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Zelda at Lanier High School

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 61:00


Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's high school days at Sidney Lanier High School. 

Zelda Learns to Swim and Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 63:12


Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda learning to swim and dive from Annette Kellerman's books but also wearing the infamous flesh colored Kellerman bathing suit.

Zelda, Judge Sayre, and Lobo the Wolf in Oak Park

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 56:22


In this episode Alaina and Maire discuss the history of Oak Park, a pivotal location in Zelda's life, along with the discovery of Judge Sayre's friendship with Lobo the Wolf.

Zelda's Early Dance Training

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2020 52:32


Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's early dance training and the influence of Vernon and Irene Castle on dance and fashion in the early 1900s.

Zelda's Early Party Days

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 64:25


Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's early party experiences and the lavish nature of Montgomery's social scene in the early 1900s.

Zelda and the Sayre Street School

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 46:54


Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's first school, the Sayre Street School, and the surrounding neighborhood where Zelda grew up.

Zelda's Fortune

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 51:11


Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's namesake the Victorian novel Zelda's Fortune along with some of her favorite childhood novels including Surry of Eagle's Nest.

Zelda's Childhood Adventures

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 66:53


Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's various childhood pranks and adventures with Sara Mayfield and Tallulah Bankhead.

The Sayre Sisters Marjorie, Clotilde, and Rosalind

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 45:44


Alaina and Maire discuss the varying personalities and talents of Zelda's three older sisters, Marjorie, Rosalind, and Clotilde and find them to be extremely talented and independent beauties who were trailblazers for a young Zelda.

On This Day: 3 April 1920

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 33:01


Join us in celebrating the 100 year anniversary of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's marriage! Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's departure, from Montgomery, Alabama to New York City, their marriage at St. Patrick's Cathedral, and the legacy and influence of their marriage today.  

Minnie Machen Sayre and the Honey Bees

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 59:22


In this episode Alaina and Maire discuss Zelda's mother Minnie Machen Sayre and her co-founding a literary and music society called the Honey Bees in 1903.

On This Day: 26 March 1911 and 1920

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 69:22


March 26, 1920 was the publication date of F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel This Side of Paradise. March 26, 1911 was the first significant appearance of Zelda Sayre in the Montgomery Advertiser. To begin the Zelda's Peaches and Biscuits Podcast, we are using March 26 as our launch date in exploring the first two phases of all things Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. First Zelda's life in Montgomery, Alabama before meeting Scott Fitzgerald, and then their courtship from the Summer of 1918 and marriage in April 1920.  For more information on this episode and the images, please visit our website at  

Zelda's Induction into the Alabama Writer's Hall of Fame

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 15:43


Alaina and Maire recap attending Zelda's Induction into the Alabama's Writer's Hall of Fame at the University of Alabama on March 9, 2020.  

Welcome to Zelda's Peaches and Biscuits Podcast!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 24:40


Dr. Alaina Doten (Executive Director of The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum) and Maire Martello (Author, Playwright and Zelda researcher) welcome you to a journey of all things Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald! Alaina and Maire discuss how they first became fascinated with Zelda, the various Zelda biographies that they will be referencing, and a little taste of new research and information they've uncovered not contained in the biographies. Recommended Biographies: Exiles from Paradise by Sara Mayfield Zelda by Nancy Milford Zelda Fitzgerald: Her Voice in Paradise by Sally Cline The Subversive Art of Zelda Fitzgerald by Deborah Pike    

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