Lost Ladies of Lit (Amy Helmes & Kim Askew)
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| 08 Feb 2022 | Dorothy B. Hughes — The Expendable Man | 00:33:19 | |
It’s a mystery to us why novelist Dorothy B. Hughes isn’t as well known as her fellow mid-century hardboiled/noir counterparts Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. This week, we’re discussing her 1963 crime novel The Expendable Man, a psychological thriller that had us on the edge of our seat—and even questioning our own instincts. Discussed in this episode: The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes (NYRB) In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes Dark Certainty by Dorothy B. Hughes The So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes “Queen of Noir: The Mysteries of Dorothy B. Hughes” by Molly Boyle (The New Mexican) The Fallen Sparrow by Dorothy B. Hughes “In a Lonely Place” by The Smithereens Ozark (2017-present TV Series) For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 15 Feb 2022 | A Short History of Carousels | 00:19:58 | |
Inspired by Dorothy B. Hughes’s noir novel Ride the Pink Horse, we’re exploring the fascinating history of merry-go-rounds in life and literature. And speaking of horses, we share feedback from listeners who wrote in regarding Episode 28, A Short History of Riding Saddle. Discussed in this episode: Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes Strangers on a Train (1951 film) Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999 film) Carousels in Paris: A Complete Guide “Beneath the Paint: One Man’s Trip Through an Old Carousel’s Distant Past” (NYTIMES) Los Angeles Zoo Merry-Go-Round Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Lost Ladies of Lit Episode 28: A Short History of Riding Side Saddle For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 22 Feb 2022 | Noel Streatfeild — Ballet Shoes and The Whicharts with Wendy-Marie Chabot | 00:44:31 | |
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 Streatfeild The Whicharts by Noel Streatfeild Little Dancer Aged 14 by Edgar Degas Wannabe: Confessions of a Failed Bibliophile by Badgwendel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Desert Island Discs on Noel Streatfeild Umbrella Academy (2019- TV series) Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy The Vicarage series by Noel Streatfeild At Freddie’s by Penelope Fitzgerald Lost Ladies of Lit episode on E.M. Delafield’s Diary of a Provincial Lady Ballet Shoes (1975 TV mini series) Pride and Prejudice (1995 BBC series) Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey Kirkland For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 01 Mar 2022 | Lost Ladies of Aviation | 00:15:22 | |
In this week’s mini, we’ll tell you all about fly girls Beryl Markham and Amy Johnson, pioneering aviators from the 1930s whose fascinating exploits deserve to be as well known as those of their more famous fellow aviatrix, Amelia Earhart. Markham was also a writer, and her memoir about her adventures, West with the Night, was highly praised by Ernest Hemingway. Discussed in this episode: Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Noel Streatfeild’s The Whicharts “The night Prince Harry came to blows over the lover he shared with his brother” (Daily Mail) West with the Night by Beryl Markham Circling the Sun by Paula McLain The Paris Wife by Paula McLain “Queen of the Air: Inside the Mysterious Death of Hero Pilot Amy Johnson” (The Sun) Amy Johnson by Constance Babbington Smith For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 08 Mar 2022 | Daisy Fellowes — Sundays with Leigh Plessner | 00:32:00 | |
Catbird’s Leigh Plessner joins us to discuss the 1931 novella Sundays and its fascinating author, French socialite Daisy Fellowes. Heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune, Fellowes was the Paris editor of the American Harper’s Bazaar and muse to the likes of Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Salvador Dali. Karl Lagerfeld reportedly once called her “the chicest woman I ever laid eyes on.” Discussed in this episode: The Tutti Frutti collection by Cartier “The Most Wicked Woman in High Society” (The Daily Mail) Heiresses: the Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Nancy Mitford with Laura Thompson Cats in the Isle of Man by Daisy Fellowes For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 15 Mar 2022 | The Gillian Beer Fan Club | 00:17:19 | |
In this week’s mini, we’re discussing the life and work of literary critic Gillian Beer whose classic scholarly publication from 1983, Darwin’s Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth Century Fiction, should be essential reading for anyone who loves 19th century literature. Discussed in this episode: How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Rosamond Lehmann and Dusty Answer with Lucy Scholes Meredith: A Change of Masks by Gillian Beer The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith Bleak House by Charles Dickens Arguing with the Past by Gillian Beer Stations Without Signs by Gillian Beer To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 22 Mar 2022 | Frances Harper — Iola Leroy with Dr. Koritha Mitchell | 00:47:42 | |
Abolitionist, suffragist, and writer Frances Harper was widely acclaimed in her day and one of the first African-American women to be published in the United States. Her novel Iola Leroy is an eye-opening look at what it was like for Black Americans in the midst of, and in the decades following, the Civil War. Joining us in conversation is award-winning author, professor, and literary historian Dr. Koritha Mitchell, who edited and wrote the introduction to the 2018 Broadview Press edition. Living with Lynching by Dr. Koritha Mitchell “The Two Offers” by Frances Harper Carla Peterson (University of Maryland English Department) “Forest Leaves” by Frances Harper The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 29 Mar 2022 | Ukrainian Poet Lesya Ukrainka’s The Forest Song | 00:16:25 | |
In today’s mini episode, 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 Ukrainka Looking for Trouble by Virginia Cowles Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Virginia Cowles’ Looking for Trouble Invisible Battalion (2017 documentary) “Ukraine Isn’t Part of Little Russia” (KCRW) Dead Poets Society (1989 film) A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare “Contra Spem Spero” by Lesya Ukrainka For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 05 Apr 2022 | Hilma Wolitzer — Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket | 00:51:06 | |
Join us for a wonderfully funny and poignant conversation about life, death, and motherhood with award-winning writer Hilma Wolitzer. Her short stories, most of them originally appearing in magazines in the 1960s and 1970s, were re-discovered by her daughter, bestselling author Meg Wolitzer, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and published last summer in a new collection earning great critical acclaim. Today A Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket has received rave reviews from authors like Elizabeth Strout, Lauren Groff, and Tayari Jones and was named an NPR Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Editors’ Choice. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 12 Apr 2022 | The Polarizing Ambiguities of Motherhood in Books | 00:21:08 | |
In this week’s mini episode on “unnatural mothers,” we discuss classics such as Anna Karenina and The Awakening and more contemporary works, including Sheila Heti’s novel Motherhood and Rachel Cusk’s memoir A Life’s Work. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 19 Apr 2022 | Dorothy Evelyn Smith — O, the Brave Music with Simon Thomas | 00:40:56 | |
In 2021, the British Library Women Writers Series published an edition of Dorothy Evelyn’s Smith’s quietly joyful and sometimes dark coming-of-age novel, O, the Brave Music. Joining us is the series consultant and author of the book’s afterword, Dr. Simon Thomas. Sometimes compared to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and I Capture the Castle, O, the Brave Music is set before the first world war and has a female narrator looking back on her childhood as a minister’s daughter on England’s moors. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 26 Apr 2022 | Quilt-Making As a Feminist, Political Act | 00:11:34 | |
In this week’s mini, we’re exploring the work of contemporary fine artists Faith Ringgold and Bisa Butler, whose quilts are inspired by a rich African-American quilting tradition, and Adeline Harris Sears’s 19th century signature quilt with autographs by notables including Charles Dickens, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 03 May 2022 | Mary Taylor — Miss Miles with Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney | 00:42:25 | |
