rich literary scene of the time featured very few homosexual characters, due to the era’s severe repression. He’s also interested in the survival of indigenous peoples and the cultural coping mechanisms of marginal groups, queers in particular. Growing up in Seattle in a family that settled in the area long before Washington became a state, James has been interested in queer history ever since realizing he was queer. at the University of British Columbia in a program called “Indigenous Arts of the Americans.” He wrote his thesis on the shaman’s toolkit of an Alaskan tribe, which sparked a lifelong interest in consciousness. Prior to his teaching career, James earned an M.A. He’s driven a cab, washed dishes, worked on a fishing boat, and taught in an alternative high school, where he learned more from his diverse students than they did from him. James Lovejoy is an author with an interesting past.
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