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Heavy Petting: Literary Lesbians and their Cats

About this event

An illustrated talk by Dr Hannah Roche from the University of York, celebrating Lesbian Visibility Week. The event explores the presence and significance of cats in lesbian literature over the past century, discussing writers from Amy Lowell to Alison Bechdel and sharing the story of Norah C. James’s Tinkle the Cat. The talk examines how queer domestic cats influence lesbian lives, homes, and literary works.

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