Did you know that Charlotte Brontë’s close friend Mary Taylor was also a novelist? Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney, who co-authored the 2017 non-fiction book A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf, join us to discuss Taylor’s 1890 novel Miss Miles: A Tale of Yorkshire Life Sixty Years Ago. Far from being a love story, Miss Miles makes the forceful argument that all women ought to have the right and the wherewithal to provide for themselves. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 10 May 2022 | Books in the Vein of Downton Abbey | 00:16:02 | |
From the book that originally inspired Julian Fellowes to write the screenplays for both Gosford Park and Downton Abbey to Elizabeth Jane Howard’s series The Cazalet Chronicles, in this week's mini we’re chatting about books with Downton-esque vibes. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 17 May 2022 | Kay Dick — They with Lucy Scholes | 00:40:01 | |
Lucy Scholes rejoins us this week to discuss Kay Dick and her lost dystopian masterpiece from 1977, They, which has been newly republished by McNally Editions. Lucy, who is the Senior Editor of McNally Editions, rediscovered Dick after coming across her obituary and subsequently wrote about the novel in her column for The Paris Review, “Re-Covered.” For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 24 May 2022 | Maud Wagner — Lost Lady of Tattoo Art | 00:13:22 | |
Join us as we learn more about the first known female tattoo artist in the United States, Maud Wagner. Born in 1877, Maud grew up to become a circus acrobat and, once most of her body was covered with tattoos, a walking exhibition unto herself. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 31 May 2022 | Tess Slesinger — The Unpossessed with Paula Rabinowitz and Peter Davis | 00:41:45 | |
Joining us to discuss Tess Slesinger and her brilliant 1934 novel, The Unpossessed, is her son, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker and novelist Peter Davis, and cultural critic and professor Paula Rabinowitz. Extremely popular for a brief period, Slesinger’s satirical novel about Depression-era, left-wing New Yorkers was printed four times within a month of publication making her a minor celebrity almost overnight. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 07 Jun 2022 | Literal Beach Reads | 00:21:13 | |
For this week’s mini, we’re taking “beach reads” literally, and have lined up a list of novels set at or near the seaside. Our selections aren’t necessarily light or fluffy, but they’re definitely page turners. So grab your favorite literary tote and some SPF, and take a listen! For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 14 Jun 2022 | Rose Macaulay — What Not with Kate Macdonald | 00:44:29 | |
What Not, Rose Macaulay’s 1918 wild and witty speculative novel of post-First World War eugenics, influenced Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Our guest is literary historian Kate Macdonald, who wrote the first collection of scholarly essays on Macaulay and spearheads the publishing company Handheld Press. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 21 Jun 2022 | A Very Brief History of the Proust Questionnaire | 00:18:33 | |
Join us as we uncover a short history of the Proust Questionnaire, from how it got its name to some of the other notable writers from history who’ve filled one out—and we even take a stab at answering a few of the questions ourselves. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 28 Jun 2022 | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala — Heat and Dust with Brigitte Hales | 00:46:11 | |
As Merchant Ivory super fans, we were surprised (and chagrined!) that we’d been unaware of Ismael Merchant and James Ivory’s longtime collaborator, novelist and Academy Award winning-screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Hollywood screenwriter Brigitte Hales joins us to discuss Jhabvala and her Booker Prize-winning 1975 novel, Heat and Dust. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 01 Jul 2022 | Special Bonus Episode: Penelope Mortimer — Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | 00:20:59 | |
Profoundly dismayed by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a special bonus episode on Penelope Mortimer’s must-read 1958 novel, Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting. Abortion and the right to choose are central to the plot, making it just as timely as when it first shocked critics with its “feminine rage.” For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 05 Jul 2022 | Merchant Ivory Fan Club | 00:22:43 | |
In this week’s mini, we dig deep into the back catalog of Merchant Ivory (Jhabvala) films to discuss some of their lesser known gems and ones you might want to just skip—as well as wax rhapsodic about our forever faves. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 12 Jul 2022 | Debora Vogel — Acacias Bloom with Juliette Bretan | 00:43:47 | |
Polish Jewish Modernist writer Debora Vogel’s poetry and literary “montages” pushed the boundaries of what literature could be. Joining us to discuss the “wandering star” of Polish and Yiddish literature and her 1935 prose work Acacias Bloom is Juliette Bretan, a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge’s Newnham College. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 19 Jul 2022 | Lost Ladies of Art with Sara Woster | 00:23:26 | |
Joining us for this week’s mini on four fascinating lost lady artists (Gertrude Abercrombie, Augusta Savage, Florine Stettheimer, and Edmonia Lewis) is artist Sara Woster, author of the new book Painting Can Save Your Life. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 26 Jul 2022 | Heterodoxy with Joanna Scutts | 00:35:34 | |
Literary critic and historian Joanna Scutts joins us to discuss Heterodoxy, a women-only debating group from the early 20th century that is the subject of her latest book, Hotbed: Bohemian Greenwich Village and the Secret Club That Sparked Modern Feminism. Notable members included Susan Glaspell and Charlotte Perkins Gilman of “The Yellow Wallpaper” fame. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 02 Aug 2022 | Mabel Walker Willebrandt — First Lady of Law | 00:18:44 | |
As assistant attorney general of the United States from 1921 until 1929, Mabel Walker Willebrandt was the highest-ranking woman in the federal government at the time and, you could argue, one of the most famous women in America. Her job included the thankless task of enforcing Prohibition and prosecuting notorious crime bosses like Al Capone. Learn more about her fascinating life in this week’s mini episode. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 09 Aug 2022 | Nora May French with Catherine Prendergast | 00:44:33 | |
For our 100th episode (!), we’re reviving a lost literary scandal that took place among some of the biggest names in the West Coast’s early 20th century bohemian society. Joining us to discuss lost poet Nora May French and her life—and death—is Catherine Prendergast, author of the riveting book The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 16 Aug 2022 | Sylvia Beach and Ulysses | 00:13:45 | |
In this week’s mini, we’re talking about Sylvia Beach, the American who in 1919 founded the beloved bookshop Shakespeare and Company on Paris’s Left Bank. Beach also played an instrumental role in the 1922 publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses. For episodes and show notes, visit: Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: https://www.lostladiesoflit.com/contact For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 23 Aug 2022 | Margaret Kennedy — Troy Chimneys | 00:27:15 | |
We think both Freud and Jane Austen might approve of one-time bestselling novelist and Austen biographer Margaret Kennedy’s delightfully clever 1953 historical novel, Troy Chimneys. Recently republished by McNally Editions, it’s written in the Regency style and from the perspective of a male hero with dueling personalities. 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 For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 30 Aug 2022 | Laura Valentine -- The Secret Shakespeare Editor | 00:15:23 | |
In today’s mini episode, we talk about a lady novelist who is also thought to have secretly edited a Victorian-era edition of Shakespeare that eventually sold over 340,000 copies. Shakespeare’s Lady Editors by Molly G. Yarn 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 For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 06 Sep 2022 | Miriam Michelson — The Superwoman with Lori Harrison-Kahan | 00:40:09 | |
Before she became a bestselling fiction writer whose work was deemed “catchy as ragtime,” Miriam Michelson made a name for herself as a “girl reporter” covering crime and politics for a major San Francisco paper. Professor Lori Harrison-Kahan, who edited 2019’s The Superwoman and Other Writings by Miriam Michelson, joins us to discuss Michelson and her 1912 feminist utopian novella The Superwoman. For episodes and show notes, visit: 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 For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 13 Sep 2022 | Odds & Ends | 00:17:31 | |
