EPISODE 21: SALON SERIES – Spiritualism Part II

In Part II of our Salon Series: Spiritualism series, we formally enter our salon and hear a few works from our authors. Emma Hardinge Britten gives us some useful seance instruction, Rebecca Cox Jackson shares a real life account of her travels, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox delves deep into her spiritual poetry.

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Resources:

Rules to be Observed When Forming Spiritual Circles by Emma Hardinge Britten

Viels by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The Gifts of Power by Rebecca Cox Jackson

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EPISODE 20: SALON SERIES – Spiritualism Part I

In this inaugural episode of the Salon Series, we’re learning about the Spiritualism movement of the late 19th / early 20th centuries and introduce our Salon attendees Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Emma Hardinge Britten, and Rebecca Cox Jackson.

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Resources:

Essay Review: Science, Religion, and the Spiritual World: The other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850–1914 (link)
The Rise of Spiritualism During the First World War: Raymond, Or Life and Death (link)
The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism (link)
Brittanica Spiritualism (link)
The Banner of Light, The Boston Investigator, The New-York Times, The Brooklyn Eagle (link)
The Unseen Worlds of Emma Hardinge Britten: Some Chapters in the History of Western Occultism: The Unseen Worlds of Emma Hardinge Britten (link)
Poetry Foundation Ella Wheeler Wilcox (link)
Wisconsin Electric Reader – Ella Wheeler Wilcox (link)
Wisconsin Lit Map (link)
QSpirit: The Two Rebeccas (link)
Holy Spirits: The Power and Legacy of America’s Female Spiritualists (link)
Gifts of Power: Writings of Rebecca Cox Jackson (link)
How the Nineteenth-Century Spiritualist Movement Gave Voice to American Women (link)
Spiritual Paths Spiritualist Church: Emma Hardinge Britten & The Seven Principles (link)
Rules to Be Observed When Forming Spiritual Circles by Emma Hadinge and Others (link)
Ectoplasm (Paranormal) (link)
The Color of Angels: Spiritualism in American Literary Culture (link)
PBS: Rebecca Cox jackson (link)
Review: Rebecca Cox Jackson and the Uses of Power (link)
PBS: About the Shakers (link)

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PODCAST UPDATE: NEW EPISODES INCOMING

This post is for our dear TWWR Podcast Listeners – aka the most patient audience in the world. I know it has been an age since our last episode was published but it’s for good reason, I promise!

Trapper has been living his best life in Louisiana and I’ve recently relocated to England. Wild times, I know. So I figured, what better time to relaunch the podcast? While I have dreams of one day resurrecting the format Trapper and I created, this time around I’ll be shaking things up as I take on solo podcasting for the first time ever.

Listen to the podcast update for more details (and some mild rambling). Also, get ready for a spooky episode coming out on Halloween!

More coming soon.

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Podcast Episode 19: Claude Mckay

In this episode, we discuss the life of author Claude McKay—a Jamaican-born activist and writer who was an important part of the Harlem Renaissance.


We examine a number of his poems as part of our “Nostalgia” theme, exploring subjects like grieving familial loss, romantic love, and the fight for racial equality in the United States and beyond.


Please join us as we try to read a little more, write a little better, and explore the human condition—together.

Readings: The Tropics in New York, December, 1919, Romance, If We Must Die

Resources:

Poetry Foundation

Biography.com

Libcom.org 

Grade Saver

Jamaican Information Service

African American Poetry

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Podcast Episode 18: Eudora Welty

In this episode, we journey into the lush and soulful musings of author Eudora Welty—a woman who used plain observation to confect rich and dynamic portraits of everyday life in the American south.


We examine one of her short stories as part of our “Nostalgia” theme, and carve into complex subjects like narrative reliability, the struggle for power within the family unit, and the universal need to be heard.


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Podcast Episode 17: Food

In this episode, we talk about two of our favorite topics: food and southern culture.

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Podcast 009.2: Victor Séjour

In this episode, we take an inquisitive peek into the multilayered work of Creole playwright Victor Sejour—a dramatist who wielded satire like a weapon against 19th-century social prejudices and used real life tragedy to instigate audience introspection.
We analyze one of his plays as part of our Morality theme, and tear into meaty issues like codified racism, the many facets of motherhood and self-identification.
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Reading:

The Fortune Teller

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Podcast 009.1: Edward Prime-Stevenson

 

In this episode, we explore the little-known yet masterfully crafted work of author Edward Prime-Stevenson—a man who faced persecution with bravado and used his talent to strip away social stigmas.

We analyze one of his novels as part of our “Morality” theme, and dig into compelling subjects like the historical/contemporary implications of gayness, unconventional romance and the importance of self-expression.

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Reading: Imre, a memorandum

Resources:

Left to Themselves: The Subversive Boys Books of Edward Prime-Stevenson

Homosexual Identity, Translation, and Prime-Stevenson’s Imre and The Intersexes

Biography Stevenson, Edward Irenaeus Prime

Manipulating a Genre, “Boy Book”

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Podcast 008.1: Agustina Andrade

 

 

In this episode, we pour over the sinuous work and idealistic perspective of poet Agustina Andrade—a woman whose lyrical sensibilities and quixotic writing style came to define Argentine poetry at the end of the nineteenth-century.

We analyze two of her poems as part of our “Poetry Appreciation” theme, and dissect thought-provoking topics like the cultural ramifications of art, Victorian sexuality and the power of self-expression.

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Podcast 007.2: Fredrika Bremer

In this episode, we peer into the unconventional life and prose of author Fredrika Bremer—a woman whose writing ignited a global shift towards the recognition of women’s rights.

We analyze an excerpt of her work as part of our “Femininity” theme and discuss moving themes like feminism, independence, and personal conviction.

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