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- 2021
- First episode
About Writing Women Podcast
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!
- Publisher
- Holly Miller
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Nov 2021
- Latest episode
- 26 Jul 2023
Latest episodes
15 episodes in the feed.
26 Jul 2023
'I preferred the rose garden, after all, to the sound of the sea': Floral Hauntings in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca
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. Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or sign up to my newsletter and everything else! (https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller) Links: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/23/olivia-laing-on-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca-80-years-on (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/23/olivia-laing-on-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca-80-years-on) https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/nightmares-mirrors-and-possession-in-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca (https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/nightmares-mirrors-and-possession-in-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca) https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/daphne-du-maurier-and-the-gothic-tradition (https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/daphne-du-maurier-and-the-gothic-tradition) https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/last-night-i-dreamt-i-went-to-manderley-again-rebecca-and-me-1.3402476 (https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/last-night-i-dreamt-i-went-to-manderley-again-rebecca-and-me-1.3402476) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/books/daphne-du-maurier-enthusiast.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/books/daphne-du-maurier-enthusiast.html)
13 Apr 2023
What if Lolita had Lived: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Content warning: discussions around the depictions of childhood sexual abuse, rape, grooming, manipulation 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. Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or sign up to my newsletter and everything else! (https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller) Links: https://www.nylon.com/fiona-apple/amp (https://www.nylon.com/fiona-apple/amp)https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/style/modern-love-how-lolita-freed-me-from-my-own-humbert.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/style/modern-love-how-lolita-freed-me-from-my-own-humbert.html) https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/05/vanessa-springora-consent-blake-bailey-literary-mentor-abuse/618928/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/05/vanessa-springora-consent-blake-bailey-literary-mentor-abuse/618928/)https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/03/girlhood-melissa-febos-lucid-expose-rape-culture/618445/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/03/girlhood-melissa-febos-lucid-expose-rape-culture/618445/)https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a31282424/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview/ (https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a31282424/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview/)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/13/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/13/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview)https://kateelizabethrussell.com/note-to-readers (https://kateelizabethrussell.com/note-to-readers) https://open.spotify.com/show/4dvc06zTAaAylzdTrsgKzp?si=903e8c9127794d6a (https://open.spotify.com/show/4dvc06zTAaAylzdTrsgKzp?si=903e8c9127794d6a)
25 Feb 2023
Artists in Love, Orpheus and Eurydice, Fame & Adoration: The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin
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. Buy the book (https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780349701738?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgOefBhDgARIsAMhqXA4i0kgEQUWLBuR9A7i1vheBDS6pLwZrHeN8EjYE--L7yb0IkdyNbvIaAtJGEALw_wcB) (not sponsored just loved it), full Foyles blog quoted at the beginning. (https://www.foyles.co.uk/blog-sarvat-hasin) Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or sign up to my newsletter and everything else! (https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller)
16 Dec 2022
Laying a God to Rest: The Biography & Work of Sylvia Plath
For my final episode of the year, I wanted to return to a poet who has obsessed, confounded and finally been settled by me throughout my young adolscence and into my academic years, Sylvia Plath. The 2020 essay in full (https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/why-we-dont-need-another-sylvia-plath-biography/) Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or sign up to my newsletter and everything else! (https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller)
29 Nov 2022
On Writing & One Year On for the Writing Women Podcast
