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Send us a textIf Brigid Brophy's The King of a Rainy Country had a soundtrack, it might include the soft patter of rain on a garret window, jazz drifting from a smoky cafe, the hum of a Vespa on narrow cobblestone streets … and the obnoxious griping of a few dozen uncultured Americans! As the description suggests, Brophy's 1956 novel has a little bit of everything  — atmosphere, nostalgia and poignancy mixed with subversive wit and madcap antics. Kim and Amy play “tour guide” examining Brophy's life and accomplishments, including this wonderfully quirky book, recently reissued by McNally Editions.Mentioned in this episode:McNally Editions The King of a Rainy Country by Brigid BrophyMarginalia article about Brigid Brophy and Iris Murdoch by Maria PopovaLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 51 on Rosamond LehmannDusty Answer by Rosamond LehmannLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 150 on Elizabeth SmartBy Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth SmartLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 184 on Elizabeth Taylor Vs. Elizabeth TaylorBBC program “Take it Or Leave It”In Transit by Brigid BrophyHackenfeller's Ape by Brigid BrophyThe Snowball by Brigid BrophyFifty Works of English Literature We Could Do Without by Brigid Brophy, Michael Levey and ??The Crown Princess and Other Stories by Brigid Brophy“Spleen” by BeaudelaireDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann“As You Like It” by William ShakespeareSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Send us a textLangston Hughes called Jessie Redmon Fauset “the midwife of the Harlem Renaissance” with good reason. As literary editor at The Crisis magazine from 1919 until 1926, Fauset discovered and championed some of the most important Black writers of the early 20th century. Her own novels contributed to The New Negro Movement's cultural examination of race, class and gender through the lens of women's experiences. Fauset's 1928 novel Plum Bun was republished this spring by Quite Literally Books, a new publishing venture that reissues books by American women authors. The founders, Bremond Berry MacDougall and Lisa Endo Cooper, join us to discuss their mission and take a closer look at Fauset's life and work.Mentioned in this episode:Quite Literally BooksPlum Bun by Jessie Redmon FausetThe Pink House by Nelia GardnerThe Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield FisherLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 9 on Dorothy Canfield FisherLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 140 on Zora Neale HurstonPersephone BooksVirago BooksCita PressThe Crisis magazine“What is Racial Passing?” on PBS's The Origin of Everything“The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance” by Veronica Chambers and Michelle May-CurryLangston HughesJean ToomerArna BontempsCountee CullenGwendolyn BennettW.E.B. DuboisCharles JohnsonAlain LockeRegina AndrewsThe Talented Tenth“The New Negro Movement”Harlem RhapsodSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Send us a textDastardly villains are no match for Capitola Black, the audacious heroine at the center of E.D.E.N. Southworth's 1859 bestseller, The Hidden Hand. Readers so admired this literary tomboy's pluck that Capitola became a popular baby name for decades and inspired the name of a California town. Yet few readers today are familiar with Southworth, one of the highest-earning authors of her day (to whom Louisa May Alcott even gave a subtle nod in Little Women). Rose Neal, author of a brand new biography on Southworth, joins us this week to discuss the writer who gave 19th-century young women permission to imagine lives free from convention and restraint.Mentioned in this episode:E.D.E.N. Southworth's Hidden Hand: The Untold Story of America's Forgotten Nineteenth-Century Author by Rose NealThe Hidden Hand by E.D.E.N. SouthworthThe Company of Books bookstore Retribution by E.D.E.N. SouthworthThe Deserted Wife by E.D.E.N. SouthworthHarriet Beecher StoweElizabeth BlackwellWide, Wide World by Susan WarnerTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Saturday VisitorThe National EraJohn Greenleaf WhittierJane SwisshelmThe Awakening by Kate ChopinSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textLittle is known about 15th-century Welsh bard Gwerful Mechain, but here's what we do know: She threw down some slappin' feminist rhymes in the “rap battle” equivalent of poem exchanges with her male counterparts. Find out what made their repartee so fun and flirtatious, and learn about her most iconic poem, “To the Vagina,” while Amy tries her very best not to blush!Mentioned in this episode:“To the Vagina” by Gwerful Mechain (translated by Katie Gramich)The Works of Gwerful Mechain edited by Katie Gramich (Broadview Press edition)“To the Penis” by Dafydd ap GwilymIeuan DyfiDafydd LlywelynBritish Library's “Medieval Women in Their Own Words”Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 164 on Christine de PizanLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 236 on Margery Kempe and Julian of NorwichFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Send us a textF. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby may be the novel everyone's talking about this month, but let's not forget another “Jazz Age” novel that took this country by storm. Ursula Parrott's Ex-Wife, a tragicomic indictment of early 20th-century romance, brought the author immense fame and wealth at the time of its publication in 1929. Yet by her death in 1957 she was penniless and homeless, a fate she all but predicted in the cautionary commentary of her writing. Our episode on Parrott (with her biographer, Marsha Gordon) originally aired two years ago this week, and we're marking Spring Break with an encore presentation — including some updates on efforts to make sure Parrott isn't confined to obscurity again.Links: Ex-Wife by Ursula ParrottBecoming the Ex-Wife by Marsha GordonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Sigmund FreudLost Ladies of Lit episode on Marjorie Hillis with Joanna ScuttsThe Divorcee (1930 Film) Norma ShearerSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textIn this week's bonus episode, Amy draws a throughline between the 1970s-era Esquire magazine writing of Nora Ephron and the sharp-witted book reviews of Dorothy Parker. A recent McNally Editions collection of these reviews called Constant Reader: The New Yorker 1927-28 provides a perfect opportunity to explore Parker's opinions on some lost ladies of lit, from Zona Gale and Elinor Glyn to Fannie Hurst and Elinor Wylie. Which women earned Parker's praise and which drew her disdain? Listen to find out — (and be prepared to laugh!)Mentioned in this episode:Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble: Some Things About Women and Notes on Media by Nora EphronConstant Reader: The New Yorker from 1927-28 by Dorothy ParkerLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 126 on Elinor Glyn with Hilary A. HallettIt by Elinor GlynLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 13 on Nathalia CraneLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 69 on Margery Latimer with Joy CastroYellow Gentians and Blue by Zona GaleMr. Hodge and Mr. Hazard by Elinor WylieA President is Born by Fannie HurstIn the Service of the King by Aimee Semple McPhersonBeauty and the Beast by Kathleen NorrisFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Send us a textWho's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Not the heroines from Angela Carter's 1979 short story collection The Bloody Chamber. The British author tackles dark, primal themes in her spin on classic fables and fairy tales, urging women to eschew victimhood, reclaim their power and bite back! Join us as we dive into this enchanted world of blood, sex and animal magnetism, and find out how Carter's own life experiences may have prompted her to peel back the skin on tropes of subjugation. Mentioned in this episode:The Bloody Chamber by Angela CarterThe Invention of Angela Carter by Edmund GordonLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 216 on Elizabeth Garver JordanLost Ladies of Lit Episode No.150 on Elizabeth SmartThe Company of Wolves trailerThe Box of Delights by John Masefield“The Box of Delights” radio program“The Fall River Axe Murders” (or “Mise-en-Scène For a Parricide”) by Angela CarterJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTeresa Borrenpohl incidentNights at the Circus by Angela CarterWise Children by Angela CarterSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThere are always two sides to every story. In last week's episode we discussed Lucy Irvine's 1983 memoir Castaway, about her year-long experience on a deserted island. This week, Amy turns her attention to the memoir written by Irvine's “other half” on that adventure, Gerald Kingsland. Do the two authors' respective accounts of their time on tropical Tuin square with one another? And how did Kingsland really feel about the beautiful young woman who answered his classified ad for a “wife?”For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Send us a textWhen Lucy Irvine answered a classified ad to play Girl Friday to a real-life Robinson Crusoe on a remote tropical island, she embarked on an enthralling—and at times harrowing—year-long adventure. The result was her bestselling 1983 memoir, Castaway, a beautifully-written tale of survival. We're diving into Irvine's unforgettable story with special guest Francesca Segal, whose own island-centric novel, Welcome to Glorious Tuga, was recently optioned for TV by See-Saw Films.Mentioned in this episode:Castaway by Lucy IrvineThe Lucy Irvine FoundationWelcome to Glorgious Tuga by Francesca SegalRunaway and Faraway by Lucy IrvineThe Islander by Gerald KingslandThe Secret Life of a Schoolgirl by Rosemary KingslandCastaway 1986 film trailer starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver ReedWild by Cheryl Strayed“Alone” on the History ChannelSee-Saw FilmsOne is One by Lucy IrvineThe Innocents by Francesca SegalSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThe recent hatching of baby eaglets in Big Bear, CA has Amy thinking a lot about patriotism and what it actually means in turbulent times for our country. Lost lady of lit Katharine Lee Bates — a staunch activist for social justice who decried America's isolationist policies — must have considered the same when, during a trip across the country in 1893, she penned what would eventually become the lyrics to “America the Beautiful.” The original words to her poem are a bit more pointed than the version we know today, offering a new perspective on pure (but not blind) patriotism.Mentioned in this episode:Big Bear Eagle CamFriends of Big Bear ValleyKatharine Lee Bates“America the Beautiful” and changing lyrics over time“America the Beautiful”: The Stirring True Story Behind our Nation's Favorite Song by Lynn SherrChicago Columbian Exposition of 1893“America the Beautiful” rendition by Ray Charles“Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride” by Katharine Lee BatesFor 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

