Get Lit Episode 207: Elsa Maxwell
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English - March 22, 2023 02:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsBooks Arts Education american literature literary history author history educational comedy education comedy english Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Join us for some tall tales, short tales, and some stories that are truly the stuff of fairy tales as we discuss Elsa Maxwell. Maxwell revolutionized what it meant to throw a good party. She lived deeply and joyfully, celebrating every part of life in the most fantastic ways. She wrote up the social news, music and scripts for films, entertaining guides, and wrote her way into the fabric of American culture. Oh... and also. She staged a party game version of 'Clue' except the guests weren't aware the body was fake...