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how to win the lottery: a book club podcastthe poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolverour 1990s module continues with the poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolver, whose backstory informs her writing in a unique way. after joey shares some 1998 facts (which shows how timely this novel is), we talk about the historical context within the text, as well as the way it depicts universal societal/cultural upheaval. we discuss the timing of ruth may’s death in this text (vs. a more “traditional” story), the beauty in never hearing nathan’s perspective, and the idea of knowing a thing before you know it (or living temporarily in a state of blissful ignorance). we talk about a se...
2026-02-1954 minhow to win the lottery: a book club podcasti love dick by chris krausour 1990s season continues with i love dick by chris kraus and a slew of 1997 facts, including lots of titanic talk. the big question, right off the bat: how did they make this a tv series? (shreds plans to investigate.) we discuss the text’s format and two (very different) halves, the reference to kathy acker, and the inherent sadness and embarrassment in this novel and in sylvere leaving her. we attempt to refilter chris’s obsession through a modern lens, and we also try to contextualize the feminism of the text. what is chris kraus’s impression of this wor...
2026-02-0541 min
Felici PochiFelici Pochi Ep.31: Letteratura e realtà con Roberto SavianoTante domande e tante risposte al tavolo dei Felici Pochi: Riccardo, Benedetta e Simone ospitano Roberto Saviano in una puntata ricchissima e vera. Com'è stato l'incontro con la lettura? In guerra, chi diventa cosa? È vero che oggi c'è fame di autenticità nelle narrazioni? La letteratura può fare la differenza? E per ultimo, che personaggio di Harry Potter si sente Roberto?Per inviare un messaggio a Felici Pochi: redazione.felicipochi@gmail.comI libri citati in questo episodio sono:Anatole France, La rivolta degli angeliOme...
2026-02-042h 07how to win the lottery: a book club podcastthe atlas by william t. vollmannwe’ve entered 1996 with the atlas by william t. vollmann, which has laid a curse upon our podcast. after an unprecedented preview of an upcoming module, we discuss vollmann’s various writing styles he uses throughout the text (and what they do). joey shares some 1996 facts, including a quick look back at video games that blew our minds. we talk about vollmann acting as a journalist (but also intervening), the meaning of the only thing that vollmann ever footnotes throughout the text, and how the atlas is a book that makes you feel like you’ve never lived live… and maybe th...
2026-01-2251 minhow to win the lottery: a book club podcastsabbath's theater by philip roththe 1990s keeps on truckin’ as we advance into 1995 for sabbath’s theater by philip roth. after talking about patricia lockwood’s new book (will there ever be another you), joey shares some 1995 facts, including some pride for our new jersey devils. then, we talk about how sabbath’s theater fully sticks the landing (with an all-time great final line, not to mention a great opening line), how the text is reminiscent of charlie kaufman, and why no one writes like philip roth anymore. shreds discusses the end goals of the misogyny in roth’s novels. we talk about the way roth w...
2026-01-0857 minhow to win the lottery: a book club podcastnotes of a crocodile by qiu miaojinwe’re talking about notes of a crocodile by qiu miaojin. first, though: 1994 facts and talk of the car that shreds will never buy. we discuss qiu miaojin’s tragic end (and how it pops up a lot among our authors) and the equally dark inspiration for this novel (which still winds up being not a total downer). shreds compares notes of a crocodile‘s tonal ties to no longer human and colorless tsukuru tazaki. joey shares big updates in his life since our last episode. we discuss the cultural legacy of crocodile and how qiu miaojin is able to capture the...
2025-12-2543 minhow to win the lottery: a book club podcasttrainspotting by irvine welshwe enter into 1993 with trainspotting by irvine welsh, which released on january 1. (whew, we just snuck in there!) after shreds fails to surface any 1993 facts, joey saves the day. we talk about a 90s novel set in the 90s, explore the irvine welsh shared universe, and discuss the dialectal writing in the text as well as the line that welsh straddles. we talk about how to describe the novel (in terms of it being a novel about masculinity, colonialism, heroin, and hiv) and how masculinity in 90s literature was defined by three writers (bret easton ellis, irvine welsh, and ch...
