An eyewitness to monumental moments in the 20th century, author Kay Boyle hung out with Left Bank artists and literary giants, chronicled the ravages of WWII, was blacklisted in the 1950s and was jailed for her Haight-Ashbury activism in the late 1960s. An intrepid modernist committed to a “Revolution of the Word,” this two-time O. Henry award-winner penned 14 novels, eight volumes of poetry and 11 collections of short fiction, yet too few readers today have read her work or even know her name. Returning guest Anne Boyd Rioux joins us this week to discuss Kay Boyle’s audacious life and her lasting impact on literature. Mentioned in this episode: Fifty Stories by Kay Boyle Avalanche by Kay Boyle Audacious Women, Creative Lives Substack by Anne Boyd Rioux For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein Broom literary magazine Being Geniuses Together: 1920-1930 by Robert McAlmon and Kay Boyle The Armory Show of 1913 Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 11 on Constance Fenimore Woolson Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 108 on Lola Ridge Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 98 on Heterodoxy Ernest Walsh James Joyce Lawrence Vail Robert McAlmon William Carlos Williams Marianne Moore Jean Toomer The Revolution of the Word Raymond Duncan Joseph von Franckenstein Five Days One Summer film starring Sean Connery Meg, Joe, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why it Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux The Collected Stories of Constance Fenimore Woolson “Wedding Day” by Kay Boyle “The White Horses of Vienna” by Kay Boyle “Maiden, Maiden” by Kay Boyle “The Diplomat’s Wife” by Kay Boyle “Security” by Kay Boyle “Ad Support the show For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com Discuss episodes on our Facebook Forum. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast