Back with new episodes on January 30. Lucia Berlin has been called one of America's "best kept secrets.” We’ll be discussing Berlin’s engrossing short short story collection A Manual for Cleaning Women, published posthumously in 2015 and soon to be adapted for the screen by Pedro Almodovar. Joining us is a longtime friend of Berlin’s, the inimitable Mimi Pond, a cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Paris Review.Discussed in this episode: A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinThe Simpsons, “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” A Manual for Cleaning Women adaptation (Pedro Almodovar)Over-Easy by Mimi PondThe Customer Is Always Wrong by Mimi PondMimi Pond on InstagramThe American Way of Death by Jessica MitfordLost Ladies of Lit episode on Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy with Leslie Brody Support the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comDiscuss episodes on our Facebook Forum. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast