Send us a textDark 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 gender studies, joins us to illuminate Barnes’s tumultuous life and help us decipher her "ultimate breakup novel,” a work that casts its spell by turning the world upside down in subversive defiance of fascism.Mentioned in this episode:Nightwood by Djuna BarnesCraze by Margaret VandenburgAn American in Paris by Margaret VandenburgDjuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes by Jon MacyThe Life and Work of Djuna Barnes by Phillip HerringNew York by Djuna Barnes (collected journalism)The Book of Repulsive Women and Other Poems by Djuna BarnesLadies Almanac by Djuna Barnes“The Antiphon” by Djuna BarnesLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 266 on Radclyffe HallZadel BarnesBarnes’s 1922 Support the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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