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
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...
Emily Hahn — No Hurry to Get Home with Julia Cooke
From bushwhacking through the Congo to smoking opium in Shanghai, Emily “Mickey” Hahn turned her need for adventure into captivating copy for The New Yorker, which published her vivid, first-person dispatches over the span of 60 years....
Sei Shōnagon — The Pillow Book
Inspired by last week’s episode on women diarists, Amy discusses Sei Shōnagon, a Japanese writer from the Heian period whose Pillow Book journal includes observations from her time serving the empress at court in the late 10th-century....
Women Diarists with Betsy Rubiner
Chronicles, confidantes, confessionals. Diaries have historically served all these purposes and more, allowing women to speak out in a world that sometimes preferred they keep mum (just ask Mrs. Samuel Pepys). But where should these very person...
Thecla, The Girl Who Baptized Herself
In this follow-up to our discussion on The Gospel of Mary, Amy explores the young woman at the heart of The Acts of Paul and Thecla, a lesser-known second-century apocryphal Christian text. Thecla’s wilful insistence on personal and bodily auto...