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EPISODE 21: SALON SERIES – Spiritualism Part II

[https://i0.wp.com/www.thewriterwhoreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-1-1024x341.png?resize=850%2C283&ssl=1] 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. Listen on ITunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, or on the blog. Comments and ratings are appreciated on all platforms! Resources: Rules to be Observed When Forming Spiritual Circles [https://www.ehbritten.org/texts/primary/ehb_rules_to_be_observed_1887.pdf] by Emma Hardinge Britten Viels [https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-34090]by Ella Wheeler Wilcox The Gifts of Power [https://www.thewriterwhoreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The-Gifts-of-Power_Rebecca-Cox-Jackson__pp-125-154.pdf]by Rebecca Cox Jackson Socialize With Us: Instagram @writerwhoreads [https://www.instagram.com/writerwhoreads/]

EPISODE 20: SALON SERIES – Spiritualism Part I

[https://i0.wp.com/www.thewriterwhoreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spiritualism-Pod-Audio-Cover-P1-2-1024x1024.png?resize=850%2C850&ssl=1] 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. Listen on ITunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, or on the blog. Comments and ratings are appreciated on all platforms! Resources: Essay Review: Science, Religion, and the Spiritual World: The other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850–1914 (link [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/007327538502300405])The Rise of Spiritualism During the First World War: Raymond, Or Life and Death (link [https://livingwithdying.leeds.ac.uk/2019/08/30/the-rise-of-spiritualism-during-the-first-world-war-raymond-or-life-and-death/])The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism (link [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/])Brittanica Spiritualism (link [https://www.britannica.com/topic/spiritualism-religion])The Banner of Light, The Boston Investigator, The New-York Times, The Brooklyn Eagle (link [http://iapsop.com/spirithistory/1872_american_association_of_spiritualists.html])The Unseen Worlds of Emma Hardinge Britten: Some Chapters in the History of Western Occultism: The Unseen Worlds of Emma Hardinge Britten (link [https://www.academia.edu/7254728/_65_The_Unseen_Worlds_of_Emma_Hardinge_Britten_Some_Chapters_in_the_History_of_Western_Occultism_2001_])Poetry Foundation Ella Wheeler Wilcox (link [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ella-wheeler-wilcox])Wisconsin Electric Reader – Ella Wheeler Wilcox (link [https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WIReader/WER0109.html])Wisconsin Lit Map (link [https://www.wisconsinlitmap.com/ella-wheeler-wilcox.html])QSpirit: The Two Rebeccas (link [https://qspirit.net/two-rebeccas-queer-black-shaker/])Holy Spirits: The Power and Legacy of America’s Female Spiritualists (link [https://www.shondaland.com/live/a23652668/legacy-of-spiritualists/])Gifts of Power: Writings of Rebecca Cox Jackson (link [https://moodle.swarthmore.edu/pluginfile.php/365931/mod_label/intro/The%20Gifts%20of%20Power_pp%201-50.pdf])How the Nineteenth-Century Spiritualist Movement Gave Voice to American Women (link [https://www.nastywomenwriters.com/how-the-nineteenth-century-spiritualist-movement-gave-voice-to-american-women/])Spiritual Paths Spiritualist Church: Emma Hardinge Britten & The Seven Principles (link [https://spiritualpathspiritualistchurch.org/emma-hardinge-britten-the-seven-principles/])Rules to Be Observed When Forming Spiritual Circles by Emma Hadinge and Others (link [http://www.ehbritten.org/texts/primary/ehb_rules_to_be_observed_1887.pdf])Ectoplasm (Paranormal) (link [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectoplasm_(paranormal)])The Color of Angels: Spiritualism in American Literary Culture (link [https://www.proquest.com/docview/304722578?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true])PBS: Rebecca Cox jackson (link [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p247.html])Review: Rebecca Cox Jackson and the Uses of Power (link [https://www.jstor.org/stable/464081])PBS: About the Shakers (link [https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-shakers/about-the-shakers#:~:text=And%20they%20are%20enduringly%20appreciated,their%20religion%20will%20never%20die.]) Socialize With Us: Instagram @writerwhoreads [https://www.instagram.com/writerwhoreads/]

PODCAST UPDATE: NEW EPISODES INCOMING

[https://i0.wp.com/www.thewriterwhoreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TWWR-Podcast-Cover-Multi-Color-New-2-1024x1024.png?resize=850%2C850&ssl=1] 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. x Kait

Podcast Episode 19: Claude Mckay

[https://i0.wp.com/www.thewriterwhoreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Copy-of-TWWR-Claude-McKay-Episode-Cover-Final-1024x1024.png?resize=850%2C850&ssl=1] 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 [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44697/the-tropics-in-new-york], December, 1919 [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47381/december-1919], Romance [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44696/romance-56d223e439819], If We Must Die [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die] Resources: Poetry Foundation [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/claude-mckay] Biography.com [https://www.biography.com/writer/claude-mckay] Libcom.org [https://libcom.org/tags/workers-dreadnought]  Grade Saver [https://www.gradesaver.com/claude-mckay-poems/wikipedia/awards] Jamaican Information Service [https://jis.gov.jm/information/awards/order-of-jamaica/] African American Poetry [https://www.africanamericanpoetry.org/claude-mckay] Socialize With Us: Twitter @twwreads [https://twitter.com/twwreads] Instagram @writerwhoreads [https://www.instagram.com/writerwhoreads/]

Podcast Episode 18: Eudora Welty

[https://i0.wp.com/www.thewriterwhoreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/TWWR-Welty-Episode-Cover-Final-1.png?resize=850%2C850] 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. Please join us as we try to read a little more, write a little better, and explore the human condition—together.