Rebecca Reads Recollected Works

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Profiles of long-forgotten books and authors, recollected for the memory of the present day.

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  1. Zilpha Keatley Snyder Part II

    08/21/2020

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder Part II

    More on the most underrated children's and YA author. A look at her works from the 1970s through today, including a medieval story that needs to be a movie yesterday!

    31 min
  2. Zilpha Keatley Snyder Part I

    08/08/2020

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder Part I

    Part I about a severely underrated trailblazer in children's literature. Wrote about children studying witchcraft before you-know-who was a thing and featured authentic, diverse characters. Never won a Newberry but should have.

    29 min
  3. Lori Aurelia Williams

    07/24/2020

    Lori Aurelia Williams

    A look at When Kambia Elaine Flew in From Neptune--a favorite of mine from the late '90s/'00s!

    22 min
  4. Yoshiya Nobuko

    07/10/2020

    Yoshiya Nobuko

    The early 20th century lesbian Japanese writer (the West) has never heard of!

    23 min
  5. Eduard Uspensky

    06/27/2020

    Eduard Uspensky

    A talking cat in a sailor suit. A boy named "uncle." And little people hiding in appliances. The world of Eduard Uspensky. Plus, an extensive look at Vladimir Shpitalnik's illustrations.

    26 min
  6. Josepha Sherman

    06/13/2020

    Josepha Sherman

    A multilayered Russian folktale lends itself to a multilayered novel. Plus, thoughts on fairy tales.

    25 min
  7. Sylvia Cassedy

    05/23/2020

    Sylvia Cassedy

    Orphans. Crumbling boarding schools. Antique toys. Ghosts. No, this is not a 19th century gothic novel. Sylvia Cassedy's multilayered novels for children were published in the 1980s, not 1880s.

    32 min
  8. Michael Boccacino

    05/09/2020

    Michael Boccacino

    This week, an exploration of a more recent novel that seems to have slipped from memory, Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling, by Michael Boccacino.

    23 min
  9. Marjorie Bowen

    04/25/2020

    Marjorie Bowen

    Art school dropout Marjorie Bowen becomes a prolific writer and not a genocidal dictator. While her supernatural and horror fiction is well known, learn about her history books.

    26 min
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Profiles of long-forgotten books and authors, recollected for the memory of the present day.

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