Send us a textReligious mystics Margery of Kempe and Julian of Norwich lived in close proximity to one another in time and place, yet the lives of these two medieval women couldn't have been more different. One traveled the world in relentless pursuit of spiritual validation, while the other withdrew into a walled cell. One boldly proclaimed her visions of Christ while the other recorded quiet revelations. One authored the first autobiography in English while the other penned the first known book in English by a woman. But here's where it gets truly fascinating: these two women actually met—a fateful encounter depicted in guest Victoria MacKenzie's award-winning debut novel, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain. Join us as we discuss these two incredible women whose accounts of divine encounters were destined for rediscovery centuries after being lost to time.Mentioned in this episodeThe British Library's exhibit: Medieval Women: In Their Own WordsHighgate CemeteryFor Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria MacKenzieThe Book of Margery KempeRevelations of Divine Love by Julian of NorwichBridget of SwedenLost Ladies of Lit podcast Episode No. 164 on Christine de PizanLost Ladies of Lit podcast Episode No. 34 on Anna KomneneLost Ladies of Lit podcast Episode No. 70 on Julian BernersSupport 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textHaving been gifted a parcel of land on a Scottish estate, Amy was recently granted the title of “Lady Amy of Blairadam.” Kim joins her in this week's bonus episode to “bend the knee” and to discuss the fine-print details of this development courtesy of a company called Scotland Titles. Together, they ponder her future as a member of the landed gentry and consider privileged (possibly delusional) possibilities for her Scottish landholding.Mentioned in this episode:Scotland TitlesBlairadam WoodBlairadam HouseWilliam AdamKingdom of FifeRoyal Stuart TartansMacAlister Tartan For 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

