Experienced Speaker
I am a professor with twenty years of experience speaking to groups large and small. Below is a list of topics on which I would be happy to speak at your event. I can tailor the talk for your audience’s interests.
- Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (The history of the book, the adaptations, what the novel means today, etc.)
- Women Writers and WWII: Martha Gellhorn and Kay Boyle
- Constance Fenimore Woolson (Her significance, why she was forgotten, her extraordinary life and writings, etc.)
- Forgotten Books: Why Some Great Books are Lost from HIstory
- Why the History of Women Writers Matters
- Forgotten Women Writers: Their Diversity and Accomplishments (and why they've been forgotten)
- The Plots of Women's Lives (in fiction and/or nonfiction)
- Moving from Academic to General Interest Writing
- Public Scholarship for Literary Scholars
Past Talks and Visits
- “The Legacy of Little Women,” Dallas Museum of Art (Feb. 3, 2020)
- “Adapting Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women from 1912 to 2019″ at the Concord Free Public Library, concord, MA (January 18, 2020)–video at right
- “The Lasting Appeal of Little Women“–WBUR City Space, Boston (January 18, 2020)–video
- “Little Women for a New Generation” at the Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts (January 16, 2020)
- WNYC’s Get Lit with All of It at The Greene Space, NYC (December 17, 2019)–video
- Massachusetts Library Association Conference, Framingham, MA (May 22, 2019)
- Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, New Orleans, LA (Mar. 27-29, 2019)
- Tuscon Book Festival, Tuscon, AZ (Mar. 2-3, 2019)
- Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, LA (Nov. 10, 2018)
- Indiana Valley Public Library, Telford, PA (Oct. 25, 2018)
- Pottstown Public Library, Pottstown, PA (Oct. 24, 2018)
- Upper Dublin Library, Fort Washington, PA (Oct. 24, 2018)
- Jefferson Parish Public Library, Metairie, LA (Oct. 23, 2018)
- Mid-City Library, New Orleans, LA (Oct. 16 and Nov. 6, 2018)
- Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Oct. 5, 2018)–audio
- New Orleans Museum of Art–New Orleans, LA (Sep. 14, 2018)
- Boston Public Library (Sep. 12, 2018)
- Boston Athenaeum (Sep. 12, 2018)–Video
- The Concord Bookshop–Concord, MA (Sept. 11, 2018)
- Harvard Bookstore–Cambridge, MA (Sept. 10, 2018)
- Latter Library, New Orleans (Aug. 24, 2018)
- Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, M (August 15, 2018)
- The Mount (Edith Wharton’s Home), Lennox, MA (July 23 & 24, 2018)
- Summer Conversation Series, Orchard House, Concord, MA (July 16, 2018)
- American Library Association, New Orleans (June 2018)
- Texas Society for the Study of American Writers Study Group, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (Feb. 2018)
- Newcomb Summer Session, Women and Leadership, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (June 2017)
- Society for the History of Women in the Americas Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, London, UK (Nov. 2016)
- Rifkind Center, The City College of New York (Mar. 2016)
- Burr Artz Library, Frederick, MD (Mar. 2016)
- Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library, Metairie, LA (Mar. 2016)
- Center for Fiction, NYC (Mar. 2016)–video at right
- Numerous conference presentations and panel discussions at the Biographers International Organization, Modern Language Association, Society for the Study of American Women Writers, and American Literature Association.
Recorded Interviews
- “Stil,” Swedish National Radio, Jan. 17, 2020. (Starting at 44:00).
- 1A Movie Club’s discussion of the new Little Women film, Jan. 11, 2019.
- BYU Radio, “Why Modern Audiences Love “Little Women,” Jan. 9, 2020.
- Biographers International Organization Podcast, Sep. 20, 2019.
- BYU Radio, “More Boys Should Read Little Women,”Aug. 16, 2019.
- Jo Good Show, BBC London, Nov. 9, 2018.
- Bonnets at Dawn Podcast, “150 Years of Little Women,” Oct. 31, 2018.
- Breaking Free Show, Oct. 22, 2018–video at right.
- Newstalk Radio (Ireland), Sean Moncrieff Show, Sep. 24, 2018.
- “Front Row,” BBC Radio 4, Sep. 24, 2018.
- “Radio Boston,” with Jill Fullerton, WBUR Boston, NPR affilitae, Sep. 11, 2018.
- “Late Night Live,” with Phillip Adams, ABC Radio Australia, Sep. 6, 2018.
- “The Reading Life” with Susan Larson on WWNO, New Orleans’s public radio, Aug. 19, 2018.
- “A Bookish Home” podcast with Laura Szaro Kopinski, Aug. 17, 2018.
- “What’s Her Name” podcast about Constance Fenimore Woolson with Olivia Meikle and Katie Nelson, Aug. 13, 2018.
- With Susan Larson, “The Reading Life,” on WWNO, New Orleans Public Radio, Mar. 1, 2016.
Contact
If you would like for me to speak or lead a discussion at your event, you can reach me at anneboydrioux@gmail.com.