In this week’s mini episode, we share some interesting odds and ends related to recent episodes, including a “no, she didn’t!” letter by lost poet Debora Vogel as well as letters from our listeners. Thank you so much for tuning in! We appreciate every single one of you. For episodes and show notes, visit: 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 For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 20 Sep 2022 | Helen Cromwell — Good Time Party Girl with Christina Ward | 00:42:21 | |
Following her straight-laced Edwardian-era upbringing, “Dirty” Helen Cromwell became a call girl-turned-madame, bootlegger, and legendary speakeasy owner. The life of every party, she counted Al Capone among her many famous friends. Our guest is Christina Ward, who reintroduced the world to Cromwell’s unputdownable memoir Good Time Party Girl: The Notorious Life of Dirty Helen Cromwell 1886-1969. 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 For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 27 Sep 2022 | Cabinets of Curiosities & The Museum of Jurassic Technology | 00:16:03 | |
Cue the Twin Peaks theme music. In this week’s mini, we take a Lynchian detour to discuss the book Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler and share our mutual love for L.A. 's weirdly wonderful Museum of Jurassic of Technology and other strange museums around the world. For episodes and show notes, visit: 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 Discussed in this episode: Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler The Museum of Jurassic Technology International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago Julia Bulette Red Light Museum in Virginia City Funeral Carriage Museum in Barcelona For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 04 Oct 2022 | Lola Ridge with Terese Svoboda | 00:41:09 | |
Lola Ridge was once considered one of America's preeminent poets, on par with E.E. Cummings, William Carlos Williams, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Jean Toomer, and Robert Frost. We discuss the radical life and career of this early 20th century modernist poet, anarchist, and literary editor with guest Terese Svoboda, whose 2018 biography of Ridge was described as “magisterial” in The Washington Post. 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 Discussed in this episode: Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet by Terese Svoboda The Ghetto, and Other Poems by Lola Ridge Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Heterodoxy with Joanna Scutts Hilda Dolittle (H.D.) Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Nora May French with Catherine Prendergast Others: A Magazine of New Verse For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 11 Oct 2022 | Anne Hampton Brewster — St. Martin’s Summer with Etta Madden | 00:41:17 | |
Anne Hampton Brewster’s florid 1866 novel St. Martin’s Summer is set mostly in Italy and inspired by her experiences as a young, single American woman on her European grand tour. Brewster, who became one of America's first female foreign correspondents, is also one of the fascinating women profiled in our guest Etta Madden’s recent book Engaging Italy: American Women’s Utopian Visions and Transnational Networks. St. Martin’s Summer by Anne Hampton Brewster Engaging Italy: American Women’s Utopian Visions and Transnational Networks by Etta Madden A Room with a View by E.M. Forster The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Constance Fenimore Woolson with Anne Boyd Rioux Discussed in this episode: St. Martin’s Summer by Anne Hampton Brewster Engaging Italy: American Women’s Utopian Visions and Transnational Networks by Etta Madden A Room with a View by E.M. Forster The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Constance Fenimore Woolson with Anne Boyd Rioux For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 18 Oct 2022 | Medical Treatment of Women and Mothers with Alena Dillon | 00:32:35 | |
Author Alena Dillon joins us for this week’s mini to discuss the medical treatment of women and mothers and how it’s evolved over time. We’ll touch on hysteria, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and some of the things that surprised us about giving birth. Discussed in this episode: Eyes Turned Skyward by Alena Dillon My Body Is a Big, Fat Temple by Alena Dillon Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn Tokology: A Book for Every Woman Alice B. Stockham Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Ida B. Craddock with Amy Sohn For Her Own Good by Barbara Ehrenreich and Dierdre English “Maternal Instinct is a Myth that Man Created” by Chelsea Conoboy (NYTimes) Lost Ladies of Lit episode with Rachel Vorona Cotes Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today by Rachel Vorona Cotes “Abortion was once common practice…” (NPR) “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 25 Oct 2022 | May Agnes Fleming — The Midnight Queen with Brian Busby | 00:39:02 | |
Gothic thriller The Midnight Queen (1863) was written by May Agnes Fleming, a prolific Canadian author who specialized in churning out binge-worthy books, making her one of the nation’s first best-selling authors. Our guest is Canadian literary historian and author Brian Busby of The Dusty Bookcase. Discussed in this episode: The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming The Dusty Bookcase The Tempest by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Marion, the Story of an Artist’s Model by Winnifred Eaton Brad Bigelow and Neglected Books Do Evil in Return by Margaret Millar The Untempered Wind by Joanna E. Wood For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 01 Nov 2022 | Rona Jaffe — The Best of Everything with Josh Lambert | 00:37:06 | |
Rona Jaffe was only 27 when she rose to stardom with her 1958 novel, The Best of Everything, a roman á clef about the adventures of four young, single women working in New York City’s publishing industry. Our guest is Josh Lambert, an associate professor of English and director of the Jewish Studies Program at Wellesley College. His latest book, The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature, was published in July 2022 by Yale University Press. Discussed in this episode: The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe with an Introduction by Rachel Syme (Penguin Random House) The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature by Josh Lambert The Best of Everything (1959 film) Elbowing the Seducer by T. Gertler Rona Jaffe on Playboys’ Penthouse (YouTube) For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 08 Nov 2022 | America’s First Female Mayor | 00:07:04 | |
Susanna M. Salter was a 27-year old political activist when she was placed on the 1860 Argonia, Kansas ballot as a joke. She became the first woman elected to serve as mayor in the United States and one of the first women to serve in any political office in the U.S. We learn more about her in this week’s mini. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 15 Nov 2022 | Elsie Robinson with Allison Gilbert | 00:41:46 | |
A newspaper columnist from the first half of the 20th century, Elsie Robinson walked away from a life of privilege in search of personal freedom, toiled in a gold mine as a single mother, and eventually hit rock-bottom before clawing her way to national success. Our guest is Allison Gilbert, an Emmy-Award-winning journalist whose latest book, written in collaboration with Julia Scheeres, is Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman. Discussed in this episode: Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Margaret Wolfe Hungerford I Wanted Out! by Elsie Robinson Lindenhurst, Brattleboro, Vermont Northfield Mount Hermon School For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 22 Nov 2022 | Thanksgiving-ish Books and Films | 00:14:35 | |
For this week’s mini, we share the origin story of our writing partnership and chat about some books, TV shows, and films set in Colonial America. As ever, we’re thankful for you, our listeners! In mentioning Thanksgiving, we think it’s especially important to acknowledge that Los Angeles, where we live and record this podcast, is on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Gabrielino-Tongva, Chumash, and Kizh peoples. Discussed in this episode: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter (1995 film) The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) Scene from The Scarlet Letter with Lillian Gish The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film) Lost Ladies of Lit Episode on Constance Fenimore Woolson Colonial House (2004 TV mini series) The Refugees by Arthur Conan Doyle For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 29 Nov 2022 | Dorothy Richardson — Dawn’s Left Hand with Scott McCracken and Brad Bigelow | 00:45:52 | |
