Chapter 24: Gossip with Sarah Schulman

Episode 1 February 10, 2023 00:47:10
Chapter 24: Gossip with Sarah Schulman
Jo's Boys: A Little Women Podcast
Chapter 24: Gossip with Sarah Schulman

Feb 10 2023 | 00:47:10

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Show Notes

This week, we're diving into the first chapter of the oft-maligned second volume of Little Women. The war is over, wedding bells are ringing, and the March girls are growing up -- but at what cost? 

Our guest this week is the legendary Sarah Schulman. Sarah is a writer, activist, and AIDS historian. She’s written dozens of books, plays, and films. Her most recent book, Let the Record Show, won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction. She was an active member of ACT UP and she co-founded the Lesbian Avengers, the direct action group the organized the first Dyke March. She’s been named a Guggenheim Fellow in playwriting and a Fulbright Fellow in Judaic Studies. She’s on the advisory board of Jewish Voice for Peace and she’s an endowed chair in creative writing at Northwestern.

Our cover art is by Mattie Lubchansky. It interpolates the cover art for Bethany C. Morrow's book "So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix," with permission from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. It also interpolates the cover art for Hena Khan’s book “More to the Story,” with permission from Simon & Schuster. Our theme music is Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major. This episode was edited by Antoinette Smith and transcribed by Lou Balikos. 

A transcript of this episode is available here.

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