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Janelle Molony, M.S.L. is a family historian, an award-winning non-fiction author, and news journalist. Jodi Nasch Decker, Ed.D. is a college professor and freelance writer. Together, they provide interpretation and context for their mother and grandmother, poet Martha Nasch’s alleged seven year fast and 1920’s insane asylum stay.
We talked about the culture of the 1920s, Martha’s time in the asylum, and the question of whether she really went seven years without eating.
See the OUTTAKES video of the SEVEN YEAR FAST.
Readings:
- News Reports on Martha Nasch’s Seven Year Fast – 13:59
- Force Feeding in the Asylum – 24:56
- The Asylum, a poem by Martha Nasch – 40:09
Michael’s Beer Pairings:
- Celebrator Doppelbock, Privatbrauerei Ayinger (paired to News Reports) – 11:02
- CPB, Lupulin Brewing Company (paird to Force Feeding in the Asylum) – 23:32
- The Abyss, Deschutes Brewing Company (paired to The Asylum) – 39:23
Interview Highlights:
- How Jodi and Janelle came to write about poems from an asylum – 15:37
- How Martha ended up in the Asylum – 18:23
- Going viral, 1934-style – 21:33
- Martha not eating – 28:23
- The husband who committed her: villain or victim? – 33:10
- Life after an asylum – 41:47
- Happy times in an asylum – 48:20
- Crossing war-torn country in a wheelchair with Wyatt Earp’s father – 53:20
COMING NEXT MONTH:
Janet Raye Stevens, time travel
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- Gabriel’s Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology
- Release of Saint in the Cellar by Laura Vosika and Chris R. Powell, available in print, ebook, and hard cover.
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