Lost Ladies of Lit
Episodes
Nancy Mitford — The Pursuit of Love/Love In a Cold Climate with Laura Thompson
15 Jun 2021
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Send us a textJoining us from the UK this week is New York Times bestselling-writer Laura Thompson, author of the Nancy Mitford biography Life In a Co...
The American Guide Series
08 Jun 2021
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Send us a textImagine if there were a federal works program to support unemployed writers? In the 1930s, there was! In this week’s mini episode, we’...
Elizabeth Stoddard — The Morgesons with Rachel Vorona Cote
01 Jun 2021
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Send us a textLike her contemporary Herman Melville, New England writer Elizabeth Stoddard was a critical success—Nathaniel Hawthorne himself was a ...
Celia Thaxter — A Picturesque Poet Turns to Crime Writing
25 May 2021
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Send us a textAfter witnessing the aftermath of a notorious double murder, one of 19th century America’s most popular poetry and prose writers took ...
Maud Hart Lovelace - The Betsy-Tacy High School Books with Sadie Stein
18 May 2021
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Send us a textReady for some Edwardian Era YA? Set in Minnesota at the turn of the 20th century, Maud Hart Lovelace’s delightful Besty-Tacy series i...
Anna Komnene — Europe's First Female Historian
11 May 2021
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Send us a textIf you were banished by your brother to a convent, how would you use all that “free” time? 12th-century Byzantine princess Anna Komn...
Peg Bracken — The I Hate to Cook Book with Helene Siegel
04 May 2021
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Send us a textPeg Bracken’s bestselling 1960 cookbook The I Hate to Cook Book has been described as a mashup of Martha Stewart and Amy Sedaris. Join...
All For the Love of Libraries
27 Apr 2021
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Send us a textIn this week’s mini episode, Amy confesses a “scandalous” book lover’s secret, and we discuss many things library-related, inclu...
Amy Levy — Reuben Sachs with Dr. Ann Kennedy Smith
20 Apr 2021
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Send us a textDid you know there was a controversial, now-forgotten 1888 novel written in response to George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda by a writer who ...
Martha Gellhorn
13 Apr 2021
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Send us a text“I was a writer before I met him, and I have been a writer for 45 years since. Why should I be a footnote to someone else’s life?”...
Jocelyn Playfair — A House in the Country
06 Apr 2021
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Send us a textIn this week’s episode we discuss Jocelyn Playfair’s A House in the Country. Written in 1944—when an Allied victory was still far ...
A Short History of Riding Side Saddle
30 Mar 2021
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Send us a textThis week’s mini is in homage to last week’s trailblazing Lost Lady of Lit, Charmian Kittredge London, who was among the first wave ...
Charmian Kittredge London with Iris Jamahl Dunkle
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIf you don’t know anything about author Charmian Kittredge London, you’ll be fascinated by her after this episode! She was every bit...
Dear Film Industry, Please Consider Adapting These Books by Women
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJoin Amy and Kim for their latest mini episode as they take a trip down memory lane to tell the story of their bff “meet cute.” No s...
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford—Molly Bawn with Jessica Callahan
09 Mar 2021
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Send us a textIrish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford’s light Victorian-era romances were known throughout the English-speaking world, and her nove...
The Gilded Age
02 Mar 2021
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Send us a textJoin Amy and Kim for their latest mini episode as they dish on the upcoming HBO series The Gilded Age and the era that’s synonymous wi...
Marthe Bibesco — The Green Parrot with Lauren Cerand
23 Feb 2021
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Send us a textThe New York Times called The Green Parrot "A strange and beautiful story, with the faintly arid charm of a miniature painted on t...
A Real Life Lady Whistledown
16 Feb 2021
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Send us a textIn their latest mini episode, Amy and Kim do some spoiler-free dishing on the hit Netflix series Bridgerton before digging up the dirt o...
Marjorie Hillis — Live Alone and Like It with Joanna Scutts
09 Feb 2021
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Send us a textAmy and Kim go decidedly more Galentine’s Day than Valentine’s Day with an episode dedicated to Marjorie Hillis and her bestselling ...
Rosa Bonheur — Lost Lady of Art
02 Feb 2021
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Send us a textIn this week’s mini episode, Amy and Kim discuss a lost lady of the art world, Rosa Bonheur. Statesmen, celebrities, and royalty all g...
Louise Fitzhugh — Harriet the Spy with Leslie Brody and Laura Mazer
26 Jan 2021
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Send us a textIn this week’s episode, Amy and Kim discuss Louise Fitzhugh and her groundbreaking children’s book Harriet the Spy with Fitzhugh bio...
