Lost Ladies of Lit
A book podcast hosted by writing partners Amy Helmes and Kim Askew. Guests include biographers, journalists, authors, and cultural historians discussing lost classics by women writers. You can support Lost Ladies of Lit by visiting https://www.patreon.com/c/LostLadiesofLit339.
Podcasting since 2020 • 277 episodes
Lost Ladies of Lit
Latest Episodes
More Djuna ... And Jeff Buckley's Bookshelf!
In this follow-up to last week’s episode on Djuna Barnes, Amy recounts her own fleeting experience as a “stunt reporter” and recommends a recent release of Djuna Barnes’s short stories from McNally Editions. Having glimpsed a copy of Barnes’s <...
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Episode 275
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Djuna Barnes — Nightwood with Margaret Vandenburg
Dark and disturbing, yet strangely redemptive, Djuna Barnes’s 1936 modernist masterpiece Nightwood left even its greatest champion, T.S. Eliot, a bit bewildered. Guest Margaret Vandenburg, an expert in modernism, post-modernism and gen...
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Episode 274
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Dinah Brooke — A Double Take
The works of British writer Dinah Brooke are having a renaissance thanks to two recent reissues by McNally Editions: Love Life of a Cheltenham Lady and Lord Jim at Home (first published in 1971 and 1973, respectively.) Having ...
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Episode 273
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10:24
Malachi Whitaker — And So Did I with Valerie Waterhouse
Likened to a fresh Yorkshire breeze, Malachi Whitaker’s year-in-the-life memoir And So Did I, published in 1939, is a quirky spirit-quest juxtaposing wry humor and contemplative observations amidst the impending threat of global confli...
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Episode 272
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The Helen Keller You DON'T Know
From a vaudeville act and star turn in Hollywood to a heartbreaking thwarted elopement, we’re willing to bet there’s a lot you don’t know about Helen Keller, author and advocate for the blind, deaf and disabled. Tune in to this week’s ...
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Episode 271
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28:51