It's been quite an inaugural year for the Writing Women Podcast and I have loved every second of it. Thank you for coming along for the journey and may there be many more episodes and books to come! Links: Andrea Long Chu in Vulture (https://www.vulture.com/article/ottessa-moshfegh-lapvona-review.html) My essay 'An Exercise in the Art vs the Artist' (https://open.substack.com/pub/hollymiller/p/an-exercise-in-the-art-vs-the-artist?r=1g8mzm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or sign up to my newsletter and everything else! (https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller)
24 Sept 2022
'So Long As You Write' Inspiring Women Writers Collection: Dear Damsels Interview
In this very special interview episode with the amazing women behind Dear Damsels (https://deardamsels.com/), I delve into the long-awaited questions I've always wanted to ask them about the latest collection, So Long As You Write (https://deardamsels.com/product/so-long-as-you-write/), and how they started up in the first place. Submit (https://deardamsels.com/2022/09/01/theme-ego-2022/)to our latest submission call out for pieces around EGO by Sunday 9th October! Grab your copy of So Long As You Write (https://deardamsels.com/product/book-bag-bundle-so-long-as-you-write/) or any of the four previously published works now! Become a Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deardamsels)! Sign up to the newsletter (https://deardamsels.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=0394e8d53dc4e588c0dce4772&id=cc91378958)and follow DD on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deardamsels/)and Twitter (https://twitter.com/deardamsels). Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or sign up to my newsletter and everything else! (https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller)
30 Jul 2022
A Twentieth Century History of 'Passing' & Performing Identity: Passing by Nella Larsen & The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Content warning: discussion of racism *Please note I've mistakenly called Allyson Hobbs, Allyson Bell for the duration of the podcast, my apologies* This month on the Writing Women Podcast, I look at this history of 'passing' in twentieth century literature from classic texts like Nella Larsen's 1929 'Passing' to how Brit Bennett's 2020 'The Vanishing Half' answers back and adapts to the long history of texts that have come before. Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or sign up to my newsletter and everything else! (https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller) Links: https://text.npr.org/1054025599 (https://text.npr.org/1054025599) Allyson Hobbs, A Chosen Exile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toyjv27q17E&ab_channel=EmoryUniversit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toyjv27q17E&ab_channel=EmoryUniversity)y https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nella_Larsen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nella_Larsen) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/04/vanishing-half-brit-bennett-review-twin-struggle-pass-white-new-orleans (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/04/vanishing-half-brit-bennett-review-twin-struggle-pass-white-new-orleans) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/books/review-vanishing-half-brit-bennett.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/books/review-vanishing-half-brit-bennett.html) https://text.npr.org/868197705 (https://text.npr.org/868197705) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/brit-bennett-reimagines-the-literature-of-passing (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/brit-bennett-reimagines-the-literature-of-passing) https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/11/21285597/vanishing-half-review-brit-bennett (https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/11/21285597/vanishing-half-review-brit-bennett) https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/9/2/21406088/brit-bennett-interview-watch-live-vanishing-half-vox-book-club (https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/9/2/21406088/brit-bennett-interview-watch-live-vanishing-half-vox-book-club) https://www.vox.com/culture/21377648/vanishing-half-brit-bennett-toni-morrison-oral-tradition-judylyn-ryan (https://www.vox.com/culture/21377648/vanishing-half-brit-bennett-toni-morrison-oral-tradition-judylyn-ryan)
20 Jun 2022
LGBTQIA+ Reading Recommendations for Pride Month
Happy Pride everyone! I thought I'd do something a little different this month and focus on a list of LGBTQIA+ writers, both new and the very old, to get you started with supporting the community this month (and every month please!) If you have a recommendation that you would like to share, please email me at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com and I'll be sure to share them! Reccs in order of the episode: Detransition Baby (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/torrey-peters/detransition-baby/9781788167208) by Torrey Peters No Modernism Without Lesbians (https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/No-Modernism-Without-Lesbians-by-Diana-Souhami/9781786694874) by Diana Souhami (https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/search/author/Diana%20Souhami) Double Booked (https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Double-Booked-by-Lily-Lindon/9781801107587) by Lily Lindon Adrienne Rich Poetry (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/adrienne-rich/selected-poems-1950-1995/9781897648674) Audre Lorde Poetry (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/audre-lorde/chosen-poems-old-and-new/9780393300178)and Essays (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/audre-lorde/master-s-tools-will-never-dismantle-the-master-s-house/9780241339725) Giovanni's Room (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/james-baldwin/giovanni-s-room/9780141186351)by James Baldwin Angels in America (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/tony-kushner/angels-in-america-parts-one-two/9781854599827) by Tony Kushner Trumpet (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/jackie-kay/trumpet/9781447289494)by Jackie Kay or any of her poetry collections (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/jackie-kay/adoption-papers/9781852241568) Oscar Wilde (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/oscar-wilde/importance-of-being-earnest-and-other-plays/9780199535972) Leaves of Grass (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/walt-whitman/leaves-of-grass/9780241303122) by Walt Whitman Poetry (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/frank-o-hara/why-i-am-not-a-painter-and-other-poems/9781857546880)by Frank O'Hara Playtime (https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Playtime-by-Andrew-McMillan/9781911214373)by Andrew McMillan Complete Poems (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/emily-dickinson/complete-poems/9780571336173) by Emily Dickinson On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/ocean-vuong/on-earth-we-re-briefly-gorgeous/9781529110685) by Ocean Vuong Milk Fed (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/melissa-broder/milk-fed/9781408897126) by Melissa Broder Fire Island on Disney+ (https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/fire-island/604EXOKUEXV6)
29 Apr 2022
Failing to Capture Cool: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Happy springtime! In the shadow of the new series dramatising the fictionalised trials and tribulations of this fictionalised 70's rock band, I explore Taylor Jenkins Reid attempt to capture that time but missing something essential about why we're so intrigued and obsessed: the music and the cool. I explore the limits of genre, what even is cool and how she should have been braver and just written a biography of Fleetwood Mac. Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or sign up to my newsletter and everything else! (https://linktr.ee/writerhollymiller) Links: Cool Rules: Anatomy of an Attitude (2000) by Dick Pountain & David Robins https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/02/taylor-jenkins-reid-daisy-jones-and-the-six-interview (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/02/taylor-jenkins-reid-daisy-jones-and-the-six-interview) https://hello-sunshine.com/post/how-fleetwood-mac-influenced-daisy-jones-the-six (https://hello-sunshine.com/post/how-fleetwood-mac-influenced-daisy-jones-the-six)
8 Mar 2022
International Women's Day 2022 Episode: Witches of Scotland & Centuries of Patriarchal Violence: The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
Content Warning: discussions of male violence against women, rape and witch trials This month, for a special International Women's Day episode, I look at the wider cultural significance of Evie Wyld's 'The Bass Rock (https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/evie-wyld/bass-rock/9781784705497?gclid=Cj0KCQiA95aRBhCsARIsAC2xvfwJ1l0lTzExP1Uve_ZTNlipgajVl3a2k3DpWrKkI2ohaVCfljBoKCIaAhj3EALw_wcB)' in the context of centuries of violence against female presenting people and in light of the recent campaign seeking out an apology amongst other justice attributes by the Witches of Scotland (https://www.witchesofscotland.com/) campaign (listen to their podcast here (https://open.spotify.com/show/4PQcu35wKlRrf085BENjI0?si=dfd5b630028847c6)). If you're looking to reach out for help with any of the issues discussed in the epsiode, please click the links below to charities who can help: https://www.refuge.org.uk/ (https://www.refuge.org.uk/) https://www.womensaid.org.uk/ (https://www.womensaid.org.uk/) https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/the-domestic-violence-abuse-charities-supporting-survivors-in-the-uk/ (https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/the-domestic-violence-abuse-charities-supporting-survivors-in-the-uk/) https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ (https://rapecrisis.org.uk/) https://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/rape-and-sexual-assault/ (https://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/rape-and-sexual-assault/) Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or at writerhollymiller.com (https://www.writerhollymiller.com/) Links: https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/witchs-iron-collar/ (https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/witchs-iron-collar/) https://www.nls.uk/learning-zone/literature-and-language/themes-in-focus/witches/source-3/#:~:text=Ayrshire%20witches,prosecution%20taking%20place%20in%201727 (https://www.nls.uk/learning-zone/literature-and-language/themes-in-focus/witches/source-3/#:~:text=Ayrshire%20witches,prosecution%20taking%20place%20in%201727) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkCkm0tZLPw&ab_channel=BBCScotland (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkCkm0tZLPw&ab_channel=BBCScotland) https://www.maybole.org/history/books/legends/burning.htm (https://www.maybole.org/history/books/legends/burning.htm) https://southayrshirehistory.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/ayrs-mystery-witch-the-legend-of-maggie-osborne/ (https://southayrshirehistory.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/ayrs-mystery-witch-the-legend-of-maggie-osborne/)
