Rebecca Reads Recollected Works: Recent Episodes
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Profiles of long-forgotten books and authors, recollected for the memory of the present day. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rds67/support
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!
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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.
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A look at When Kambia Elaine Flew in From Neptune--a favorite of mine from the late '90s/'00s!
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The early 20th century lesbian Japanese writer (the West) has never heard of!
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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.
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A multilayered Russian folktale lends itself to a multilayered novel. Plus, thoughts on fairy tales.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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