A Gilded Age Queer Love Story in 'Mutual Interest'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Mar 6, 2025

The new novel Mutual Interest is set in New York City during the Gilded Age. Author Olivia Wolfgang-Smith discusses the story, which follows three queer soap manufacturers who re-think society’s ideas of “partnership” around their own romantic and business interests.

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