On Books We Love... and Books We Hate
19 Jan 2021
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Send us a textIn this week’s mini episode, Amy and Kim tell us how they really feel about widely-loved and critically-acclaimed books such as My Bri...
Stella Gibbons — Nightingale Wood
12 Jan 2021
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Send us a textIn this week’s episode, Amy and Kim discuss Stella Gibbons’ Nightingale Wood, a sophisticated and charmingly unorthodox 1930s-era Ci...
From Jane Austen to Zadie Smith — Advice from Women Writers for a More Productive 2021
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this week’s mini episode, Kim and Amy share secrets of what makes their writing partnership work. Then, join them as they turn to f...
Sui Sin Far — Mrs. Spring Fragrance with Victoria Namkung
29 Dec 2020
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Send us a textIn this week’s episode, Amy and Kim have a conversation about Sui Sin Far and her wonderful short story collection, Mrs. Spring Fragra...
Kate Douglas Wiggin — The Birds’ Christmas Carol
22 Dec 2020
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Send us a textIn their latest mini episode, Amy and Kim get into the holiday spirit while discussing Kate Douglas Wiggin’s The Birds’ Christmas Ca...
Nathalia Crane — The Janitor’s Boy and Other Poems
15 Dec 2020
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Send us a textIn this week’s episode, Amy and Kim discuss the life and work of controversial child poet Nathalia Crane, whose poetry began receiving...
Somewhere In Time On Anne’s Mackinac Island
08 Dec 2020
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Send us a textIn this mini episode, join Amy and Kim on a virtual visit to Michigan’s Mackinac Island, one of the settings from Episode 11’s novel...
Constance Fenimore Woolson — Anne with Anne Boyd Rioux
01 Dec 2020
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Send us a textIn this episode, Kim and Amy have a conversation about Constance Fenimore Woolson’s novel Anne (1880) with professor and author Anne B...
A Falling Out Among Friends — Willa Cather and Dorothy Canfield Fisher
24 Nov 2020
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Send us a textIn this week’s mini episode, Amy and Kim discuss the 15-year feud between writers Willa Cather and Episode 9’s featured author, Doro...
Dorothy Canfield Fisher - The Home-Maker
17 Nov 2020
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Send us a textIn this episode, Amy and Kim discuss Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s The Home-Maker, one of the ten bestselling novels in the U.S. in 1924. ...
Gossip & Heartbreak in the Letters of Emily Eden
10 Nov 2020
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Send us a textIn this week’s mini episode, “Gossip & Heartbreak in the Letters of Emily Eden,” Amy and Kim discuss the letters of Lost Lady ...
Emily Eden - The Semi-Attached Couple and The Semi-Detached House
03 Nov 2020
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Send us a textIn this week’s episode, Amy and Kim discuss Emily Eden (1797-1869) and two of her novels, The Semi-Attached Couple and The Semi-Detach...
If Books Could Talk
27 Oct 2020
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Send us a textIn this week’s mini episode, “If Books Could Talk,” Amy and Kim take a look at some of the current and upcoming book-related movie...
Simone Schwarz-Bart - The Bridge of Beyond
20 Oct 2020
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Send us a textIn this episode, Amy and Kim discuss Simone Schwarz-Bart’s masterpiece of Caribbean literature, The Bridge of Beyond. Translated from ...
What's In a Name?
13 Oct 2020
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Send us a textIn this week’s mini episode, Amy and Kim unpack “what’s in a name?” -- a literary name, that is -- as they discuss what makes fo...
E.M. Delafield - Diary of a Provincial Lady
06 Oct 2020
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Send us a textAmy and Kim take a closer look at E.M. Delafield’s charming Diary of a Provincial Lady, a fictional (yet largely autobiographical) j...
We Went, We Saw, We Concord
29 Sep 2020
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Send us a textIn their first Lost Ladies of Lit “mini” episode, Amy and Kim make a virtual visit to one of their favorite historically literary ho...
Monica Dickens - Mariana
16 Sep 2020
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Send us a textLost Ladies of Lit launches with a conversation on Mariana, the first novel by Monica Dickens (May 10, 1915 – December 25, 1992), the ...
Welcome to Lost Ladies of Lit! A 50 Second Trailer
01 Sep 2020
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Send us a textA quick preview of Lost Ladies of Lit, a book podcast hosted by writing partners Amy Helmes and Kim Askew. Guests include biographers, j...