Ursula Parrott

8 Podcast Episodes

Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2023)

Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2023)

Credited with popularizing the label "ex-wife" in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorcées, career women... Read more

13 Aug 2023

53mins

Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2023)

Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2023)

Credited with popularizing the label "ex-wife" in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorcées, career women... Read more

13 Aug 2023

53mins

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Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2023)

Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2023)

Credited with popularizing the label "ex-wife" in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorcées, career women... Read more

13 Aug 2023

53mins

Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2023)

Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2023)

Credited with popularizing the label "ex-wife" in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorcées, career women... Read more

13 Aug 2023

53mins

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Finding Ursula Parrott: One biographer’s quest.

Finding Ursula Parrott: One biographer’s quest.

My talk with Marsha Gordon about her sensational new biography of an important writer you probably have never heard of.

16 Jul 2023

39mins

#121 Marsha Gordon | Discovering the forgotten historical figure & hidden writings of Ursula Parrott

#121 Marsha Gordon | Discovering the forgotten historical figure & hidden writings of Ursula Parrott

What if I told you that in 1929, a woman in NYC wrote a best seller, made a fortune during the great depression and then... Read more

9 Jul 2023

1hr 8mins

Ursula Parrott — Ex-Wife with Marsha Gordon

Ursula Parrott — Ex-Wife with Marsha Gordon

This is the Jazz Age novel we should have read in high school! Ursula Parrott’s Ex-Wife was an instant bestseller when i... Read more

2 May 2023

50mins

Marsha Gordon, “Narrating Modern Women’s Experiences: The Complex Legacy of Ursula Parrott”

Marsha Gordon, “Narrating Modern Women’s Experiences: The Complex Legacy of Ursula Parrott”

In the 1930s, the writer Ursula Parrott used her novels, short stories, and screenwriting ventures to portray independen... Read more

5 Jun 2020

20mins

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