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Welcome to Lost Ladies of Lit, where forgotten women writers get their long-overdue moment in the spotlight! Every other week on our podcast, we dust off a different “lost” literary gem by a female author you should know but probably don’t—yet. We’re talking scandalous memoirists, daring Victorian novelists, groundbreaking modernists, and every overlooked woman in between.

Hosted by Kim Askew and Amy Helmes, two authors with a shared love of forgotten books and witty banter, Lost Ladies of Lit is part literary deep dive, part book club hangout. We mix thoughtful analysis with fun personal anecdotes, lively conversations with special guests (like New York Times book critics and literary biographers), and a healthy dose of feminist bookish mischief.

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