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Hello, you might think that we already know everything about the life and works of an author is admired and scrutinized as Virginia Woolf.

Well, think again. Our guest today, Professor Irmala Sashigiri,

discovers something delightfully new and newly delightful.

We talked to her about that discovery

and what it means today on the history of literature.

Okay, here we go. Welcome to the podcast. I'm getting in a holiday mood. People so generous. Everyone is so generous and kind out there this time of year. I'm Jack Wilson, by the way, your host, and I'm glad you're generously here today.

How kind of you to spend some time with us. We truly appreciate it. We have a great show today.

This is a great story. These professors and scholars and academics have to put up with so much administrators who cut and cut and cut and students who make demands on their

time and a culture that does not always support them. Their lives are dedicated to the

humanities, which is hopefully back on an upswing now after decades of being in decline and under

attack.

But every now and then, even for these people, these tireless souls, something happens,

which feels like a miracle.

A scholar follows a rainbow.

That's their specialty, by the way, these brainiacs, they're good at following rainbows. Not all of us have the patience or ability to do it. They follow the rainbow, and

they find their pot of gold. In this case, some stories that have flown under the radar of

Virginia Wolfians. These are early stories, and they were discovered in their fullest form

for the first time, and they reveal a whole new side of Virginia Wolf. We're also going to

hear from Jake Poller today. Jake was our Christopher Isherwood expert back in episode 724.

He'll be here to talk about his choice for the last book he will ever read. But first,

Ermila Seshagiri telling us about a side of Virginia Woolf and some stories that we did not

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