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.

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Bibliomasochism and "Pieces o' Eight"

Subscriber Episode • January 28, 2025 • Amy Helmes & Kim Askew • Episode 229

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Octavia E. Butler’s prescient dystopian novel Parable of the Sower may or may not be the perfect book to kick off 2025, as Amy discusses in this week’s bonus episode. On the other hand, if it’s escapism you’re after, consider the cutlass-wielding scalawags of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island and learn about a new book that explores the impact Stevenson’s wife Fanny (a writer herself) had on his literary output.

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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parallels between 2025 and Octavia E. Butler’s work

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

A Wilder Shore by Camille Peri

Fanny Stevenson

The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Stevenson

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