Threads of Beauty and Feminism in Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

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Join me as chat with Laurie Lico Albanese, author of three novels listed on Art In FIction, including Hester listed in the Textile Arts category and Stolen Beauty and The Miracles of Prato (co-written with Laura Morowitz) listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction.
View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vUuYVDmYdDQ

• Inspiration for Hester
• Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and its relationship to Hester: who was the real Hester Prynne?
• Why the novel is not about a love affair between Nathaniel Hawthorne and Margaret Fuller
• How Isobel Gamble's story is similar to Hester Prynne's, and how it is different
• Synthesthesia in Hester and how it informs the gorgeous descriptive writing
• Why the category for Hester changed from Literature to Textile Arts
• Embroidery as a feminist act
• How women and men view the future
• The hero's journey vs. the heroine's journey
• Nathaniel Hawthorne had his issues
• Reading from Hester
• Witchcraft and slavery in Hester
• The theme of Hester
• One thing Laurie learned from writing her novels that she didn't know before

Press Play now & be sure to check out Laurie Lico Albanese's novels on Art In Fiction: https://www.artinfiction.com/novels?q=albanese

Laurie Lico Albanese's website: https://www.laurielicoalbanese.com/
Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
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