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.
Lost Ladies of Lit
Latest Episodes
ENCORE: America's First Female Mayor — Susanna M. Salter
To celebrate historic record wins for women in the U.S. midterm elections this week, we're dusting off this episode from this week four years ago. Susanna M. Salter was a 27-year old political activist when she was placed on the 1860 Argonia, K...
ENCORE: Penning Patriotism — Katharine Lee Bates and "America the Beautiful"
In celebration of this week's Blue Tsunami, we're re-airing a previous bonus episode on Katharine Lee Bates. In the months leading up to the midterms, Iowa's newly-minted Democratic governor-elect Rob Sand kicked off each of his campaign events...
If These Walls Could Talk — The Dennis Severs House and the Art of Staged Spaces
Following last week’s conversation with Booker-Prize finalist Rebecca Perry, Amy revisits the topic of staged spaces, their meanings and their magic. From the tableaux arranged by the fictional curator in Perry’s May We Feed the King, ...
Rosemary Tonks — The Bloater with Rebecca Perry
We’re honored to welcome 2026 Booker Prize finalist Rebecca Perry, author of the remarkable debut novel May We Feed The King, as a guest this week to discuss one of her favorite forgotten writers, Rosemary Tonks. A colorful fi...
Hildegard of Bingen and Mineko Iwasaki
What could a 12th-century Benedictine nun and a 20th-century geisha possibly have in common? More than you might think! While Hildegard of Bingen and Mineko Iwasaki are separated by eras and continents, their remarkable lives share some unexpec...