Let Genius Burn
Jamie Burgess & Jill Fuller
Alcott On the Page
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Louisa May Alcott may be best known for the beloved book Little Women, but her story doesn’t begin or end with her famous novel. On Let Genius Burn, we separate the layers of Louisa’s life to learn more about who she really was--and all the ways her legacy continues to resonate today. We’ll explore the traumatic year of her childhood spent in an experimental utopian community, her service as a Civil War nurse, her final years of wealth and celebrity as a children’s author--and more intimate details and little-known stories of Louisa’s life. Instead of a retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s biography, each episode in the 8-part series examines Louisa's life through a different lens--Louisa as a celebrity, writer, activist, daughter, and more-- highlighting her complexity as a person, woman, and historical figure. Ahead of her time, Louisa railed against the limitations of her gender and fought for women’s suffrage. She craved literary greatness, but was weighed down by the financial needs of her family. Through writing scandalous Gothic thrillers, she found a way to voice her own inner turmoil. In the end, she achieved extraordinary financial success, but creative fulfillment remained elusive.We’ll examine all of this and more on Let Genius Burn. Find more on Instagram and Facebook @letgeniusburn or at letgeniusburn.com.
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- Alcott On the Page · 1 sa 51 dk · Sezon 5 Bölüm 4Alcott was a master of multiple genres–from domestic fiction to psychological thrillers–and forms–from full-length novels to novellas and short stories. Her versatility continues…
- Alcott on the Stage · 1 sa 33 dk · Sezon 5 Bölüm 3Louisa May Alcott loved the theatre: she wrote and staged plays both at home and with amateur theatre groups; she attended plays and recorded her thoughts about them in her…
- Little Women In Love · 1 sa 5 dk · Sezon 5 Bölüm 2Lauren M. Gunderson’s adaptation of Little Women is still in draft form, though it is already being staged by theaters across the country. This new play version offers an…
- Alcott in the World · 1 sa 7 dk · Sezon 5 Bölüm 1In this special anniversary episode of Let Genius Burn, Jamie and Jill reflect on the past five years of creating this project and what it has meant to them. They also discuss…
- Alcotts in Paradise · 1 sa 43 dk · Sezon 4 Bölüm 8In 1843, the Alcott family spent about nine months on a farm in central Massachusetts, a utopian experiment they called Fruitlands. The failure of this project marked a turning…
- Louisa and Abolition · 46 dk · Sezon 4 Bölüm 7Join us as we explore Louisa May Alcott in the broader context of Concord’s abolitionist movement, including her family’s activism, her interaction with fellow abolitionists, and…
- Alcott for the Future · 1 sa 10 dk · Sezon 4 Bölüm 6For over twenty years, the Louisa May Alcott Society has brought together Alcott scholars from around the world to discuss the work and relevance of Louisa May Alcott’s writing…
- Concord in Context · 1 sa 8 dk · Sezon 4 Bölüm 5In today’s episode, we welcome Jen Turner, the Executive Director of the Robbins House Museum in Concord, Massachusetts. This historical house museum, situated today at the…
- Alcott & Ecotherapy · 1 sa 4 dk · Sezon 4 Bölüm 4Through Alcott’s upbringing amidst the Transcendentalists, ideas about the healing power of nature found their way into her life and her written work. Much of what humans have…
- Louisa and Lydia · 1 sa 26 dk · Sezon 4 Bölüm 3Lydia Olsson (1874-1958) was the daughter of Swedish immigrants, born in Kansas in the late nineteenth century. She moved to Illinois and attended Augustana College, where she…
- Little Women Reimagined · 1 sa 8 dk · Sezon 4 Bölüm 2In this conversation with authors Linda Epstein, Ally Malinenko, and Liz Parker, we discuss the authors' individual relationships to Little Women and how it influenced their…
- Alcott in Our Own Time · 1 sa 12 dk · Sezon 4 Bölüm 1In this episode, where the title nods to a seminal Alcott text, Alcott in Her Own Time, edited by Daniel Shealy, Jamie and Jill reconnect about what has changed since they first…
- Little Women Holiday Bonus Episode · 1 sa 15 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 7Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without Little Women, so we are reading aloud from the iconic first chapter, "Playing Pilgrims" and offering our commentary, citing from various…
- Alcott as Ecofeminist · 1 sa 21 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 6Travel with us to a Cuban coffee plantation, where Alcott's short story Pauline's Passion and Punishment begins. Written in 1862, this short story predates Alcott's later, more…
- Alcott in the Archives · 1 sa 11 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 5Max Chapnick read a line in Louisa May Alcott's journal that pointed to one of her stories, but it turned out to be a dead end. Then, he had an idea. He went back to the archives…
- Louisa and Laurie · 1 sa 2 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 4When readers find out that Louisa May Alcott really lived in a family with four sisters, the next question is almost immediately: "Who was Laurie?" Lis Adams, Director of…
- Alcott and Identity · 1 sa 7 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 3Author Peyton Thomas joins Let Genius Burn to speak about queerness and transness in Little Women and other Alcott writings. Peyton Thomas made a significant impact on the Alcott…
- Alcott and Sex Education · 1 sa 23 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 2Louisa May Alcott and her family were social activists who advocated for all types of reforms in their lifetimes: they were concerned with fair labor, women's suffrage…
- Alcott in the City · 46 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 1Although Louisa May Alcott is most often associated with Concord, Massachusetts, where her family lived in several different homes over the course of her lifetime, Alcott made…
- A Concord Conversation · 46 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 11Sit down with Jill and Jamie as they reflect and dissect the week they spent together in Concord. They talk about visits to Orchard House, Fruitlands, Walden Pond, and more. Jill…