2025-12-1159 min
Left Reckoning248 - Hicks in Milwaukee: Thomas Pynchon's 'Shadow Ticket" ft. Devin Thomas O'SheaWriter Devin Thomas O'Shea joins LR once again, this time to discuss Thomas Pynchon's new novel "Shadow Ticket."Reviews mentioned: “Reading the New Pynchon Novel in a Pynchonesque America” by Kathryn Schultz in The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/29/shadow-ticket-thomas-pynchon-book-review“Thomas Pynchon is Angry” by Richard Beck in The Yale Reviewhttps://yalereview.org/article/richard-beck-thomas-pynchon“Thomas Pynchon’s world of shadows” by William T. Vollmann in UnHerdhttps://unherd.com/2025/10/thomas-pynchons-world-of-shadows/
2025-12-0250 minhow to win the lottery: a book club podcastall the pretty horses by cormac mccarthyour 1990s module continues with all the pretty horses by cormac mccarthy, marking a rapid return to his writing after covering blood meridian earlier this year. after discussing whether we could have approached “the border trilogy” in another way, we discuss 1992 facts (wherein shreds makes a generous offer) and talk about mccarthy’s assumption that you understand a fair amount of spanish to read his work. we talk about the minimal plot found in all the pretty horses, how this book serves as both an antidote to blood meridian and a possible return to religion for mccarthy, and the focus on mora...
2025-11-2745 minhow to win the lottery: a book club podcastmao ii by don delillowe’ve progressed into 1991 to talk about mao ii by don delillo, and joey has finally done his due diligence and brought some 90s facts. we start things off by talking about whether or not it’s important to have historical context for the events covered in the text, how dull (complimentary) and realistic delillo’s writing is, and the death of the novelist as a cultural touchstone/celebrity. we talk about art in delillo’s books as an avenue of compulsion for its creators, how nice it is to return to an author you love, and whether the andy warho...
2025-11-1352 minhow to win the lottery: a book club podcastvineland by thomas pynchonour 1990s module kicks off with vineland by thomas pynchon and an existential dilemma: are we starting off this module with a lie? after talking about getting our hands on media before its release date, we detour to discuss radiohead’s live “hail to the thief” album, which shreds expertly weaves right into the novel description via paul thomas anderson’s upcoming “loose adaptation” of vineland. joey shares his pov coming into this (and how it failed him); we talk about the misdirection of vineland not really being a novel about zoyd and discuss who the main character really is. we talk about...
2025-10-3053 minhow to win the lottery: a book club podcastseason seventeen theme and reading listit’s time to unveil our next full-length module, which comes as a surprise to joey, too: we’re heading back to the 1990s. after shreds reveils the ungodly length of the original form of this module, we discuss how the form of this module is yet another one that we could cycle through. shreds announces the titles while confirming what we all know: we needed a win. we share a warning that we may pause to read new books! shreds avers that he is settling some personal business with these titles. joey realizes he gets to do 90s fact...
2025-10-2312 min
PodQueueWilliam T. Vollmann | KCRWRising Up and Rising Down (McSweeney's; abridged, Harper Collins)
William Vollmann's mammoth inquiry is a study of the history of violence, which fills seven large volumes...
2025-10-0930 min
444 podcastekSakk és a világvége - Bartók Imre a Nem rossz könyvekbenA világbajnoki csúcsra törő rendkívüli sakkozó, akinek életében szaporodnak a rejtélyes történések, és az anya, aki egy polgárháború közepén próbálja meg minden áron egybetartani a családját: két nemrég megjelent regény, melyekben a közös pont, hogy az egyiket Bartók Imre írta, a másikat pedig ő fordította. Nyári szünetről visszatérő podcastunk vendége Bartók Imre, akinek nemrég jelent meg új regénye, a sakk világának mélyére vezető, fausti hangulatú Damien (be...
2025-09-1157 min
Life On Books PodcastThe Books You HAVE TO READ Before the End of the YearAnd when I say "you" I really mean "we" and when I say "have to" I really mean might do.Join our book club!https://patreon.com/LifeonBooks?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkJoin the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more!https://linktw.in/BRYAnVhBooks mentioned in this episode (purchasing through these links helps support the...
2025-07-251h 08
hu u noAlexander SorondoA talk with writer Alexander Sorondo about his epic William T. Vollmann profile, the even longer new Mark Danielewski one, Substack, Miami, and more.
2025-07-081h 15
The Slavic Literature PodEurope Central by William T. Vollmann & Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiShow Notes:This week, Cameron dives into William T. Vollmann’s Europe Central and Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood. The uniting theme this week: reflection and memory. Both novels cast a long shadow over his life, so it’s time to untangle exactly why that is. Can Europe Central be cleanly read as a series of parables? Is it appropriate to turn Hitler into a sort-of fairy tale? Is it a red flag that Cameron has read Norwegian Wood six times? Tune in to find your answers.
2025-06-271h 03
The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast107: Goals or Guilt? A Check-in on Our Reading AmbitionsIn this episode, Paul and Trevor check in on our 2025 reading goals—where we’ve succeeded, where we’ve faltered, and most importantly how our goals are impacting our reading experience. Are we setting ourselves up for success, or are we creating unnecessary pressure? We dive into the positives and potentials pitfalls of reading ambitions, exploring what’s working for us. Tune in for a reflective conversation on how to make reading goals meaningful.Plus, we announce the winner of our May giveaway and reveal our June giveaway challenge with another silly performance!We’ve got some f...
