OurShelves with Lennie Goodings

How much courage does it take to write?In this episode of OurShelves Lucy Scholes interviews Lennie Goodings, Chair of Virago Press and author of A Bite of the Apple. We dive into stories about Maya Angelou and Rosamond Lehmann, the origins of Virago Press in the seventies, the narratives that shape our lives and the authors who continue to inspire Lennie's work and personal life.Join us for a conversation about courageous women, beautiful prose and the nature of storytelling.Books discussed in this episode include:Flights by Olga TokarczukDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukHome by Marilynne RobinsonJack by Marilynne RobinsonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouMouth Full of Blood by Toni MorrisonWe Need Silence to Find Out What We Think by Shirley HazzardDifficult Women by Helen LewisA Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca SolnitHouse in Paris by Elizabeth BowenRecommended Article: That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief by Scott BerinatoHome - an essay from Mouth Full of Blood by Toni Morrison What to watch: Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those ThingsTune in next time for more conversation about books, feminism and culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.