87. Kay Dick — They with Lucy Scholes
Author Kay Dick
Lucy Scholes rejoins us this week to discuss Kay Dick and her lost dystopian masterpiece from 1977, They, which has been newly republished by McNally Editions. Lucy, who is the Senior Editor of McNally Editions, rediscovered Dick after coming across her obituary and subsequently wrote about the novel in her column for The Paris Review, “Re-Covered.”
Discussed in this episode:
They by Kay Dick from McNally Editions
Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Rosamond Lehmann’s Dusty Answer with Lucy Scholes
“A Lost Dystopian Masterpiece” by Lucy Scholes (The Paris Review)
The Windmill literary magazine
Wittgenstein’s Mistress by David Markham
“Rediscovering a Lost Dystopia and Its Prescient Author” by Sam Knight (The New Yorker)
The Death Eaters from Harry Potter
Friends & Friendship by Kay Dick
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Troy Chimneys by Margaret Kennedy from McNally Editions
Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer from McNally Editions