Malachi Whitaker — And So Did I with Valerie Waterhouse

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Likened to a fresh Yorkshire breeze, Malachi Whitaker’s year-in-the-life memoir And So Did I, published in 1939, is a quirky spirit-quest juxtaposing wry humor and contemplative observations amidst the impending threat of global conflict. Valerie Waterhouse, a PhD researcher and executor of Whitaker’s literary estate, joins us to discuss the author’s life and work, as well as her own quest to keep Whitaker’s legacy alive, including securing a commemorative blue plaque for her birthplace and writing a forthcoming biography.
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And So Did I (boilerhouse.press/product-page/and-so-did-i-by…) by Malachi Whitaker
The Journey Home and Other Stories (persephonebooks.co.uk/products/journey-home-an…) by Malachi Whitker
The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-boo…;) edited by A.S. Byatt
“Landlord of the Crystal Fountain” (nurreenglish.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/1/7/501775…) by Malachi Whitaker
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Stevie Smith (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Smith)
Elizabeth Bowen (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bowen)
Kathleen Raine (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Raine)
Gay Taylor (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Taylor)
“What I Believe” (skeptic.ca/EM_Forster_What_I_Believe.htm) by E.M. Forster
“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-t…) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 3 (lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/3-em-delafield-emd…) on E.M. Delafield
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 166 (lostladiesoflit.com/transcripts/166-alba-de-cs…) on Alba de Céspedes

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