Send us a textHow do you engage with others in a polarized society? Early 19-century writer and freethinker Frances “Fanny” Wright offers an ostensible how-to manual in the witty didactic novel she penned at age 19, A Few Days in Athens. Wright's radical ideas garnered her the praise of Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette and Walt Whitman, to name a few, but detractors dubbed her “The Red Harlot of Infidelity.” Tristra Yeager and Eleanor Rust, hosts of the 2024 podcast “Frances Wright: America's Forgotten Radical,” join us to discuss Wright's historical importance and relevance to today's political and cultural conversations.Mentioned in this episode:“Frances Wright: America's Forgotten Radical” podcastA Few Days in Athens by Frances WrightViews of Society and Manners in America by Frances WrightFrances Wright's grave in Spring Grove CemeteryThe Marquis de LafayetteThomas JeffersonWalt WhitmanEpicurusThe StoicsNew Harmony, IndianaRobert OwenRobert Dale OwenNashoba CommunityShaker Village in Pleasant Hill, KYThe Scottish EnlightenmentThe Second Great AwakeningSupport 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textOne of the last projects recorded by singer/actress Marianne Faithfull (who passed away in January) was a 2021 spoken word album of English Romantic poetry, including a hauntingly beautiful 12-minute recitation of Tennyson's “Lady of Shalott.” After exploring Faithfull's passion for (and family connections to) classic literature, Amy finds new meaning in this poem about an exiled woman fated to forever view life through a mirror's reflection. This episode includes accounts of several other doomed and exiled noblewomen in history — Lucrezia de Medici and Marguerite de la Rocque — and the books their lives inspired.Mentioned in this episode:She Walks in Beauty by Marianne Faithfull“As Tears Go By” by Marianne Faithfull“The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred, Lord TennysonVenus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-MasochVenus in Furs by The Velvet UndergroundThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'FarrellLucrezia de MediciPortrait of Lucrezia de Medici at North Carolina Museum of Art“My Last Duchess” by Robert BrowningIsola by Allegra GoodmanMarguerite de la RocqueThe Heptameron by Marguerite de NavarreFor 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

Send us a textOne hundred years ago this week, The New Yorker published its first issue. A few months later, the magazine's first (and for decades, only) female editor joined the staff. Katharine S. White spent the better part of the next 50 years wielding her pen and her editorial influence there, carefully tending to an ever-growing stable of talented (sometimes high-maintenance) writers and shaping the magazine into a cultural powerhouse. Biographer Amy Reading joins us to discuss White's life, legacy and undeniable importance in the history of 20th-century American letters.Mentioned in this episode:The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker by Amy ReadingKatharine S. WhiteElizabeth Shepley SergeantE.B. WhiteKatharine and E.B. White's farm in Blue Hill, MaineSt. Nicholas magazineAmerican Heritage article on St. Nicholas magazineWomen authors discovered/edited by Katharine WhiteLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 187 on Kay BoyleLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 184 on Elizabeth TaylorLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 158 on Sylvia Townsend WarnerLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 168 on Mary McCarthyLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 131 on Dorothy ParkerHenry Seidel CanbyFillmore HydeSupport 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textHow did Martin Luther King Jr. (and eventually, the NAACP) end up the stewards of Dorothy Parker's literary estate? A life of bold activism prompted the witty writer to quietly bequeath her body of work to advocates for racial justice. But what happened to her actual body (or rather, her ashes) is another story entirely—one that involves misplaced remains, an abandoned urn, and a decades-long effort to find her a proper resting place.Mentioned in this episode:“The Improbable Journey of Dorothy Parker's Ashes” by Laurie Gwen Shapiro“54 Years Late, Dorothy Parker Finally Gets Her Tombstone” by Robert SimonsonA Star is Born (1937)The Algonquin Round TableScottsboro Boys“Epitaph for a Darling Lady”The Dorothy Parker SocietyFor 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

Send us a textJanuary was dismal, but we're distracting ourselves with something shiny in this first new full-length episode of the year. Catbird Chief Creative Officer Leigh Batnick Plessner joins us to explore three works by women writers, each of whom used jewelry as a powerful storytelling device. Louise de Vilmorin, Maria Edgeworth and Dorothy Parker feature diamond earrings, friendship bracelets and a pearl necklace, respectively, to reflect the deepest desires and ambitions of the characters who wore them. We hope this little gem of an episode helps you find some beauty and meaning in challenging times.Mentioned in this episode:Catbird Madame de by Louise de Vilmorin“The Bracelets” by Maria Edgeworth“The Standard of Living” by Dorothy ParkerLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 77 on Daisy FellowesLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 39 on Nancy MitfordDuff Cooper“Chichi Devil” (New York Times) by Christopher PetkanasThe Earrings of Madame de by Max OphulsEssay by Molly Haskell on The Earrings of Madame deThe Lovers and Julietta by Louise de VilmorinThe Absentee, Castle Rackrent and Belinda by Maria EdgeworthLost Ladies of Lit 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textOctavia E. Butler's prescient dystopian novel Parable of the Sower may or may not be the perfect book to kick off 2025, as Amy discusses in this week's bonus episode. On the other hand, if it's escapism you're after, consider the cutlass-wielding scalawags of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Treasure Island and learn about a new book that explores the impact Stevenson's wife Fanny (a writer herself) had on his literary output.Mentioned in this episode:Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerParallels between 2025 and Octavia E. Butler's workTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonKidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonA Wilder Shore by Camille PeriFanny StevensonThe Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny StevensonFor 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

