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Alba de Céspedes — Forbidden Notebook with Joy Castro

Alba de Céspedes — Forbidden Notebook with Joy Castro

FromLost Ladies of Lit


Alba de Céspedes — Forbidden Notebook with Joy Castro

FromLost Ladies of Lit

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Nov 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Novelist and university professor Joy Castro returns to the show to discuss the 1952 novel Forbidden Notebook by Cuban-Italian writer Alba de Cespedes. In a New York Times review of a 1958 English edition of this novel, de Céspedes was called “one of the few distinguished women writers since Colette to grapple effectively with what it is to be a woman.” Discussed in this episode: Forbidden Notebook by Alba de CéspedesHer Side of the Story by Alba de CéspedesMuriel Rukeyser poem “Kathë Kollwitz”Hell or High Water by Joy CastroFlight Risk by Joy CastroIsland of Bones by Joy CastroOne Brilliant Flame by Joy CastroThe Truth Book by Joy Castro“Burning It Down” by Joy CastroLost Ladies of Lit episode on Margery LatimerLost Ladies of Lit episode on E.M. DelafieldLost Ladies of Lit episode on Miriam KarpiloveLost Ladies of Lit episode on Lorraine HansberryLiterary scholar Merve Emre Carlos Manuel de CéspedesMariama Bâ’s So Long a LetterMercé RodoredaElena FerranteKatherine MansfieldVirginia Woolf’s Mrs. DallowayKate Chopin’s The AwakeningFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comDiscuss episodes on our Facebook Forum. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast
Released:
Nov 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.