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 • 271 episodes
Lost Ladies of Lit
Latest Episodes
Fact or Fiction? Calamity Jane’s Letters to Her Daughter
A curious used-book find recently led Amy on a quest to find out the historical significance of a Shameless Hussy Press title from 1976: Calamity Jane’s Letters to Her Daughter. Are these poignant letters from the Wild West legend to h...
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Episode 269
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18:33
Rosalind Ashe — Moths with Lisa B. Kröger
Republished this year by Valancourt books, Rosalind’s Ashe’s 1976 gothic thriller Moths is a spine-chilling tale of supernatural seduction featuring a femme fatale who lures men to their deaths like lepidoptera to a flame. Gothic lit e...
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Episode 268
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40:54
The Enduring Relevance of Edna Ferber's Giant
Grab your 10-gallon hat for this week’s episode as Amy dives deep into Edna Ferber's Giant, a novel that strongly critiqued racial inequity and exposed the unjust treatment of Mexican Americans and immigrants — a conversation that cont...
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Episode 267
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21:40
Radclyffe Hall — The Well of Loneliness with Iris Jamahl Dunkle
Often called “the lesbian Bible,” Radclyffe Hall’s 1928 novel The Well of Loneliness has been sparking debate for nearly a century. Banned in the UK after an infamous obscenity trial, the book remains a lightening rod for readers — som...
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Episode 266
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42:02
The Poetry of Boxing: When Marianne Moore Met Muhammad Ali
Blood sport or poetry in motion? Amy relcutantly weighs in on the sport of boxing this week, reciting Mrs. Elwood Nickerson’s ballad about a historic prize fight in 19th-century England between the British boxer Tom Sayers and America’s “Benici...
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Episode 265
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17:41