In Episode 7 of the Penguin Podcast, you can hear how American writer Jodi Picoult was inspired by the story of Emilia Bassano/Lanyer to include her in her lastest work, the historical fiction novel By Any Other Name.

In By Any Other Name, Picoult writes Lanyer as one of those who wrote Shakespeare’s plays, a controversial position to take but as she says, the book is fiction.

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