Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Have a shot every time I saw “you know” or “the next book I want to talk about” or “mean things” or “prolific.” How can I stop saying you know!!!!!!!!!!

LMK IF THERE’S ANY WAMMIN BIOGRAPHERS I SHOULD READ!

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0:00 - intro
1:14 - another ado
1:31 - Cleopatra
2:18 - cutting edge booktube research happening in the moment!
3:21 - Margaret Cavedish
4:40 - Laura Ingall Wilders
6:21 - Eileen Blair
9:10 - Hermoine Lee on Virginia Woolf & Edith Wharton
9:41 - Ursula Parrot
11:16 - Jean Rhys
12:24 - Lee Miller
13:11 - Sylvia Townsend Warner
13:54 - Isabella Stewart Gardner
14:53 - Leonora Carrington
15:17 - Sylvia Plath
15:45 - Carson McCullers
16:31 - Edith Hamilton
17:10 - Elaine May
19:08 - I had a coughing fit right after I drank water! But I cut it out
19:14 - Didion & Babitz
20:36 - Connie Converse
21:47 - Cleopatra Selene
22:56 - could I write a biography?
23:22 - bye

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED IN MISC ORDER:
🦪 Wide Sargasso Sea
🦪 Smile Please
🦪 Animal Farm
🦪 Lolly Willowes
🦪 Ex-Wife