“Criminally neglected” author Dorothy Richardson (1873-1957) is credited with writing the first stream-of-consciousness novel, which launched her thirteen-volume, semi-autobiographical masterwork, Pilgrimage. Joining us to discuss Dawn’s Left Hand, the tenth book in the series, are Scott McCracken, professor of 20th century literature at Queen Mary University of London, and Brad Bigelow, the editorial coordinator for Boiler House Press’s Recovered Books series. Discussed in this episode: Dawn’s Left Hand by Dorothy Richardson Pointed Roofs by Dorothy Richardson March Moonlight by Dorothy Richardson James Joyce “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” by T.S. Eliot Boiler House Press's Recovered Books series For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 06 Dec 2022 | Our Covid Binges | 00:22:43 | |
We managed to contract our first cases of Covid the very same week. If there’s one silver lining, it was getting to catch up on the sort of media we always wanted to binge but never had the time. So for this week’s mini episode, we’ll fill you in on the best of our respective binges. Discussed in this episode: A Woman of Colour by Anonymous Two Thousand-Million Man Power by Gertrude Trevelyan The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 13 Dec 2022 | The Woman of Colour: A Tale with Leigh-Michil George | 00:39:07 | |
Published anonymously six years prior to Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park—yet largely ignored for two centuries—the Regency-era epistolary novel The Woman of Colour: A Tale is the only one of its kind to feature a racially-conscious Black heroine at its center. Dr. Leigh-Michil George, a lecturer in the English Department at Geffen Academy at UCLA, joins us to discuss the novel and its historical importance as well as its influence on Regency-era television adaptations of Sanditon and Bridgerton. Discussed in this episode: The Woman of Colour: A Tale by Anonymous (Broadview Press) Sanditon (PBS) Bridgerton (Netflix) Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen “Black People in Britain During the Regency” (National Portrait Gallery) “The Abolition of Slavery in Britain” (Historic UK) Olivia Carpenter (University of York) For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 20 Dec 2022 | Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season | 00:12:24 | |
Join us for a chat about the fantastic new book from the British Library Women Writers Series, Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season. The stories in this collection run the gamut of what the holiday season encompasses from a woman's perspective and includes stories by past Lost Ladies authors E.M. Delafield and Stella Gibbons. We’ll share some of our favorites. Happy Holidays! Discussed in this episode: British Library Women Writers Series Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 27 Dec 2022 | Victorian Parlour Games | 00:15:56 | |
The Victorian era has been called the golden age of parlour games, and we share some interesting ones in this week’s mini episode. Let us know if you try any of them out by emailing info@lostladiesoflit.com or sharing on social @lostladiesoflit. We wish you the happiest of New Years! For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 03 Jan 2023 | Hiatus Replay: Constance Fenimore Woolson — Anne with Anne Boyd Rioux | 00:47:37 | |
WE'RE BACK WITH A NEW EPISODE ON FEBRUARY 7, 2023. In this episode, Kim and Amy have a conversation about Constance Fenimore Woolson’s novel Anne (1880) with professor and author Anne Boyd Rioux, whose biography of Woolson was named one of 2016’s ten best books of the year by The Chicago Tribune. Woolson, a close friend of Henry James, is remembered as a salacious footnote in his story, yet upon its publication, her novel Anne sold ten times as many copies as James’s Portrait of a Lady. Learn more about Woolson’s fascinating life, and find out what makes her novel one we know you’ll want to read too. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 10 Jan 2023 | Hiatus Replay: Sui Sin Far — Mrs. Spring Fragrance with Victoria Namkung | 00:33:50 | |
WE'RE BACK WITH A NEW EPISODE ON FEBRUARY 7, 2023. In this week’s episode, Amy and Kim have a conversation about Sui Sin Far and her wonderful short story collection, Mrs. Spring Fragrance (1912), with journalist and author Victoria Namkung, who has her Master’s Degree in Asian American Studies from UCLA. Sui Sin Far, the pen name of Edith Maude Eaton, was a journalist and writer of Chinese and British descent who moved to the U.S. and began writing articles about what it was like to live as a Chinese woman in a white America. Learn more about Eaton and find out why, if you haven’t already, you should find a spot on your bookshelf for the still-very-relevant Mrs. Spring Fragrance.
These Violent Delights by Victoria Namkung The Things We Tell Ourselves by Victoria Namkung Sui Sin Far’s Mrs. Spring Fragrance Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare The Original Fairytales of The Brothers Grimm A Japanese Nightingale by Onoto Watanna (Winifred Eaton) Becoming Sui Sin Far: Early Fiction and Travel Writing by Edith Maude Eton Nisei’s Daughter by Monica Sone Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People by Helen Zia For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 17 Jan 2023 | Hiatus Replay: Marthe Bibesco — The Green Parrot with Lauren Cerand | 00:37:03 | |
We're back with new episodes on February 7! The New York Times called The Green Parrot “A strange and beautiful story, with the faintly arid charm of a miniature painted on the cover of a seventeenth-century snuff box.” That’s just one of the many reasons Amy and Kim couldn’t wait to discuss the provocative and brilliant author Princess Marthe Bibesco and her 1924 gem of a novel. Joining them is this week’s guest, book publicist and jewelry designer Lauren Cerand. Discussed in this episode: The Green Parrot by Marthe Bibesco The Eight Paradises by Marthe Bibesco “A Rose that Held a Princess’s Secret” (Mental Floss) Proust's Muse, The Countess Greffulhe Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning More Was Lost by Eleanor Piryani The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert The Final Solution by Michael Chabon For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 24 Jan 2023 | Hiatus Replay: Margaret Wolfe Hungerford — Molly Bawn with Jessica Callahan | 00:33:53 | |
We're back with a full episode on Feb. 7. Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford’s light Victorian-era romances were known throughout the English-speaking world, and her novel Molly Bawn was even name dropped in James Joyce’s Ulysses. Join us to find out why in a discussion with guest Jessica Callahan, Hallmark Channel exec and former editor of romance and mystery novels at Penguin Group. Discussed in this episode: Molly Bawn by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford Phyllis by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 31 Jan 2023 | Hiatus Replay: Elizabeth Stoddard — The Morgesons with Rachel Vorona Cote | 00:37:46 | |
New episodes beginning Feb 7. This episode originally aired in June 2021. Like her contemporary Herman Melville, New England writer Elizabeth Stoddard was a critical success—Nathaniel Hawthorne himself was a fan, and she was compared to Tolstoy, George Eliot, Balzac, and the Bronte sisters—but her books failed to find an audience when they were published. Join us as we discuss Stoddard’s brilliant novel The Morgesons and its bold and inimitable heroine with guest Rachel Vorona Cote, author of Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today. Discussed in this episode: The Morgesons by Elizabeth Stoddard Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today by Rachel Vorona Cote The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) Temple House by Elizabeth Stoddard Dorothea Brooke in Middlemarch by George Eliot “The Goblin Market” by Christina Rosetti Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Green Parrot by Marthe Bibesco on Lost Ladies of Lit “Tell It Slant” in VQR by Rachel Vorona Cote For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 07 Feb 2023 | Elinor Glyn — Three Weeks with Hilary A. Hallett | 00:46:52 | |
Like the sexually-liberated Tiger Queen from her scandalous bestselling 1907 novel Three Weeks, Elinor Glyn was bold, provocative and glamourous, with a magnetism that endeared her to international readers and Hollywood celebrities alike. (She counted Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, and Charlie Chaplin among her personal friends.) After introducing the concept of the steamy “romance novel” to the staid Victorian world, Glyn became a pioneer of the Hollywood movie industry and shaped how romance was, and still is, portrayed on the silver screen. Joining us is Hilary A. Hallett, Director of American Studies at Columbia University and author of Inventing the It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood. Discussed in this episode: Daisy, the Countess of Warwick For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 14 Feb 2023 | Katrina Trask and the Ghosts of Yaddo | 00:13:21 | |
