Frances Wilson & Francesca Wade: Rediscovering Muriel Spark and Gertrude Stein

In Electric Spark, Frances Wilson digs into Muriel Spark's young life, uncovering untold experiences and strange encounters that ultimately shaped Spark as a person and writer. Meanwhile, in Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, Francesca Wade shares unseen writing from Stein's personal archive, revealing her radical nature and why Stein wanted to be remembered for her work, not her personality. They join Lennie Goodings today, discussing how much of the mythology that surrounds these authors is actually true.

Categories: Biography, Non-fiction, Scottish

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Fascinating Non Fiction

Fascinating Non-Fiction will explore everything from moving memoirs to scientific excavations, family odysseys to travelogues…

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