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    Lost Ladies of Lit

    Lost Ladies of Lit

    Lost Ladies of Lit

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    Length:
    185 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    A book podcast hosted by writing partners Amy Helmes and Kim Askew. Guests include biographers, journalists, authors, and cultural historians discussing lost classics by women writers.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 185 episodes

    Title

    Enayat al-Zayyat — Love and Silence with Iman Mersal

    Dying by suicide shortly after her novel, Love and Silence, was rejected for publicatio...

    35 minutes
    		Apr 23, 2024

    Kay Boyle — Fifty Stories with Anne Boyd Rioux

    An eyewitness to monumental moments in the 20th century, author Kay Boyle hung out with...

    44 minutes
    		Apr 09, 2024

    Speranza, a.k.a Oscar Wilde’s Mom

    In this week’s episode Kim and Amy discuss the life and work of “Speranza,” a.k.a Lady ...

    18 minutes
    		Mar 26, 2024

    Whose Line is it Anyway? Elizabeth Taylor vs. Elizabeth Taylor

    In our first-ever "Game Show Edition" of the podcast, McNally Editions editor Lucy Scho...

    19 minutes
    		Mar 25, 2024

    Emilie Loring —Uncharted Seas with Patti Bender

    Get ready to fall hopelessly in love with Emilie Loring, a New England native whose pro...

    36 minutes
    		Mar 12, 2024

    Angela Milne — One Year’s Time with Simon David Thomas

    Blogger, podcaster and consultant for the British Library Women Writers series Simon Th...

    39 minutes
    		Feb 27, 2024

    Carolyn Wells — Murder in the Bookshop with Rebecca Rego Barry

    A pioneer of the detective/mystery genre who began writing locked-room mystery novels a...

    36 minutes
    		Feb 13, 2024

    Zelda Fitzgerald — Save Me the Waltz with Stephanie Peebles Tavera

    Zelda Fitzgerald is known as “the first American flapper” and an icon of the Jazz Age, ...

    38 minutes
    		Jan 30, 2024

    HiATUS ENCORE: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala — Heat and Dust with Brigitte Hales

    As Merchant Ivory super fans, we were surprised (and chagrined!) that we’d been unaware...

    46 minutes
    		Jan 23, 2024

    HIATUS ENCORE: Edna Ferber — So Big with Dr. Caroline Frick

    New full-length episodes beginning Jan. 30. Edna Ferber’s So Big was the top-selling no...

    44 minutes
    		Jan 16, 2024