In this week’s mini we discuss the renowned Yaddo Artists’ Colony and the bittersweet story of the woman who envisioned this sylvan retreat on 400 acres in Saratoga Springs, New York. Since its inception in 1926 huge names in American literature have spent time as artists in residence at Yaddo, including important writers like Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Connor, Patricia Highsmith, Katherine Anne Porter, Carson McCullers, Sylvia Plath, Alice Walker, and Lost Lady poet Lola Ridge. Discussed in this episode: “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe Yaddo: Making American Culture by Micki McGee The Lady of Yaddo: The Gilded Age Memoir of Katrina Trask by Lynn Esmay For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 21 Feb 2023 | Margaret Oliphant — Hester with Perri Klass | 00:45:00 | |
If 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: The Best Medicine by Perri Klass Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Chronicles of Barsetshire by Anthony Trollope The Chronicles of Carlingford by Margaret Oliphant Miss Marjoriebanks by Margaret Oliphant For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 28 Feb 2023 | Twins In Fiction | 00:16:25 | |
In this week’s mini, we’re talking about twins in fiction, from Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet and Stephen King’s The Shining to some lesser-known gems. Plus, we have a letter from a new listener who wrote to us after hearing our episode about her late mother, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Discussed in this episode: Lost Ladies of Lit on Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Heat and Dust with Brigitte Hales A Room with a View (1985 film) The Parent Trap (1961 film) Lottie and Lisa by Erich Kastner Young Man with a Horn by Dorothy Baker Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Secret History by Donna Tartt Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von Arnim Sister Novelists by Devoney Looser For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 07 Mar 2023 | Han Suyin — Winter Love | 00:24:36 | |
Born to a Chinese father and a Belgian mother, Han Suyin qualified as a doctor in London before moving to Hong Kong to practice medicine. After her novel A Many-Splendored Thing was adapted into a film in 1955, she became a full-time writer. Join us to learn more about Suyin’s remarkable life and her jewel of a novella, Winter Love, first published in 1962. In it, she tells the story of “Red,” who falls passionately in love with her married classmate, Mara, during the freezing, war-ravaged London winter of 1944. Discussed in this episode: Winter Love by Han Suyin (McNally Editions) A Many-Splendored Thing by Han Suyin Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955 film) “Dragon Ladies” by Karen Shepard (The Millions) Lost Ladies of Lit Daddy’s Gone a Hunting Lost Ladies of Lit Sui Sin Far “Brokeback Mountain” by Annie Proulx For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 14 Mar 2023 | Lost Ladies of Music with Leah Broad | 00:38:40 | |
Guest Dr. Leah Broad joins us from Oxford University’s Christ Church to discuss Quartet, her acclaimed new biography of four British composers: Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Dorothy Howell, and Doreen Carwithen. Three of the four women were celebrities in their own day and all were incredibly talented, yet their captivating life stories and their once acclaimed compositions have been all but forgotten today. We also discuss the film Tár. Discussed in this episode: Our Lost Ladies of Music Spotify playlist Quartet: How Four Women Changed the Musical World by Leah Broad The March of the Women by Ethel Smyth Bishop Rock by Doreen Carwithen For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 21 Mar 2023 | Minae Mizumura — A True Novel with Lavanya Krishnan | 00:29:12 | |
What if we told you that there was an ingenious retelling of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights set in post-war Japan that also has shades of Middlemarch and The Great Gatsby? Minae Mizumura’s A True Novel, first published in 2002, checks all those boxes and more. Joining us to discuss A True Novel is Lavanya Krishnan, co-founder of the literary book subscription Boxwalla. Discussed in this episode: A True Novel by Minae Mizumura Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald “Why I Write What I Write” by Minae Mizumura Writing Routines with Minae Mizumura The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Light and Darkness, Continued by Minae Mizumura An I Novel from Left to Right by Minae Mizumura A Heart So White by Javier Marías Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson The Diary of an Invasion by Andrey Kurkov Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 28 Mar 2023 | “Dirty” Books | 00:18:26 | |
No, we’re not talking about that kind of “dirty,” we’re talking about the germy kind as it relates to stuff that’s been found in the pages of library books over the years. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s poignant, and other times, it’s just plain toxic! Join us as we digress in this week’s mini episode. Discussed in this episode: “Why Joey Keeps Books in the Freezer” (From Friends, Season 3, Episode 13, YouTube) “Why You Should Always Put a Book In the Freezer…” (Wellandgood.com) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Emily Eden’s The Semi-Attached Couple and The Semi-Detached House Lost Ladies of Lit Episode on Dorothy Richardson’s Dawn’s Left Hand Winterthur Museum and Library in Delaware For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 04 Apr 2023 | Jane and Anna Maria Porter with Devoney Looser | 00:44:31 | |
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: Artless Tales by Anna Maria Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter The Hungarian Brothers by Anna Maria Porter “The End of the English Major” (The New Yorker, 2/27/2023) For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 11 Apr 2023 | The Paper Dolls of Zelda Fitzgerald | 00:09:18 | |
Did you know that novelist and iconic flapper Zelda Fitgerald was also an accomplished artist? In 1926, she began creating a series of paper dolls for her daughter, Scottie, and continued working on them for much of the rest of her life. Her granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan, saved and collected these paper dolls which were recently compiled into a beautiful, 128-page book, The Paper Dolls of Zelda Fitzgerald. Join us as we learn more in our latest mini episode. Discussed in this episode: Master Puppet Theater: The World of Shakespeare at Your Fingertips Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald The Paper Dolls of Zelda Fitzgerald “Z: The Beginning of Everything” For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 18 Apr 2023 | Pauline E. Hopkins — Of One Blood with Eurie Dahn and Brian Sweeney | 00:40:14 | |
With its speculative plot including an expedition through the desert, a cryptic treasure map, secret chambers, and a run-in with an ancient sacred crocodile, Pauline E. Hopkins’ thrilling afrofuturist 1902 novel Of One Blood; or The Hidden Self calls to mind Black Panther’s Wakanda and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Hopkins brings up a lot of questions about race and power in the midst of all this thrilling storytelling, reclaiming Black history in her appeal for racial justice. Guests, Eurie Dahn and Brian Sweeney, colleagues in the English department at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, edited a brand new edition of Of One Blood for Broadview Press. Of One Blood by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (Broadview Press) The Digital Colored American Magazine For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 25 Apr 2023 | Jenny Diski and Doris Lessing | 00:22:37 | |
In this week’s mini, we take a look at British writer Jenny Diski and her relationship with famed novelist Doris Lessing, who took a teenaged Jenny into her home. Though Lessing never adopted Diski, they had a long and at times awkward pseudo-familial relationship that Diski explored in her writing. Links: Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told? by Jenny Diski Lost Ladies of Lit with Hilma Wolitzer Skating to Antarctica by Jenny Diski The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing Jenny Diski in The London Review of Books For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 02 May 2023 | Ursula Parrott — Ex-Wife with Marsha Gordon | 00:50:19 | |
