by Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
Join biographer Kate Kennedy and poet Katherine Collins from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing as they talk to leading biographers and academics from around the world. From medieval records to social media trends, diaries to musical scores, they explore how we write about lives from every perspective. Find out more about OCLW: www.oclw.web.ox.ac.uk Twitter: @OxLifeWriting The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing is based at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
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October 8, 2021
<p>Noted feminist economist Devaki Jain talks about writing her memoir, The Brass Notebook (2020), with her long-term friend, Gloria Steinem. They are hosted by Katherine Collins and Elleke Boehmer. Together, they discuss Jain and Steinem’s friendship (which spans many years as fellow activists), telling their mothers’ stories, and women becoming more radical as they get older.</p> <p><strong>Content warning:</strong> brief discussion of sexual assault.</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>feminism, economics, India, motherhood, family history, activism, feminist economics.</p> <p><strong>Find out more about:</strong></p> <p>Devaki Jain:</p> <ul> <li>Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brass-Notebook-Memoir-Devaki-Jain/dp/9389958695">The Brass Notebook: A Memoir</a> (2020)</li> <li>Profile: <a href="https://www.firstwomenatoxford.ox.ac.uk/devaki-jain">‘First Women at Oxford’</a></li> </ul> <p>Gloria Steinem:</p> <ul> <li>Website: <a href="https://www.gloriasteinem.com/">https://www.gloriasteinem.com/</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/GloriaSteinem">@GloriaSteinem</a></li> </ul> <p>The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing:</p> <ul> <li>Website: <a href="https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/"><strong>https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/</strong></a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/OxLifeWriting" target="_blank"><strong>@OxLifeWriting</strong></a></li> </ul> <p>If you'd like to be more involved, access exclusive events and attend our online book club, then join our <a href="https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/support-us#/" target="_blank"><strong>Friends of OCLW scheme</strong></a>. We also offer <a href="https://www.oxfordwritingmentors.com/" target="_blank"><strong>writing groups and mentoring</strong></a> to those working on their own writing projects.</p> <p>The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing is based at <a href="https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>Wolfson College, University of Oxford</strong></a>.</p> <p>Artwork by <a href="https://thingsbyuna.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Una</strong></a>. Edited by Charles Pidgeon.</p>
July 6, 2021
<p>John Schad’s experimental biography, Paris Bride: A Modernist Life, mixes fact and fiction as it speculates on the life of one of his ancestors, Marie Schad. Confronted with scant archival fact, John turns to literary pastiche and quotation to imagine her early-twentieth-century life by thinking alongside modernist writers. Long-time friend of the podcast, Alexandra Harris, a writer and literary critic who specialises in literary modernism, joins this discussion to give her insights on the literary context.</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>twentieth-century, modernism, experimental biography, post-criticism, family history.</p> <p><strong>Find out more about:</strong></p> <p>John Schad:</p> <ul> <li>Book: <a href="https://punctumbooks.com/titles/paris-bride-a-modernist-life/"><strong>Paris Bride: A Modernist Life</strong></a> (2020)</li> <li>John is Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Lancaster. <a href="https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/english-literature-and-creative-writing/people/john-schad">See profile.</a></li> </ul> <p>Alexandra Harris:</p> <ul> <li>Website: <a href="https://www.alexandraharris.co.uk/">https://www.alexandraharris.co.uk/</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexhHarris">@AlexHHarris</a></li> </ul> <p>The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing:</p> <ul> <li>Website: <a href="https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/"><strong>https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/</strong></a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/OxLifeWriting" target="_blank"><strong>@OxLifeWriting</strong></a></li> </ul> <p>If you'd like to be more involved, access exclusive events and attend our online book club, then join our <a href="https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/support-us#/" target="_blank"><strong>Friends Scheme</strong></a>. We also offer <a href="https://www.oxfordwritingmentors.com/" target="_blank"><strong>writing groups and mentoring</strong></a> to those working on their own writing projects.</p> <p>The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing is based at <a href="https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>Wolfson College, University of Oxford</strong></a>.</p> <p>Artwork by <a href="https://thingsbyuna.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Una</strong></a>. Edited by Charles Pidgeon.</p>
June 15, 2021
<p>Helena Attlee and Sophy Roberts have both written "biographies" of musical instruments. Sophy Roberts’s book, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, sees her track down these instruments in remote landscapes all across Russia, tracing the unique importance of pianos to Tsarist and USSR history, and the poignant stories of the individuals who used them. Helena Attlee’s book, Lev’s Violin, follows the story of one particular violin across Italy and beyond, describing the wider history of European luthiers, and exploring how we ascribe monetary value to these emotionally charged objects. They talk to Kate Kennedy (herself a cellist) about what it means to write the story of an instrument.</p> <p><strong>Donate to restore Lev’s Violin:</strong> <a href="https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-levs-violin" target="_blank">https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-levs-violin</a></p> <p><strong>Find out more about:</strong></p> <p>Sophy Roberts:</p> <ul> <li>Book: <a href="https://www.lostpianosofsiberia.com/"><strong>The Lost Pianos of Siberia</strong></a><strong> </strong>(2020)</li> <li>Website: <a href="https://www.sophyroberts.com/"><strong>https://www.sophyroberts.com/</strong></a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sophy_roberts/?hl=en"><strong>@sophy.roberts</strong></a></li> </ul> <p>Helena Attlee:</p> <ul> <li>Book: <a href="https://www.helena-attlee.com/levs-violin"><strong>Lev’s Violin: an Italian Adventure</strong></a> (2021)</li> <li>Website: <a href="//www.helena-attlee.com"><strong>www.helena-attlee.com</strong></a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/HelenaAttlee"><strong>@HelenaAttlee</strong></a></li> </ul> <p>The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing:</p> <ul> <li>Website: <a href="https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/"><strong>https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/</strong></a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/OxLifeWriting" target="_blank"><strong>@OxLifeWriting</strong></a></li> </ul> <p>If you'd like to be more involved, access exclusive events and attend our online book club, then join our <a href="https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/support-us#/" target="_blank"><strong>Friends Scheme</strong></a>. We also offer <a href="https://www.oxfordwritingmentors.com/" target="_blank"><strong>writing groups and mentoring</strong></a> to those working on their own writing projects.</p> <p>The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing is based at <a href="https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>Wolfson College, University of Oxford</strong></a>.</p> <p>Artwork by <a href="https://thingsbyuna.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Una</strong></a>. Edited by Charles Pidgeon.</p>
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Join biographer Kate Kennedy and poet Katherine Collins from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing as they talk to leading biographers and academics from around the world. From medieval records to social media trends, diaries to musical scores, they explore how we write about lives from every perspective.
Find out more about OCLW: www.oclw.web.ox.ac.uk Twitter: @OxLifeWriting
The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing is based at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
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