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In this encore presentation, we’re reviving a literary suicide scandal that took place among some of the biggest names in the West Coast’s early 20th century bohemian society. Joining us to discuss lost poet Nora May French and her life—and death—is Catherine Prendergast, author of the riveting book The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America. 

Discussed in this episode: 

Nora May French

The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America by Catherine Prendergast

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 

Charles Loomis

“The Spanish Girl” by Nora May French

George Sterling

The Bohemian Club

Ambrose Bierce

Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Charmian Kittredge London with Iris Dunkle

Jack London

The Huntington Library 

Harry Lafler 

“Ave Atque Vale” by Algernon Charles Swinburne

“Ave Atque Vale” by Nora May French

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