This is the Jazz Age novel we should have read in high school! Ursula Parrott’s Ex-Wife was an instant bestseller when it was published anonymously in 1929, and it’s inspired by her own experience as a young divorcée and flapper in New York. Guest Marsha Gordon’s new biography of Parrott, Becoming the Ex-Wife, arrives in bookstores at the same time as a reissue of the dazzling novel from McNally Editions. Links: Becoming the Ex-Wife by Marsha Gordon The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Marjorie Hillis with Joanna Scutts For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 09 May 2023 | Nora Ephron’s Heartburn Turns 40 | 00:17:53 | |
In this week’s mini, we discuss Nora Ephron’s 1983 autobiographical novel Heartburn, inspired by the breakdown of her marriage with journalist Carl Bernstein. Plus Amy tries out some of the book’s recipes on her unsuspecting family. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 16 May 2023 | The Letters of Zora Neale Hurston with Melissa Kiguwa | 00:42:38 | |
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. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 23 May 2023 | Hard-Knock Life Memoirs | 00:20:10 | |
Sometimes the most fraught journey is simply making it to adulthood. In this week’s mini, we talk about authors who survived unusual and/or traumatic childhoods and used their experiences to write engrossing, and often healing, works of art. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 30 May 2023 | Miriam Karpilove — Diary of a Lonely Girl: Or the Battle Against Free Love with Jessica Kirzane | 00:39:14 | |
With her witty and self-deprecating takes on dating and the single life, the narrator of Miriam Karpilove’s Diary of a Lonely Girl: Or the Battle Against Free Love is the 1918 Yiddish precursor to Girls’ Hannah Horvath, Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw, and Bridget Jones. Guest Jessica Kirzane’s English translation of the novel was published by Syracuse University Press in 2020. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 06 Jun 2023 | Literary Ladies Guide to the Writing Life with Nava Atlas | 00:22:12 | |
The gorgeous book Literary Ladies Guide to the Writing Life mines the life and musings of famous women authors on subjects such as finding your literary voice, conquering inner demons, dealing with rejection and how to deal with writer’s block. Joining us for this week’s mini is the book’s author, Nava Atlas. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 13 Jun 2023 | Theodora Keogh — Street Music with Maud Newton | 00:36:45 | |
In this week's episode, we are joined by critic and author Maud Newton as we delve into Theodora Keogh's enigmatic and haunting 1952 novel, "Street Music," which takes place in post-War Paris. As the granddaughter of an American icon, Keogh's writing possessed a subversive quality that defied easy classification, challenging readers and earning admiration from notable authors such as Patricia Highsmith. Discussed: Street Music by Theodora Keogh Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Theodora Keogh's aunt) Joan Schenkar (Patricia Highsmith's biographer) The Double Door by Theodora Keogh For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 20 Jun 2023 | Unlikely Children’s Authors | 00:17:30 | |
In this week’s mini episode we uncover the hidden talents of famous writers who ventured into children's literature, including Ian Fleming's surprising connection to Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang, Upton Sinclair's whimsical Gnome adventure, and James Joyce's peculiar cat tales. Discussed in this episode: Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang by Ian Fleming The Gnomobile: A Gnice Gnew Gnarrative with Gnonsense but Gnothing Gnaughty by Upton Sinclair The Cat and the Devil by James Joyce The Cats of Copenhagen by James Joyce The Crows of Pearblossom by Aldous Huxley The Good Lion by Ernest Hemingway The Faithful Bull by Ernest Hemingway Lost Ladies of Lit episode with Lucy Scholes on Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 27 Jun 2023 | Jane White — Quarry with Helen Hughes | 00:38:40 | |
When Jane White’s gripping and unsettling debut novel Quarry was first published in 1967, a review in The Scotsman called it “the most frightening novel of the year.” Joining us is White’s daughter-in-law, Dr. Helen Hughes, of the University of Surrey, who wrote the afterword to the new Boiler House Press edition of Quarry. Discussed: The Lord of the Flies by William Golding Beatrice, Falling by Jane White The Neglected Books page on Jane White For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 04 Jul 2023 | Mercy Otis Warren — Revolutionary Scribe | 00:16:07 | |
In today’s mini, we look into the fascinating life of Mercy Otis Warren, a hidden wordsmith of American history and the first female reporter of the American revolution. Armed with a pen as her weapon, Warren wrote scathing satirical plays that ignited the revolution and documented the birth of a nation. Discussed in this episode: Plays: "The Adulateur" (written by Mercy Otis Warren) "The Squabble of the Sea Nymphs" (written by Mercy Otis Warren) Books: "Clarissa" by Samuel Richardson For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 11 Jul 2023 | Winnifred Eaton — Cattle with Mary Chapman | 00:44:11 | |
With the re-release of Winnifred Eaton's riveting 100 year-old novel CATTLE, we’re thrilled to be joined by Mary Chapman, director of the Winnifred Eaton Archive. Described as "a curious Canadian mixture of Hardy and Steinbeck” and set in the sweeping landscapes of Alberta, CATTLE is a love story with strong Western vibes. In this episode: Winnifred Eaton (also known as Onoto Watanna) "Cattle" by Winnifred Eaton from Invisible Publishing "Making Noise, Making News: Suffrage Print Culture, and US Modernism" by Mary Chapman "Becoming Sui Sin Far: Early Fiction Journalism and Travel Writing" edited by Mary Chapman "Onoto Watana's Cattle at 100" conference in Calgary For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 18 Jul 2023 | Murasaki Shikibu — The Tale of Genji | 00:17:57 | |
Did you know that a woman wrote the very first novel ever? (We didn’t!) In this week’s mini, we learn more about Murasaki Shikibu's master work “The Tale of Genji.” The novel’s blend of passion, intrigue, and psychological depth has earned this ancient Japanese work comparisons to modern sensations like "Sex in the City" and "50 Shades of Grey," while also drawing parallels to the literary genius of Proust. In this episode: Murasaki Shikibu: Japanese author of "The Tale of Genji” Elizabeth Smart: Canadian-born author of "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept" Tyler Translation: Recommended English translation of "The Tale of Genji" For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 25 Jul 2023 | Elizabeth Smart — By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept with Rosemary Sullivan and Maya Gallus | 00:42:25 | |
When Elizabeth Smart’s 1945 poetic prose novel “By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept” was reissued in 1966, Angela Carter called it "Madame Bovary blasted by lightning," and Morrissey has since credited Smart’s writing as having influenced his lyrics for The Smiths. This week’s guests are biographer Rosemary Sullivan and documentary filmmaker Maya Gallus, both authorities on Smart’s fascinating life and work. Discussed: People:
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| 01 Aug 2023 | Episode 151: Elspeth Barker — O Caledonia | 00:18:13 | |
In this week’s mini we discuss Elspeth Barker, a Scottish writer raised in Drumtochty Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where her parents ran a prep school for boys. Barker was a close friend of last week’s lost lady, Elizabeth Smart despite the fact that Barker was married to the poet George Barker, Smart’s former lover and the father of her children. We loved Elspeth’s novel “O Caledonia” with its unique coming-of-age narrative and dark academia vibe. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 08 Aug 2023 | Janet Lewis — The Wife of Martin Guerre with Iris Jamahl Dunkle | 00:38:41 | |
Set in 16th-century France and published in 1941, Janet Lewis’s “The Wife of Martin Guerre” revolves around one woman's struggle to reconcile cold facts with the truth in her heart. Inspired by a real historical incident, the novella delves into the trial of a woman who faces a predicament when her long-lost husband unexpectedly reappears. Our guest is poet, biographer, and UC Davis professor Iris Jamahl Dunkle. Discussed: The Wife of Martin Guerre (novel) by Janet Lewis West: Fire: Archive (poetry collection) by Iris Jamahl Dunkle The History of a Nun (novel) by Aphra Behn Billy Budd (novella) by Herman Melville "The Trial of Sören Qvist" - One of Janet Lewis's novels from the "Circumstantial Evidence" trilogy "The Grapes of Wrath" - John Steinbeck "Whose Names Are Unknown" - A novel by Sanora Babb For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 15 Aug 2023 | Anne Askew’s Unyielding Spirit | 00:13:11 | |