Send us a textIf you're drawn to the hefty tomes of Victorian authors Anthony Trollope and George Eliot, we can pretty much guarantee you'll enjoy this week's novel, Hester, as much as we did. Margaret Oliphant is said to have been one of Queen Victoria's favorite novelists, and she counted J.M. Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson among her many fans. Joining us to discuss Hester is New York Times columnist and pediatrician Dr. Perri Klass. Discussed in this episode: Hester by Margaret OliphantDr. Perri KlassGeorge EliotAnthony TrollopeMiddlemarch by George EliotBlackwoods MagazineThe Brontes Henry JamesThe Best Medicine by Perri KlassCharles DickensPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenDorothea BrookeThe Chronicles of Barsetshire by Anthony TrollopeThe Chronicles of Carlingford by Margaret OliphantReach Out and ReadMiss Marjoriebanks by Margaret OliphantSupport 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThis week's episode was born out of Amy's recent visit to London's Highgate Cemetery, where fortuitous timing (or, perhaps, the graveside spirit of Christina Rossetti?) revealed a bit of juicy family drama. Find out why the tragic death (and later exhumation) of a pre-Raphaelite muse left another family member begging to not be buried next to her in the Rossetti family plot!Mentioned in this episode:Christina RossettiElizabeth SiddalDante Gabriel RossettiGabriele RossettiHighgate Cemetery“Ophelia” by John Everett MillaisLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 220 on Christina RossettiPoetry by Elizabeth SiddalThe Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe HallBeryl BainbridgeHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders“When Did Cemeteries Become Tourist Attractions and Hot-Date Spots?” by Matthew Kronsberg for The Wall Street JournalFor 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

Send us a textIn this week's hiatus replay, we're focusing on one of Ukraine's best-known poets and playwrights, Laryssa Kosach, who wrote under the pen name Lesya Ukrainka. Her play The Forest Song is a masterpiece of Ukrainian drama. Discussed in this episode: The Forest Song by Lesya UkrainkaLooking for Trouble by Virginia CowlesLost Ladies of Lit episode on Virginia Cowles' Looking for Trouble Invisible Battalion (2017 documentary)“Ukraine Isn't Part of Little Russia” (KCRW) Executed RenaissanceDead Poets Society (1989 film)A Midsummer Night's Dream by William ShakespearePan's Labyrinth (2006 film)“Contra Spem Spero” by Lesya UkrainkaSupport 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textOnce upon a time, a young woman escaped to a primeval forest, befriended the animals there (including a lynx, raven and wild boar) and met her handsome prince. Sounds like a fairy tale, but in this week's episode Amy discusses the enchanting true story of Simona Kossak, a Polish scientist who wrote about her deep love for the Bialowieza Forest and worked tirelessly to protect it. Poland awarded Kossak the Golden Cross of Merit for her ecological efforts before her death in 2007, and several recent films celebrate her life and legacy.Mentioned in this episode:Simona KossakDziedzinka Simona Kossak's forest homeBialowieza forestJane GoodallGreta ThunbergSimona 2022 documentaryTrailer for Simona 2024 feature filmMaria Pawlikowska-JasnorzewskaMagdalena SamozwaniecLech WilczekBialowieza Forest SagaDisney's FrozenThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 80 on Lesya Ukrainka's “Forest Song”For 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

Send us a textNovelist and university professor Joy Castro returns to the show to discuss the 1952 novel Forbidden Notebook by Cuban-Italian writer Alba de Cespedes. In a New York Times review of a 1958 English edition of this novel, de Céspedes was called “one of the few distinguished women writers since Colette to grapple effectively with what it is to be a woman.” Discussed in this episode: Forbidden Notebook by Alba de CéspedesHer Side of the Story by Alba de CéspedesMuriel Rukeyser poem “Kathë Kollwitz”Hell or High Water by Joy CastroFlight Risk by Joy CastroIsland of Bones by Joy CastroOne Brilliant Flame by Joy CastroThe Truth Book by Joy Castro“Burning It Down” by Joy CastroLost Ladies of Lit episode on Margery LatimerLost Ladies of Lit episode on E.M. DelafieldLost Ladies of Lit episode on Miriam KarpiloveLost Ladies of Lit episode on Lorraine HansberryLiterary scholar Merve EmreCarlos Manuel de CéspedesMariama Bâ's So Long a LetterMercé RodoredaElena FerranteKatherine MansfieldVirginia Woolf's Mrs. DallowayKate Chopin's The AwakeningNatalia Ginsburg's essay “On Women” in MSupport 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textBooks are a time-tested cure-all, so in this week's bonus episode Amy weighs a few of the titles that have helped her forget life's latest troubles and doubts … (sort of). She leaves no stone unturned in her quest for distraction, from Proust's meandering sentences to a behind-the-scenes memoir about a beloved '80s film and a charming, century-old suffrage novel that captures our current political zeitgeist. Rounding out the episode is a sneak peak at “lost ladies” we'll be featuring in the coming year and Amy's recitation of a poem by Adrienne Rich that's perfectly suited to these strange times.Mentioned in this episodeWhichbook.netThe Sturdy OakMeditations by Marcus AureliusWhen Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron.Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel ProustSwann's Way by Marcel ProustLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 116 on Dorothy RichardsonLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 9 on Dorothy Canfield FisherLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 98 on HeterodoxyPilgrimage by Dorothy RichardsonInconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride by Cary ElwesTurning to Stone: DiscoveringFor 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

