Writing Women Podcast

Holly Miller
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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!

  1. 07/26/2023

    '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 or sign up to my ⁠⁠newsletter and everything else! Links: 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/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.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/books/daphne-du-maurier-enthusiast.html

    22 min

  2. 04/13/2023

    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 or sign up to my ⁠newsletter and everything else! Links: https://www.nylon.com/fiona-apple/amphttps://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/2021/03/girlhood-melissa-febos-lucid-expose-rape-culture/618445/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a31282424/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/13/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interviewhttps://kateelizabethrussell.com/note-to-readers https://open.spotify.com/show/4dvc06zTAaAylzdTrsgKzp?si=903e8c9127794d6a

    42 min

  3. 02/25/2023

    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 (not sponsored just loved it), full Foyles blog quoted at the beginning. Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang or sign up to my newsletter and everything else!

    31 min

  4. 12/16/2022

    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 Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang or sign up to my newsletter and everything else!

    12 min

  5. 11/29/2022

    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 My essay 'An Exercise in the Art vs the Artist' Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang or sign up to my newsletter and everything else!

    15 min

  6. 09/24/2022

    '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, I delve into the long-awaited questions I've always wanted to ask them about the latest collection, So Long As You Write, and how they started up in the first place. Submit to our latest submission call out for pieces around EGO by Sunday 9th October! Grab your copy of So Long As You Write or any of the four previously published works now! Become a Patreon! Sign up to the newsletter and follow DD on Instagram and Twitter. Let me know what you think at writingwomenpodcast@gmail.com! You can find me on my other podcast Culture Hang or sign up to my newsletter and everything else!

    25 min

  7. 07/30/2022

    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 or sign up to my newsletter and everything else!  Links: https://text.npr.org/1054025599 Allyson Hobbs, A Chosen Exile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toyjv27q17E&ab_channel=EmoryUniversity 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.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/books/review-vanishing-half-brit-bennett.html https://text.npr.org/868197705 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/2020/9/2/21406088/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

    25 min
  8. LGBTQIA+ Reading Recommendations for Pride Month

    06/20/2022

    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 by Torrey Peters No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami Double Booked by Lily Lindon Adrienne Rich Poetry Audre Lorde Poetry and Essays Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Angels in America by Tony Kushner Trumpet by Jackie Kay or any of her poetry collections Oscar Wilde Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Poetry by Frank O'Hara Playtime by Andrew McMillan Complete Poems by Emily Dickinson On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Milk Fed by Melissa Broder Fire Island on Disney+

    17 min
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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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  • Creator
    Holly Miller
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Holly Miller
  • Show Website
    Writing Women Podcast