Episode 57 - Angela Carter

<p>To kick off Season 6 of the Dead Ladies Show Podcast, writer Leon Craig brings us the story of award-winning English author Angela Carter. Known for her feminist, gothic and erotic sensibilities and re-inventing folk and fairy tales for her now seminal collection <em>The Bloody Chamber</em>, Carter’s life had quite a few plot twists of its own. In her 51 years she wrote nine novels, five short story collections, several children's books and countless essays and articles. She also collected quite a few lovers after awakening from stifling marriage, harvesting them first from her social circle and friends’ husbands, then later more randomly during her two years living in Japan. Shortly after her death from cancer, Angela Carter received a strong wave of recognition, and her writing is now taught to generations of British school kids. <span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Our presenter Leon Craig has received more than a few comparisons to Carter for her own debut story collection, <em>Parallel Hells</em> which is now out in paperback from Sceptre Books. You can read Leon’s story 'Lick the Dust’ from that collection, which was selected for Best British Short Stories 2022 at the White Review <a href= "https://www.thewhitereview.org/fiction/lick-the-dust/">here:</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins producer/host Susan Stone to introduce the episode and talk more about writers Carter and Craig.</p> <p>Find our more about both authors on our episode notes page here: <a href= "http://deadladiesshow.com/podcast">deadladiesshow.com/podcast</a></p> <p>Angela Carter’s estate has a great website here: <a href= "https://www.angelacarter.co.uk/">https://www.angelacarter.co.uk/</a> and is on Twitter here: @AngelaOCarter</p> <p>Leon Craig can be found at <a href= "http://www.leoncraigwriter.com/">www.leoncraigwriter.com</a> and on Twitter: @Leon_c_c</p> <p>You can get tickets to our next show in Berlin <a href= "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dead-ladies-show-