Send us a textAt the age of eight, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (later known by her pen name Zitkála-Šá) left her Yankton Dakota reservation to attend a missionary boarding school for Native Americans, a harsh and abusive experience about which she eventually wrote a series of articles published in The Atlantic Monthly. Jessi Haley, editorial director of Cita Press (which just published a free anthology of the author's work) joins Yankton Dakota poet Erin Marie Lynch to discuss how Zitkála-Šá's sense of cultural displacement impacted her life and literary output.Mentioned in this episode:Free edition of Planted in a Strange Earth: Selected Writings of Zitkála-Šá by Cita PressCita Press's Substack newsletter on Zitkála-ŠáRemoval Acts by Erin Marie LynchZitkála-ŠáElla Cara DeloriaStanding Rock Sioux TribeYankton Dakota peopleSugarcane 2024 documentaryAir/Light magazineJoe Biden's October 2024 federal apology to Indigenous AmericansCarlisle Indian Industrial SchoolRichard Henry PrattEarlham CollegeThe Sun Dance OperaPBS's “Unladylike” documentary episode on Zitkála-ŠáKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grann “Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians: An Orgy of Graft and Exploitation of the Five Civilized Tribes, Legalized Robbery” by Zitkála-ŠáP. Jane Hafen's 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

In this week's episode I am joined by Corinne & Ayanni (from the Sex.Love.Lit Podcast), and together we review the 2020 Cdrama ‘The Romance of Tiger and Rose' staring Zhao Lusi and Ding Yuxi. Join us as we chat about what worked for us, and what didn't, as well as if we would recommend this drama. If you like the episode and would behind the scenes, deleted content and further reviews join Patreon - patreon.com/user?u=82789007  To join a safe, Asian drama chatter community there's Discord  - https://discord.com/invite/8CEPFjnaRY  Social Liliana (Tea and Soju) Instagram: teaandsojupod - https://instagram.com/teaandsojupod?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==  Tiktok - teaandsojupod- https://www.tiktok.com/@teaandsojupod?_t=8gXFJT3Q6Ov&_r=1  Twitter- tea_soju_pod  Email - teaandsojupodcast@gmail.com  Sex.Love.Lit Links: https://www.sexlovelitpodcast.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sexlovelitpodcast https://www.tumblr.com/sexlovelitpodcast  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1PE2D16VVtJizygHjOwVBK?si=mxiGTEuOSsaDcjbn1SBpFQ&nd=1&dlsi=f54f603d2d834463 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sex-love-literature/id1529211200 East Asian Drama Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HEUAx1Xa7jj8gfPVt9NqN?si=oalsOgyyQPGJksVhxPQ04Q 

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textForget your troubles, get cozy, grab a cup of tea and curl up to this week's “storytime” bonus episode as Amy reads the third tale from Christina Rossetti's Speaking Likenesses. Follow Rossetti's indefatigable heroine, Maggie, who trudges wearily through a snowy forest at Christmas-time, encountering along the way strange children who attempt to lead her astray.For 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

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Send us a textCharmed by her friend Lewis Carroll's children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Victorian poet Christina Rossetti followed suit nearly a decade later with her own children's book — one that alludes to the “Alice” tale while also offering a more clear-eyed view of girls' duties, even in topsy-turvy dream worlds. Ayana Christie, Chief Product Officer of Bond & Grace, joins us for a discussion this week on Rossetti's 1874 work Speaking Likenesses and helps us draw comparisons with Carroll's seminal tale.Mentioned in this episode:Speaking Likenesses by Christina RossettiBond & Grace edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollBond & Grace edtiion of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettBond & Grace edition of Frankenstein by Mary ShelleyChristina Rossetti“Goblin Market” by Christina RossettiGabriele RossettiDante Gabriel RossettiThe Rosetti family photographic portrait by Lewis CarrollChristina Rossetti: A Writer's Life by Jan MarshLewis Carroll (a.k.a. Charles Dodgson)The Liddell sistersThe real-life Alice in WonderlandThe Princess Bride film“Be Our Guest” number from Beauty & the BeastSupport 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