In this week’s mini episode, we’re talking about Anne Askew, a Tudor writer, poet, and Protestant preacher who was condemned as a heretic during the reign of Henry VIII. We’ll also explore the possible connection to Kim’s own family history. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 22 Aug 2023 | Ismat Chughtai - The Quilt and Other Stories with Tania Malik | 00:43:52 | |
Ismat Chughtai was one of the boldest and most outspoken writers of her day. Her cleverly-crafted short story “The Quilt” sparked a years-long obscenity trial, but it also helped establish her as a writer who wasn’t afraid to shine a light on taboo subjects and speak frankly about women’s experiences both in the traditional and modern Indian world. Our guest is author Tania Malik whose most recent book, Hope You Are Satisfied, is a suspense-story set in Dubai. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 29 Aug 2023 | Hollywood’s Golden Age (for Women) | 00:19:37 | |
In support of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, this week’s mini is focused on lost lady screenwriters. In the early days of Hollywood, more than half of all screenplays copyrighted were written by women, who were pioneers in this field. Discussed in this episode: Go West, Young Women: The Rise of Early Hollywood by Hilary Hallet Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Elinor Glyn with Hilary Hallet Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Ursula Parrott with Marsha Gordon Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Winifred Eaton with Mary Chapman Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Tess Slesinger with Paula Rabinowitz and Peter Davis For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 05 Sep 2023 | Susan Taubes — Divorcing with Rosemary Kelty | 00:35:56 | |
When 'Divorcing' was first published in 1969, the critic Hugh Kenner penned a review for the New York Times that dismissed its author, Susan Taubes, as 'a quick-change artist donning the garments of other writers.' Tragically, merely days after the review's publication, Taubes took her own life. However, in recent years, there has been a profound reassessment of her work. In 2020, New York Review Books released a new edition of 'Divorcing,' marking a pivotal point in bringing her writings back into the spotlight. Her oeuvre, once relegated to obscurity, has now been compared to the literary prowess of her close friend Susan Sontag, as well as luminaries Renata Adler and Margaret Atwood. Guest Rosemary Kelty joins us to discuss Taubes and ‘Divorcing.’ For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 12 Sep 2023 | Back to School Prof Edition | 00:17:56 | |
From Dark Academia trends inspired by Donna Tartt's “The Secret History” to other campus novels like Kingsley Amis' “Lucky Jim” and Philip Roth's “The Human Stain,” we delve into the quirks, challenges, and intrigues of university professor characters and campus settings for this week’s mini. We also touch on classics like Dorothy L. Sayers’ “Gaudy Night” and Mary McCarthy's “The Groves of Academe,” among others. Discussed: Donna Tartt: “The Secret History" Podcast Recommendation: "Once Upon a Time at Bennington College" John Edward Williams: "Stoner" Dorothy Sayers: "Gaudy Night" (part of the Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels) Mary McCarthy: Book Mentioned: "The Groves of Academe" David Lodge: Campus Trilogy: "Changing Places,” "Small World", and "Work" For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 19 Sep 2023 | Sylvia Townsend Warner — Lolly Willowes with Sarah Watling | 00:40:59 | |
Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Lolly Willowes” (1926) holds a coveted spot on The Guardian's list of the top 100 English language novels and acclaimed director Greta Gerwig is also a fan. Author Sarah Watling joins us to discuss how the novel critiques societal constraints placed on single women and its connection to Townsend Warner's activism. Watling's latest work, "Tomorrow Perhaps the Future," is a multi-subject biography that delves into the political stance of literary figures, including Townsend Warner, during the Spanish Civil War. Discussed: "Lolly Willowes" (or "The Loving Huntsman") by Sylvia Townsend Warner "Noble Savages: The Olivier Sisters; Four Lives in Seven Fragments" by Sarah Watling "Tomorrow Perhaps the Future" by Sarah Watling Nancy Cunard (Writer and political activist) Virginia Cowles (War reporter) For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 26 Sep 2023 | Verbal Faux Pas and Mondegreens | 00:14:35 | |
In this week’s mini, we’re sharing some of our favorite verbal faux pas and mondegreens. The term mondegreen, which was coined by Sylvia Wright in a 1954 essay for Harper's Magazine, refers to instances where phrases are misheard or misinterpreted, giving them new and often humorous meanings. Amy challenges Kim to identify correct spellings and interpretations of common idiomatic expressions, like "to the manner/manor born," "you've got another thing/think coming," and "champing/chomping at the bit." Share your favorites on our Facebook Forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lostladiesoflitforum/ For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 03 Oct 2023 | Mary Wollstonecraft — A Vindication of the Rights of Woman with Susan J. Wolfson | 00:39:33 | |
Joining us to discuss Mary Wollstonecraft's extraordinary life and her seminal work, A Vindication on the Rights of Woman, is Dr. Susan J. Wolfson, a professor of English from Princeton University whose scholarship focuses on British Writers of the Romantic period. Her latest book, On Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, was published in April 2023 by Columbia University Press. Discussed: "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" by Mary Wollstonecraft "On Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" by Susan J. Wolfson "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters" by Mary Wollstonecraft "A Vindication of the Rights of Men" by Mary Wollstonecraft "Sermons to Young Women" by James Fordyce “Emile, or On Education” by Jean-Jacques Rousseau A Father’s Legacy to His Daughters by Dr. John Gregory Memoir of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by William Godwin Modern Woman: the Lost Sex by Ferdinand Lundberg and Marynia F. Farnham Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Declaration of the Rights of Man Virginia Woolf’s essay on Mary Wollstonecraft Mary: A Fiction by Mary Wollstonecraft For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 10 Oct 2023 | An England Travelogue | 00:19:02 | |
In this week’s mini, Amy shares some of the lesser-known spots she visited on her August trip to England (which included meetups with a few past guests from the show!). From Cotswolds beauty to bizarre curiosities—as well as a few lost ladies—you’ll be wishing she had packed you along in her suitcase! Discussed: William Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress Lost Ladies of Lit Episodes with Lucy Scholes on Rosamond Lehmann Lost Ladies of Lit Episodes with Lucy Scholes on Kay Dick Lost Ladies of Lit episode on The Gilded Age Lost Ladies of Lit episode with Simon David Thomas on Dorothy Evelyn Smith Royal Shakespeare Company Stratford on Avon Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Nancy Mitford For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 17 Oct 2023 | Meridel Le Sueur — The Girl with Rosemary Hennessy | 00:44:17 | |
Originally drafted in 1939, the Prohibition-era gangster novel The Girl by Meridel Le Sueur remained unpublished for nearly 40 years. Le Sueur used the intervening decades to transform her work into a beautifully-written, powerful narrative, focusing on the lives of marginalized women in Depression-era America. Joining us is Dr. Rosemary Hennessy, a Professor of English at Rice University, whose most recent book, In the Company of Radical Women Writers, rediscovers the political commitments and passionate advocacy of seven writers, including Le Sueur. “Women on the Breadlines” by Meridel Le Sueur “The Dread Road” by Meridel Le Seur “Annunciation” by Meridel Le Sueur “Women Know a Lot of Things” by Meridel Le Sueur The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Women Talking novel by Miriam Toews Women Talking film by Sarah Polley “My People are My Home” film by Meridel Le Sueur Lost Ladies of Lit episode No. 106 on Dirty Helen Cromwell’s Good Time Party Girl John Crawford and West End Press For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 24 Oct 2023 | Cita Press & Sui Sin Far with Juliana Castro Varón and Victoria Namkung | 00:19:01 | |
