Musical/Video Tribute to Louisa and Lizze
Song composed by Susan Bailey
Audio Books
Free downloadable audio books and short stories by Louisa May Alcott courtesy of LibriVox
Radio program – discussion on Louisa May Alcott on the Extreme Writers Now forum on Blogtalk radio.
Audio/Visual
ALCOTT AUTHORS and SCHOLARS
Susan Cheever
Louisa May Alcott A Personal Biography by Susan Cheever
Listen to Susan Cheever talk about Louisa May Alcott in a series of podcasts
Kelly O’Connor McNees
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees
Harriet Reisen
Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen
BOOK
- See the author, Harriet Reisen, on CSPAN discussing her book
- See accompanying photo gallery with many rare photos
- Alcott ‘Not the Little Woman You Thought She Was’ – NPR interview
- Diane Rehm interviews Harriet Reisen
DOCUMENTARY
- Directed by Nancy Porter; written by Harriet Reisen
PBS Documentary for American Masters
Purchase DVD here
Interview with Harriet Reisen, author of
Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women
Roberta Trites
On October 11, 2011, scholar Roberta Trites presented “”Behind Louisa’s Mask: Discovering the Real Louisa May Alcott.” Thanks to WGLT.org, we are privy to excerpts from an interview with Trites by host Charlie Schlenker. This 4 minute and 37 second interview is well worth the listen with some tantalizing tidbits.
John Matteson
John Matteson discusses Eden’s Outcasts
THE ALCOTT LEGACY
Interview with Jan Turnquist,
Executive Director of Orchard House
Photography by Jennifer Bernard –
Louisa May Alcott Gallery
Visit Jennifer’s website at www.Photography-by-Jennifer.com.
Click here to see the MacDougal house in Boston where Louisa May Alcott wrote some of Little Women
LITTLE WOMEN MOVIES
Little Women (1933) (segment)
Frances Dee as Meg
Katharine Hepburn as Jo
Jean Parker as Beth
Joan Bennett as Amy
Douglass Montgomery as Laurie
Little Women (1949) (segment)
Janet Leigh as Meg
June Allyson as Jo
Margaret O’Brien as Beth
Elizabeth Taylor as Amy
Peter Lawford as Theodore Laurence ‘Laurie’
Little Women (1994) (segment)
Trini Alvarado as Meg
Winona Ryder as Jo
Claire Danes as Beth
Kirsten Dunst as the Younger Amy March
Samantha Mathis as the Older Amy March
Christian Bale as Laurie
ALCOTT CONTEMPORARIES
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson: The Ideal in America – excellent overview of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Transcendentalism
MUSIC
Louisa’s first poem, “To a Robin” inspired a little song which I wrote and sang:
To the First Robin
Welcome, welcome little stranger,
Fear no harm, and fear no danger,
We are glad to see you here,
For you sing, “Sweet Spring is near.”
Now the white snow melts away;
Now the flowers blossom gay;
Come dear bird and build your nest,
For we love our robin best.
Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 
I love all of these, Susan! Thanks for adding them!