Podcast host Jacquees Thomas joins us to discuss her show BLK LIT. We chat about everything from readership in Black communities, to protecting Black literature from political attacks, to books best suited for allies! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textWhen it comes to this year's fall fashion, Virginia Woolf is having a moment. A number of designers and brands including Anna Sui, Clare Waight Keller, Miu Miu, Burberry and Tod's have found their inspiration in the iconic Bloomsbury author. In this week's bonus episode, Amy dives into this sartorial vibe, reads from Woolf's short story “The New Dress” and muses over which other “lost ladies” could serve as fashion muses.Mentioned in this episode:“A Woolf in Chic Clothing” by Fiorella Valdesolo Uniqlo's C CollectionClare Waight Keller's 2020 Givenchy spring/summer line runway showAnna Sui's Fall 2024 lineCharleston HouseVanessa BellIntentional Clutter design trendVanity Fair article on Virginia Woolf as fashion influencer“The New Dress” by Virginia WoolfOrlando by Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfJ.J. WilsonMary McFaddenThe Tale of GenjiLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 149 on Murasaki ShikibuLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 130 on Han SuyinLost Ladies of Lit For 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

Send us a textMargaret Drabble's 1965 novel The Millstone offers a nuanced portrayal of single motherhood in 1960s London. Author Carrie Mullins, whose 2024 nonfiction work The Book of Mothers explores literary depictions of motherhood, joins us to discuss Drabble's fearless protagonist, Rosamund. Together, we explore how The Millstone captures the joys and burdens of motherhood, and how Drabble's sharp, ahead-of-its-time portrayal speaks to contemporary readers.Mentioned in this episode:The Book of Mothers: How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood by Carrie MullinsThe Millstone by Margaret DrabbleA Touch of Love starring Sandy Dennis and Ian McKellanA.S. ByattCambride Ladies Dining SocietyLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 139 on Heartburn by Nora EphronLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott“Little Women” and the Marmee ProblemThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerPride & Prejudiceby Jane AustenMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertSupport 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textIn this week's bonus episode Amy discusses the black comedy mystery film Wicked Little Letters starring Olivia Coleman and Jessie Buckley, then hones in on the real-life "poison-pen letter" incident the film is based on. Mentioned in this episode:British Airways in-flight safety filmWicked Little Letters trailerThe Lost Daughter filmThe Lost Daughter novelWaking Ned DevineGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersNational Archives Littlehampton Libel Case Cheek By Jowl: A History of Neighbours by Emily CockaynePenning Poison: A Hisotry of Anonymous Letters by Emily CockaynePoison pen letter case in Shiptonthorpe, YorkshireFor 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

Send us a textElizabeth Garver Jordan's riveting coverage of the Lizzie Borden trial for The New York World captivated true-crime junkies of the late 19th-century, and her lengthy career as a journalist, fiction writer and literary editor still resonates today. Lori Harrison-Kahan and Jane Carr, editors of a brand new collection of Garver Jordan's work, join us this week to discuss her courtroom dispatches, her connection to today's #MeToo movement and how her “invisible labor” shaped the writing of literary giants like Sinclair Lewis and Henry James. Mentioned in this Episode: The Case of Lizzie Borden & Other Writings by Jane Carr and Lori Harrison-KahanElizabeth Garver Jordan's work:The Sturdy OakThe Whole Family The Lady of PentlandsThree Rousing Cheers“Ruth Herrick's Assignment”“The Cry of the Pack”The Superwoman and Other Writings by Miriam MichelsonHeirs of Yesterday by Emma WolfThe New York WorldNellie BlyThe Lizzie Borden caseThe Lizzie Borden house in Fall River, Mass.Harper's BazaarHarper and BrothersThe White Negress: Literature, Minstrelsy, and the Black Jewish Imaginary by Lori Harrison KahanAmish RumspringaSupport 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThe bob haircut shocked and appalled when it was popularized in the 1920s. A bob devotee herself, Amy has a laugh in this week's bonus episode as she reads newspaper reports from the era which blame the hair trend for a wide array of societal ills including economic collapse, bigamy and unwanted facial hair. She'll also read an excerpt from the F. Scott Fitzgerald story, “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” which first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in 1920. This episode is exclusively available for those with a paid subscription to Lost Ladies of Lit.Mentioned in this episodeThe Press Gallery by Paul Fairie“Bernice Bobs Her Hair” by F. Scott FitzgeraldLucy WorsleyFor 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

Send us a textGrowing up on the Great Plains and witnessing the struggles of migrant workers in California made Sanora Babb uniquely qualified to write the story of the Dust Bowl. Her novel Whose Names Are Unknown was slated for publication by Random House in 1939 until The Grapes of Wrath beat her book to the punch. John Steinbeck actually used Babb's notes and research to write his Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, but did he get the story right? Iris Jamahl Dunkle, author of a new biography on Babb, joins us to explain why this long-lost “Dust Bowl” novel (finally published in 2004) deserves more recognition.Mentioned in this episode:Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb by Iris Jamahl DunkleWhose Names Are Unknown by Sanora BabbCharmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer by Iris Jamahl DunkleWest: Fire: Archiveby Iris Jamahl DunkleThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 152 on  Janet LewisLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 27 on Charmian Kittredge LondonThe Dust Bowl a film by Ken BurnsThe Girl by Meridel Le SeuerThe Lost Traveler by Sanora BabbAn Owl on Every Post by Sanora BabbTom CollinsRalph EllisonWilliam SaroyanSupport 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textLook closely enough, and you can find “lost ladies of lit” almost anywhere — including at a rock concert! In this week's bonus episode, Amy explains how a Saturday night spent attempting to sing along with Green Day on their world tour concert stop in Los Angeles started her down a lyrical rabbit hole that led to the writer Lakshmi Kannan. Learn how this Indian author's feminist poem inspired a hit song on the band's breakout album and why both the poem and song stir up familiar themes from this podcast.Mentioned in this episode:“She” by Green Day' “The Saviors Tour”Billy Joe ArmstrongLakshmi KannonMrs. Bridge by Evan S. ConnellRhine Journey by Ann SchleeLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 159For 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

Send us a textDetails of Eliza Haywood's life may be murky today, but in the early 18th century, she was a literary force—writing plays and bestselling novels, editing periodicals, and ruffling the feathers of male contemporaries like Alexander Pope. Academic Kelly J. Plante joins us this week to discuss Haywood's anonymous wartime writing for The Female Spectator, the first periodical written by and for women, as well as her 1751 novel, The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless.Mentioned in this episode:Kelly J. Plante's recent scholarship on Eliza Haywood in Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary JournalEliza Haywood: Love in Excess Fantomina The History of Miss Betsy ThoughtlessThe Female Spectator: Book 14, Letter 1The ParrotEpistles for the LadiesSamuel Richardson: Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded Clarissa; or the History of a Young LadyDaniel Defoe: Robinson CrusoeAlexander Pope:The DunciadHenry Fielding:The History of Tom JonesFrances BurneyJane AustenThe Sound of Music's “Sixteen Going on Seventeen”“The Things We Do For Love” by 10ccLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 49 on Aphra BehnSupport 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textAmy springboards off our discussion of last week's “lost lady,” Mary MacLane, to further investigate the woman whose diary inspired her. From the age of 12 until her death at 25, Russian-born painter Marie Bashkirtseff detailed her daily life, frustrations, flirtations and family drama. First published in 1887, the diary enthralled readers including British Prime Minister William Gladstone and George Bernard Shaw, while future diarists like Anaïs Nin and Katherine Mansfield were also inspired by Bashkirtseff's musings. Amy reads excerpts in this week's bonus episode to give listeners a glimpse into the world of a precocious young artist in late-19th-century Paris.Mentioned in this episode:Brat Summer explainedBelvedere MuseumMarie BashkirtseffThe Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff translated by Katherine Kernberger and Phyllis Howard Kernberger“In the Fog” by Marie Bashkirtseff“In the Studio” by Marie Bashkirtseff“Self-portrait with Palette” by Marie BashkirtseffI Await the Devil's Coming by Mary MacLaneGeorge Bernard ShawWilliam GladstoneFor 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

Send us a textLong before 'Brat Summer,' America was taken with Mary MacLane, a defiant and wildly egotistical 19-year-old resident of Butte, Montana, whose confessional diary implored the “kind devil” to deliver her from a life of bourgeois boredom. Professor Cathryn Halverson from Sweden's Södertörn University joins us for this episode to discuss MacLane's life, angst and the reading public's reaction to her adolescent intensity. Mentioned in this episode:I Await the Devil's Coming/The Story of Mary MacLane by Mary MacLane (Project Gutenberg)MTV's “My So-Called Life”Kate Chopin's The AwakeningHerbert S. Stone & Co.Marie BashkirtseffThe Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff: I am the Most Interesting Woman of All Volume I and Lust for Glory Volume IIAre You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume“Men Who Have Made Love to Me” I, Mary MacLane by Mary MacLaneFaraway Women and the Atlantic Monthly by Cathryn HalversonMaverick Autobiographies: Women Writers and the American West by Cathryn HalversonSupport 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

Send us a textHIATUS ENCORE: Anne Zimmerman, author of the 2011 biography An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher, joins us to discuss Fisher and her World War II-era book How to Cook a Wolf, which was an attempt to teach people how to eat well and be well amidst personal and collective chaos. Discussed in this episode: An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher by Anne ZimmermanHow to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. FisherLost Ladies of Lit episode on Peg BrackenThe Art of Eating Well by M.F.K. Fisher“The Wolf at the Door” by Charlotte Perkins GilmanGastronomical Me by M.F.K. FisherSchlesinger Library at HarvardSupport 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

Send us a textAs Berlin bureau chief for The Chicago Tribune from 1925-1941, Sigrid Schultz deflected both sexism and danger to report the truth and speak truth to power. The Nazis dubbed her “that dragon from Chicago,” and her importance as an indomitable “newspaperman” (her term) telling Americans about the Third Reich's agenda can't be understated. Amy speaks this week with Pamela Toler, the author of a new biography on Schultz's life, work and lasting legacy.Mentioned in this episode:The Dragon From Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany by Pamela TolerWomen Warriors: An Unexpected History by Pamela TolerHeroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War by Pamela TolerThe Chicago TribuneMcCall's MagazineFriederich EbertHermann GoeringJoseph GoebbelsHotel AdlonRichard Henry Little, a.k.a. Dick Little The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William ShirerErik Larson's In The Garden of BeastsSupport the Show.For 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

