Hannah Regel & Emily LaBarge: The Last Sane Woman
<p>In her first novel&nbsp;<em>The Last Sane Woman</em>&nbsp;(Verso) poet Hannah Regel investigates the pains and pleasures of artistic practice carried out against the odds. While researching in a small archive dedicated to women’s art young graduate Nicola Long happens upon one half of a correspondence, conducted half a century before, written by a recently graduated ceramicist to a friend. As Nicola reads on she becomes obsessed with the parallels between her own life and that of the woman she encounters in the letters.</p><br><p>Regel was joined in conversation by&nbsp;<em>LRB&nbsp;</em>contributor and art critic Emily LaBarge.</p><br><p>Find more events at the Bookshop: <a href="https://lrb.me/eventspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/eventspod</a></p><p>Get the book: <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-last-sane-woman-hannah-regel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-last-sane-woman-hannah-regel</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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In her first novel The Last Sane Woman (Verso) poet Hannah Regel investigates the pains and pleasures of artistic practice carried out against the odds. While researching in a small archive dedicated to women’s art young graduate Nicola Long happens upon one half of a correspondence, conducted half a century before, written by a recently graduated ceramicist to a friend. As Nicola reads on she becomes obsessed with the parallels between her own life and that of the woman she encounters in the letters.
Regel was joined in conversation by LRB contributor and art critic Emily LaBarge.
Find more events at the Bookshop: https://lrb.me/eventspod
Get the book: https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-last-sane-woman-hannah-regel
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.