Inviolable Voices: Stories of Writers and Literature

By Nadia Padilla

Arts

What's Inviolable Voices: Stories of Writers and Literature about?

A storytelling podcast dedicated to the stories behind the great books of the past. On the show, I explore the inner conflicts and adverse circumstances that have shaped authors' lives, from antiquity to the twentieth century, one author at a time. Together, we'll uncover the long-forgotten mysteries and dramas behind the greatest literary works, the heartache and anger and joy behind all those books that still speak to us today. Visit my website, www.inviolablevoices.com, for more information.

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Ep. 15. Dante Alighieri: Pa...

06.08.2016

Dante Alighieri wrote one of the greatest literary works of all time: The Divine Comedy, of which the first section, the Inferno, is likely the greatest part. This episode tells the story of how he got there - a few ...

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06.08.2016 Ep. 15. Dante Alighieri: Party of One Dante Alighieri wrote one of the greatest literary works of all time: The Divine Comedy, of which the first section, the Inferno, is likely the greatest part. This episode tells the story of how he got there - a few ...
05.24.2016 Ep. 14. Daphne du Maurier during World War II Listen in for the story of Daphne du Maurier's World War II years. The year before WWII started, du Maurier felt like she was a pretty lucky person. She was happily married to an honest, upstanding WWI hero and had ...
05.19.2016 Ep. 13. Alexander Pope v. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Part II This is Part 2 of 2 episodes on one of the greatest literary battles in history. This week, hear all about the showdown between Alexander Pope, the greatest poet of his age, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a gifted poet ...
05.10.2016 Ep. 12. Lady Mary v. Alexander Pope: Part I Part 1 of 2 on the epic literary battle that took place between early-18th-cent English authors Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Alexander Pope. Pope was a Catholic during years when Catholics were treated horrendously in England and struggled all of ...
05.03.2016 Ep. 11. Agatha Christie - The Lady Vanishes This episode tells the strange story of Agatha Christie's real-life mystery. Christie was already a famous mystery writer on the day in December 1926 when she left her house at 11 PM one night and never returned. Her car was ...
04.26.2016 Ep. 10. Zitkala-Sa: Of Two Worlds This episode tells the incredible story of Zitkala-Sa, a Yankton Sioux woman whose works help us understand, better than any history book could, what it felt like to be part of that first generation of Native American children growing up ...
04.19.2016 Ep. 9. Leo Tolstoy: Finding the Light III The final installment of our Leo Tolstoy miniseries. This episode recounts the tragic final years of Tolstoy's life, during which Tolstoy went from being a reasonably happy family man and the author of one of the greatest novels ever to ...
04.12.2016 Ep. 8. Leo Tolstoy: Finding the Light II The second of a three-part series on Leo Tolstoy, the author of two of the greatest novels ever - "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina." This episode deals with his late twenties and thirties, during which time Tolstoy deals with ...
04.05.2016 Ep. 7. Leo Tolstoy: Finding the Light I Leo Tolstoy wrote two of the greatest novels ever - War and Peace and Anna Karenina. And then he turned his back on them, and on literature, practically, to become the founder of a religion that had millions of followers ...
03.10.2016 Ep. 6. Sappho: Woman with a Lyre Sappho, who wrote around 600 BC on the Isle of Lesbos, was second only to Homer in ancient Greece as a poet. She was The Poetess and he The Poet. Her poems were widely emulated for centuries and lovingly copied ...
03.02.2016 Ep. 5. Machado de Assis - Brazilian Master Machado de Assis is the most revered Brazilian author, a man whose incredibly innovative novels were decades ahead of their time. He was also a mysterious figure, secretive about his past and personal life. This episode covers one especially mysterious ...
02.25.2016 Ep. 4. Lorraine Hansberry: Lessons Learned from a White Fur Coat Lorraine Hansberry lives on in our memories as a pivotal member of the African American community, remembered both for her civil rights activism and for the play A Raisin in the Sun. She was so much more than that, though. ...
02.18.2016 Ep. 3 - The Unfortunate Tale of Shakespeare's Father Hear the story of a little-known aspect of Shakespeare's life: his father's precipitate rise from tenant farmer's son to mayor in a few short years and, during Shakespeare's adolescence, his mysterious, abrupt fall from prominence. We'll explore how the economic ...
02.12.2016 Ep. 2. Mary Shelley: Living for Writing The incredible, crazier-than-fiction story of the creation of the novel Frankenstein. People often don't know that Mary Shelley was only eighteen years old when she began to write Frankenstein, but she had already lived through so much more than most ...
02.04.2016 Geoffrey Chaucer: Reluctant Poet Learn all about Geoffrey Chaucer, the man who made English poetry a thing. His day job and writing conflicted in interesting ways, though - one required him to be circumspect and careful, the other demanded that he expose himself and ...