Learn more about the feminist open source publisher cita press and An Immortal Book: Selected Writings of Sui Sin Far, a curated collection of short fiction and nonfiction by the pioneering writer, Sui Sin Far (also known as Edith Maude Eaton), one of our past "lost ladies." A journalist and writer of Chinese and British descent who moved to the U.S, Sui Sin Far wrote about what it was like to live as a Chinese woman in a white America. We welcome back our previous guest Victoria Namkung as well as the founder and design director of cita Press, Juliana Castro Varón, the publisher of this new collection. Discussed: Lost Ladies of Lit Episode on Sui Sin Far with Victoria Namkung Lost Ladies of Lit Episode on Winnifred Eaton with Mary Chapman Papel sensible by Juliana Castro Varón An Immortal Book: Selected Writings of Sui Sin Far by cita Press These Violent Delights by Victoria Namkung The Things We Tell Ourselves by Victoria Namkung The Beautiful by Vernon Lee (a.k.a. Violet Paget) Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs Behind a Mask by Louisa May Alcott Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell The Poor Clare by Elizabeth Gaskell The Yellow Wall-paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Meditations on the Song of Songs by Santa Terese de Jesús Voices Around Me: Nobel Prize Lectures For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 31 Oct 2023 | Christine de Pizan — The Book of the City of Ladies with Kathleen B. Jones | 00:39:38 | |
A widow who turned to her pen to support herself and her family, Christine de Pizan was described by Simone de Beauvoir in The Second Sex as the first “woman to take up her pen in defense of her sex.” Published in 1405, The Book of the City of Ladies is Christine’s history of Western civilization from the point of view—and in praise of—women, showcasing them as the intellectual and moral equals of men. Joining us is San Diego State University women’s study professor emeritus Kathleen B. Jones, whose recently published debut novel, Cities of Women, was inspired by the life and works of de Pizan. Discussed: The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir Cities of Women by Kathleen B. Jones The Rest Is History podcast on The Hundred Years War Queen Isabeau of Bavaria (married to Charles VI) The Mutation of Fortune by Christine de Pizan The Romance of the Rose by Jean de Meunes Famous Women by Giovanni Boccaccio The City of God by Augustine of Hippo Lost Ladies of Lit Episode on Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 07 Nov 2023 | The Women Who Illuminated Manuscripts | 00:13:22 | |
Last week, with guest Kathleen B. Jones, we discussed Christine de Pizan and her Book of the City of Ladies. Could a woman's hand have been behind any of the beautiful illustrations in this medieval work? Given what we know about women's involvement as artists in the medieval manuscript making process, it's certainly possible. Kathleen, the author of the new novel Cities of Women, is back with us for this week’s bonus episode to talk about it. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 14 Nov 2023 | Alba de Céspedes — Forbidden Notebook with Joy Castro | 00:49:02 | |
Novelist 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 Céspedes Her Side of the Story by Alba de Céspedes Muriel Rukeyser poem “Kathë Kollwitz” Hell or High Water by Joy Castro One Brilliant Flame by Joy Castro “Burning It Down” by Joy Castro Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Margery Latimer Lost Ladies of Lit episode on E.M. Delafield Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Miriam Karpilove Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Lorraine Hansberry
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| 21 Nov 2023 | Lydia Maria Child and the “Thanksgiving” Poem | 00:11:00 | |
In this week’s bonus episode, we dig into the poem “Thanksgiving” by lost lady Lydia Maria Child. AND we remain ever thankful for you, our listeners! Discussed in this episode: Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life by Lydia Moland The Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Child The Mother’s Book by Lydia Maria Child An Appeal in Favor of the Class of Americans Called Africans by Lydia Maria Child Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 63 on M.F.K. Fisher How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Little Women by Louisa May Alcott For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 28 Nov 2023 | Mary McCarthy’s The Group Turns 60 | 00:42:18 | |
Join us as we discuss Mary McCarthy’s best-known work, The Group, published in 1963. An instant hit, it remained on the New York Times bestseller list for two years and follows eight friends over the course of seven years following their graduation from Vassar College in 1933. It was banned in Australia, Ireland, and Italy for its frank discussion of topics ranging from sex and contraception to lesbianism and mental illness. Discussed in this episode: Lost Ladies of Lit Patreon Wait List Norman Mailer’s review of The Group Trailer for Sidney Lumet’s film adaptation of The Group Candace Bushnell’s Sex and the City Lost Ladies of Lit episode No. 112 on Rona Jaffe’s The Best of Everything Lost Ladies of Lit episode No. 142 on Miriam Karpilove’s Diary of a Lonely Girl Lost Ladies of Lit episode No. 138 on Ursula Parrott’s Ex Wife Lost Ladies of Lit episode No. 159 on Verbal Faux Pas and Mondegreens Memories of a Catholic Girlhood The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 05 Dec 2023 | Hiatus Replay: Hilma Wolitzer — Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket | 00:51:06 | |
We're back with all new episodes on Jan. 30, 2024. Join us for a wonderfully funny and poignant conversation about life, death, and motherhood with award-winning writer Hilma Wolitzer. Her short stories, most of them originally appearing in magazines in the 1960s and 1970s, were re-discovered by her daughter, bestselling author Meg Wolitzer, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and published last summer in a new collection earning great critical acclaim. Today A Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket has received rave reviews from authors like Elizabeth Strout, Lauren Groff, and Tayari Jones and was named an NPR Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Discussed in this episode: Today A Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021) An Available Man by Hilma Wolitzer Lost Ladies of Lit Episode with Anne Zimmerman on M.F.K. Fisher The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer “Sometimes I Tell Myself” by Hilma Wolitzer Other People’s Houses by Lore Segal Her First American by Lore Segal For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 12 Dec 2023 | Hiatus Replay: Jane and Mary Findlater — Crossriggs with Julie and Shawna Benson | 00:44:16 | |
We’re back January 30, 2024 with all new episodes. Sisters Jane and Mary Findlater were literary celebrities in their day and counted the likes of Henry James, Virginia Woolf, and Rudyard Kipling among their admirers. We’ll be discussing one of their joint efforts, Crossriggs, which is considered their finest work. Joining us are Hollywood screenwriting sisters Julie and Shawna Benson who worked on the CW’s critically-acclaimed series The 100 and Netflix’s Wu Assassins. Crossriggs by Jane and Mary Findlater To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien The Green Graves of Balgowrie by Jane Findlater The Downton Abbey Christmas Special The Birds’ Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin The Affair at the Inn by Jane Findlater, Mary Findlater, Allan McAuley, and Kate Douglas Wiggin For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 19 Dec 2023 | Hiatus Replay: Amy Levy — Reuben Sachs with Dr. Ann Kennedy Smith | 00:41:09 | |
We’re back January 30, 2024 with all new episodes. Did you know there was a controversial, now-forgotten 1888 novel written in response to George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda by a writer who has been described as “the Jewish Jane Austen?” Until recently, neither did we. Join us as we talk with Dr. Ann Kennedy Smith about author Amy Levy and her stunning, sardonic novel Reuben Sachs, which fan and friend Oscar Wilde deemed a classic. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot Reuben Sachs by Amy Levy from Persephone Books Dr. Ann Kennedy Smith on Amy Levy and Ellen Wordsworth Darwin “Swotting Up” by Dr. Ann Kennedy Smith (TLS) Cambridge Ladies’ Dining Society Blog Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Nathalia Crane - Lost Ladies of Lit Episode 13 Newnham College, Cambridge University Amy Levy’s obituary by Oscar Wilde Cambridge in the Long by Amy Levy The Romance of a Shop by Amy Levy A Suppressed Cry by Victoria Glendinning The Third Miss Symons by F.M. Mayor For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||
| 26 Dec 2023 | Hiatus Replay: Lucia Berlin — A Manual for Cleaning Women with Mimi Pond | 00:36:30 | |
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 Berlin The Simpsons, “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” A Manual for Cleaning Women adaptation (Pedro Almodovar) The Customer Is Always Wrong by Mimi Pond The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy with Leslie Brody For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com 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 | |||