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New York Times book editor and returning guest Sadie Stein joins us to discuss the semi-lurid, yet weirdly wonderful 1909 novel A Girl of the Limberlost by the once wildly popular novelist and McCall's magazine columnist, Gene Stratton-Porter. 

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From the 14th century’s The Boke of St. Albans by Juliana Berners to Lauren Groff’s latest novel, Matrix, join us for a discussion on falconry in literature and our fascination with these captive birds of prey. 

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Novelist and university professor Joy Castro joins us to discuss Margery Latimer, an all-but-forgotten early 20th century writer whose work has been compared to D.H. Lawrence, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce. We’re discussing Latimer’s mind-blowingly brilliant book from 1928, We Are Incredible, as well as Latimer’s fraught friendship with another lost lady of lit, Zona Gale.

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We have so many exciting episodes lined up for 2022, but before we surge (ahem!) into the new year, we want to dish about the Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College podcast, share a roundup of other great books we’ve been reading, and give an update from a listener: Brook Ashley, Dare Wright’s godchild and author of Dare Wright and The Lonely Doll, wrote in to share some of her perspectives on Dare’s life. Happy New Year! 

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Guest Judith Mackrell’s thrilling 2021 book The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II sets the stage for our discussion of wartime correspondent Virginia Cowles and her sensational 1941 memoir, Looking for Trouble, which was reissued by Faber this fall. 

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It’s the ghosts of Christmas present here with a holiday mini episode featuring the Victorian short story “The Wicked Editor’s Christmas Dream,” a spoof of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Stay safe and Happy Holidays! 

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Lucia Berlin has been called one of America's "best kept secrets.” We’ll be discussing Berlin’s engrossing short short story collection A Manual for Cleaning Women, published posthumously in 2015 and soon to be adapted for the screen by Pedro Almodovar. Joining us is a longtime friend of Berlin’s, the inimitable Mimi Pond, a cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Paris Review.

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Kim’s niece Chloe joins us for this mini episode on Esther Averill’s quirky and beloved children’s series Jenny and the Cat Club. In 1954, one of the titles, Jenny’s Birthday Book, was named The New York Times’ Best Children's Book of the Year. 

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Anne Zimmerman, author of the 2011 biography An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher, joins us to discuss Fisher and her World War II-era book How to Cook a Wolf, which was an attempt to teach people how to eat well and be well amidst personal and collective chaos.

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There’s always something to be thankful for, and this year, we’re especially thankful for you, our listeners! Join us as we discuss books set during Thanksgiving, and Amy reads aloud from Louisa May Alcott’s charming short story “An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving.” 

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