Send us a Text Message.HIATUS ENCORE: Sisters Jane and Anna Maria Porters' books took Regency-era England by storm just a few years ahead of Jane Austen, and their lives were chock-full of fascinating (and insufferable) characters, intriguing romantic escapades, event-filled interludes at the homes of wealthy acquaintances and desperate gambits to stay one step ahead of the poverty line. Joining us is ASU Regents Professor of English, Devoney Looser, whose new book is Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontes. Kirkus Reviews calls it “a triumph of literary detective work.”Discussed in this episode: Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontes by Devoney LooserDevoney LooserJane AustenSir Walter ScottBraveheart (1995 film)Artless Tales by Anna Maria PorterThe Dashwood Sisters“L'Allegro” by John Milton“Il Penseroso” by John MiltonThaddeus of Warsaw by Jane PorterThe Scottish Chiefs by Jane PorterThe Hungarian Brothers by Anna Maria PorterQueen VictoriaAndrew JacksonEmily DickinsonWaverly by Sir Walter Scott“The End of the English Major” (The New Yorker, 2/27/2023)Sophia Lee's The Recess  Support the Show.For 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Text Message.Amy discusses the good and bad of audiobook narration in this week's bonus episode, then dives into the origins of the commercial audiobook industry. Founded in 1952, Caedmon Records was the brainchild of two young women who achieved their smash debut success by convincing Dylan Thomas to record himself reading some of his most popular work, including “A Child's Christmas in Wales.” The recording company went on to record LPs of work by a wide array of literary stars, including Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Plath, Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot and J.R.R. Tolkien, thus paving the way for today's burgeoning audiobook market.For 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

Send us a Text Message.HIATUS ENCORE: Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God is widely considered to be a masterpiece, yet were it not for a renewed push by author Alice Walker in the 1970s, Hurston and her legacy might well have been lost. We have Melissa Kiguwa, host of The Idealists podcast, joining us to discuss Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters. Support the Show.For 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Text Message.She was called “the most beautiful woman in the world,” but silver screen siren Hedy Lamarr was much more than just a pretty face. Looking to help combat German U-boats during WWII, she pioneered technology that today serves as the basis for wireless innovations like Bluetooth, GPS and Wifi. Lamar received scant recognition and no monetary compensation for the idea that spawned a multi-billion-dollar communications industry, but in this week's bonus episode, Amy gives credit where credit is due and attempts to answer the “how” and “why” behind Lamarr's genius.For 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

Send us a Text Message.Did you know that Noel Streatfeild's 1936 children's book Ballet Shoes is based on her earlier novel The Whicharts, a tawdrier and not-for-children “shadow twin” that was published five years prior? Find out why it's our favorite of the two in this week's episode with our guest, author and bookstagrammer Wendy-Marie Chabot. Discussed in this week's episode: Ballet Shoes by Noel StreatfeildThe Whicharts by Noel StreatfeildLittle Dancer Aged 14 by Edgar DegasMarie van GoethemWannabe: Confessions of a Failed Bibliophile by Badgwendel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud MontgomeryDesert Island Discs on Noel StreatfeildYou've Got Mail (1998 film) Ballet Shoes (2007 TV movie) Umbrella Academy (2019- TV series)Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Louise Fitzhugh's Harriet the SpyThe Vicarage series by Noel StreatfeildAt Freddie's by Penelope FitzgeraldLost Ladies of Lit episode on E.M. Delafield's Diary of a Provincial LadyBlack Swan (2010 film)Ballet Shoes (1975 TV mini series)Pride and Prejudice (1995 BBC series)Six Weeks (1982 film) Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey KirklandSupport the Show.For 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Text Message.Long before an insatiable press laid siege to Catherine, Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, Meghan Markle and in-law to America's “royal family,” Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Empress Elizabeth of Austria was the beautiful royal everyone wanted a piece of. Feeling like a prisoner in a gilded cage, “Sisi” managed her frustrations through an unhealthy obsession with her appearance and by writing poetry that maligned the monarchy and revealed her deep yearning for freedom. In this week's bonus episode, Amy discusses Sisi's life and poems, which were finally published almost a century after her 1898 assassination.For 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

Send us a Text Message.Pack your steamer trunks! We're traveling to 19th-century Bavaria this week by way of Ann Schlee's 1980 historical novel Rhine Journey, newly republished by McNally Editions. This Booker-Prize nominated travel tale features vivid period details, sultry psychological thrills and a protagonist on the brink of a personal revolution, all sewn up in a vibe that reads like a German twist on “A Room With a View.” Author Sam Johnson-Schlee joins us to discuss the life and work of his grandmother, who passed away in November at the age of 89. Also joining the conversation is McNally Editions' Lucy Scholes. Mentioned in this episode:McNally Editions 2024 edition of Rhine Journey by Ann SchleeDaunt Books 2024 edition of Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee Living Rooms by Sam Johnson-SchleeA Room With a View by E.M. Forster“Celebrating Ann Schlee and Rhine Journey: ‘a tale of female rage and agency'” by Lucy ScholesLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 87 on Kay DickLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 51 on Rosamond LehmannLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 184 on Elizabeth Taylor Vs. Elizabeth TaylorLandscape artist Nick SchleeThe Vandal by Ann SchleeAsk Me No Questions by Ann SchleeSupport the Show.For 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

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Text Message.Reflecting back on four years of literary “lost ladies,” Amy celebrates our 200th episode with a quirky list of yearbook superlatives to help jog your memory about some of our favorite titles, including the books “Most Likely to Make You Eat Your Vegetables,” “Most Likely to Up Your Selfie Game,” and “Most Likely to Make You Want to Delete All Your Dating Apps.” We mark this milestone with gratitude to our listeners, guests and patrons for helping us go the distance!For 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