“For generations of women– and men– on their own difficult passages to sexual self-discovery, The Well of Loneliness became a beacon” writes Hephzibah Anderson on Radclyffe Hall’s 1928 novel, which joins the US public domain in 7 weeks. One of the first modern novels openly on lesbian relationships published for a wide audience, it was both groundbreaking and very much of its time. Its banning could also once be seen as a phenomenon of the past, but today not so much. #PublicDomainDayCountdown