After finishing an English Literature degree at the beginning of the pandemic, writer and podcaster Holly Miller has decided to not read any more books written by men. This is a female literary podcast where Holly gets to talk about Women Writing books!
Writing Women Podcast
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After finishing an English Literature degree at the beginning of the pandemic, writer and podcaster Holly Miller has decided to not read any more books written by men. This is a female literary podcast where Holly gets to talk about Women Writing books!
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July 26, 2023
'I preferred the rose garden, after all, to the sound of the sea': Floral Hauntings in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca
<p>For this episode of the Writing Women Podcast, I researched one of my favourite novels to dig out Daphne du Maurier's incredible use of the floral metaphor. From the frightening, other-worldly rhododenrons to the confines of the rose gardens to the mournful hydrangeas, the flowers in Manderley reflect their inhabitants and give clues to how the novel is going to end from it's opening paragraph.</p> <p>Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com!</p> <p>You can find me on my other podcast <a href="https://linktr.ee/culturehang">Culture Hang</a> or sign up to my <a href="https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller">newsletter and everything else!</a></p> <p>Links:</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/23/olivia-laing-on-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca-80-years-on" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/23/olivia-laing-on-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca-80-years-on</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/nightmares-mirrors-and-possession-in-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/nightmares-mirrors-and-possession-in-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/daphne-du-maurier-and-the-gothic-tradition" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/daphne-du-maurier-and-the-gothic-tradition</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/last-night-i-dreamt-i-went-to-manderley-again-rebecca-and-me-1.3402476" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/last-night-i-dreamt-i-went-to-manderley-again-rebecca-and-me-1.3402476</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/books/daphne-du-maurier-enthusiast.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/books/daphne-du-maurier-enthusiast.html</a></p>
April 13, 2023
What if Lolita had Lived: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
<p>Content warning: discussions around the depictions of childhood sexual abuse, rape, grooming, manipulation</p> <p>Kate Elizabeth Russell's 2020 novel, My Dark Vanessa, captures the intricate nuances of how one of the legacies of Vladimir Nobokov's controversial 1955 novel, Lolita, has been utilised by child sexual abusers as a tool for their manipulation. In this narrative, however, set in the dawn of MeToo reckonings, Russell gives Vanessa the gift not afforded to Dolores Haze, Vanessa lives.</p> <p>Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com!</p> <p>You can find me on my other podcast <a href="https://linktr.ee/culturehang">Culture Hang</a> or sign up to my <a href="https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller">newsletter and everything else!</a></p> <p>Links: <a href="https://www.nylon.com/fiona-apple/amp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.nylon.com/fiona-apple/amp</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/style/modern-love-how-lolita-freed-me-from-my-own-humbert.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/style/modern-love-how-lolita-freed-me-from-my-own-humbert.html</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/05/vanessa-springora-consent-blake-bailey-literary-mentor-abuse/618928/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/05/vanessa-springora-consent-blake-bailey-literary-mentor-abuse/618928/</a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/03/girlhood-melissa-febos-lucid-expose-rape-culture/618445/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/03/girlhood-melissa-febos-lucid-expose-rape-culture/618445/</a><a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a31282424/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a31282424/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview/</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/13/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/13/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview</a><a href="https://kateelizabethrussell.com/note-to-readers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://kateelizabethrussell.com/note-to-readers</a></p> <p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4dvc06zTAaAylzdTrsgKzp?si=903e8c9127794d6a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://open.spotify.com/show/4dvc06zTAaAylzdTrsgKzp?si=903e8c9127794d6a</a></p>
February 25, 2023
Artists in Love, Orpheus and Eurydice, Fame & Adoration: The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin
<p>Happy new year (at the end of February) from me at the Writing Women Pod! This time I cover falling in love, the perils of being adored by a crowd and by the one you love all in this incredibly beautiful, favourite read of 2022, The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin.</p> <p><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780349701738?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgOefBhDgARIsAMhqXA4i0kgEQUWLBuR9A7i1vheBDS6pLwZrHeN8EjYE--L7yb0IkdyNbvIaAtJGEALw_wcB">Buy the book</a> (not sponsored just loved it), full <a href="https://www.foyles.co.uk/blog-sarvat-hasin">Foyles blog quoted at the beginning.</a></p> <p>Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com!</p> <p>You can find me on my other podcast <a href="https://linktr.ee/culturehang">Culture Hang</a> or sign up to my <a href="https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller">newsletter and everything else!</a></p>
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