18 Feb 2022
#MeToo the Manson Family & Manipulative Men: The Girls by Emma Cline
Content Warning: discussions of child sexual abuse This month on the Writing Women Podcast, I explore a much beloved and well-written book 'The Girls' by Emma Cline and how she brings true insight onto one of the most gruesome events in twentieth century America. Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or at writerhollymiller.com (https://www.writerhollymiller.com/) You Must Remember Manson (https://open.spotify.com/show/5VEyDGz73uynaRaWtMAfJm) https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/8/20707915/joan-didion-sharon-tate-manson-white-albumhttps://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/8/20707915/joan-didion-sharon-tate-manson-white-album (https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/8/20707915/joan-didion-sharon-tate-manson-white-albumhttps://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/8/20707915/joan-didion-sharon-tate-manson-white-album) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/03/emma-cline-ex-boyfriend-copyright-claim-dismissed-the-girls#:~:text=A%20California%20judge%20has%20dismissed,writings%20and%20infringed%20his%20copyright (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/03/emma-cline-ex-boyfriend-copyright-claim-dismissed-the-girls#:~:text=A%20California%20judge%20has%20dismissed,writings%20and%20infringed%20his%20copyright) https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/dec/04/emma-clines-plagiarism-suit-just-another-story-of-a-man-acting-terribly (https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/dec/04/emma-clines-plagiarism-suit-just-another-story-of-a-man-acting-terribly) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/28/emma-cline-we-are-forced-to-imagine-whats-going-on-in-the-minds-of-men (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/28/emma-cline-we-are-forced-to-imagine-whats-going-on-in-the-minds-of-men) https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/8/20757917/manson-girls-explained (https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/8/20757917/manson-girls-explained)
17 Jan 2022
The Death of Postmodernism & a Grotesque Female Body: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Happy New Year! To kick off the year I wanted to begin with one of the most popular books of 2021 - 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' by Ottessa Moshfegh! Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or at writerhollymiller.com (https://www.writerhollymiller.com/) https://www.lippymag.com/post/my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation-in-the-era-of-social-distancing (https://www.lippymag.com/post/my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation-in-the-era-of-social-distancing) https://www.vice.com/en/article/jge4jg/want-to-read-more-during-the-lockdown-join-our-corona-book-club (https://www.vice.com/en/article/jge4jg/want-to-read-more-during-the-lockdown-join-our-corona-book-club)
29 Nov 2021
My Trouble with Sally Rooney: Part Three - Beautiful World, Where Are You
For the final part of this inaugural series on the Writing Women Podcast, I look at her latest release, Beautiful World, Where Are You and the highs and the lows of this final book. Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or at writerhollymiller.com (https://www.writerhollymiller.com/)
19 Nov 2021
My Trouble with Sally Rooney: Part Two - Normal People
On our second installment of this inaugral series, I look at the circumstances surrounding my introduction to 'Normal People', the book and the show and entering into the full force of the Rooney-verse in April 2020. https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/9/3/20807728/sally-rooney-normal-people-conversations-with-friends (https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/9/3/20807728/sally-rooney-normal-people-conversations-with-friends) BBC Sounds ‘Obsessed with...Normal People’ (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08bm103/episodes/player) Let me know what you think! Write in at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or at writerhollymiller.com (https://www.writerhollymiller.com/)
19 Nov 2021
My Trouble with Sally Rooney: Part One - Conversations with Friends
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Writing Women Podcast! I'm going to kick this off by looking at the first novel in the Rooney-verse 'Conversation with Friends' which launched her as a literary star in 2017. And yet, despite everyone telling me how groundbreaking she is, over and over again, I can't find myself being able to commit to saying, wholeheartedly, that I enjoy her work. So join me as I explore my trouble with Sally Rooney through the lens of each of her published novels and how I came to them. Let me know what you think! Write in at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang (https://linktr.ee/culturehang) or writerhollymiller.com (https://www.writerhollymiller.com/)
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