2025-05-291h 24
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 105: Wrists Be Damned: or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Big BooksIn this episode, Trevor and Paul are joined by Chris Via of Leaf by Leaf to celebrate the experience of reading big books. From the books that once intimidated us to the ones we now can't imagine our overburdened shelves without, we dive into what makes a book feel "big." Along the way, we share personal stories, favorite strategies for tackling doorstoppers, the books that stretched us as readers, and reflect on why some big books stay with us for life. Whether you're a lifelong lover of big books or someone who's still building up your wrist strength, this...
2025-05-012h 00
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 104: Hanne ØrstavikWhat happens when a writer turns silence, fear, grief—and love?—into novels that are barely a couple hundred pages but echo for days? Whether it’s love withheld, misplaced, or mourned, Ørstavik’s novels speak to each other through unspoken longing and the disorienting nature of grief—with a quiet, cumulative power that’s hard to shake. In this episode, we explore the devastating brilliance of Hanne Ørstavik, the Norwegian author whose emotionally precise novels—Love, The Pastor, Ti Amo, and Stay with Me (neither of us has read The Blue Room, but we have it on order)—have deeply moved...
2025-04-171h 18
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 97: 2025 Reading HorizonsTo kick off the new year, we discuss some of he 2025 new releases we’re most excited about. We also share our personal 5 in ‘25—five books (new or old) that we can’t wait to read this year.What are yours?ShownotesBooks* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* Middlemarch, by George Eliot* Lies and Sorcery, by Elsa Morante, translated by Jenny McPhee* On the Evolution of All Political Parties, by Simone Weil, translated by Simon Leys* Wind and Truth, by Brandon Sanderso...
2025-01-091h 34
Life On Books PodcastThe BEST Books to Read This FALL
Summer has fallen asleep and fall weather has already begun to creep in, so it's time to pull those hoodies out of the closet, and cozy up with some great books, and we've just got the books for you (kinda).
Here are some of our top recommendations for books to read this fall!
All the books mentioned in this episode:
The taker and other stories Rubem Fonseca
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781934...
The Dying Grass William T. Vollmann
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143...
Texas the Great Theft Carmen Boullosa
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781941...
Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780446...
...
2024-09-061h 10
Life On Books PodcastOur Favorite Books Written by Women in Translation
August is women in translation month and all month long we have been celebrating, and why not do another listicle episode, this time talking about 5 of our favorite books in translation written by women, as well as 5 books written by women in translation that we're looking forward to reading.
Here are the books discussed in this week's episode:
The Dying Grass William T. Vollmann
https://amzn.to/3T04VSN
The Case of Cem Vera Mutafchieva
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9789533...
To Hell with Cronje Ingrid Winterbach
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781934...
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh Franz Werfel
https://amzn...
2024-08-231h 34Life On Books PodcastWilliam H. Gass and the Genius of Omensetter's LuckOmensetter's Luck by William H. Gass is considered a pioneering work in postmodern American literature, but did you know that the novel almost never came to be because the original manuscript was stolen?
In this episode, we discuss Omensetter's Luck by William H. Gass, and all of its quirks, oddities, and genius.
Whether you're a William Gass fan or are only vaguely aware of Omensetter's Luck, I think you'll enjoy this podcast!
Books mentioned in the podcast
Omensetter's Luck
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141...
The Invention of Morel...
2024-08-161h 17
Literary RamblingsBonus Short: On William T. Vollmann's ImperialIn this Bonus Short, Wes shares his thoughts on William T Vollmann's Imperial (2009). While this work blends genres, it is primarily a work of nonfiction that explores history and sociopolical issues around the US/Mexico border.
2024-08-1216 min
Malati di LetteraturaAmmalarsi di povertà“Perché sei povero?” è la domanda che lo scrittore William T. Vollmann pone alle persone indigenti che incontra e intervista tra gli anni Novanta e Duemila in giro per il mondo. Dal materiale raccolto in quei viaggi e rielaborato come solo un grandissimo poteva fare, nasce il libro I poveri, affresco di un’umanità ferita che porta l’autore stesso a mettersi in discussione in quanto persona e scrittore. Lo sguardo di Vollmann, soffermandosi anche sull’inestricabile legame tra svantaggio sociale e malattia, ci offre così l’occasione di indagare questo doppio volto della vulnerabilità, estendendo il discorso oltre i confini della sol...
2024-05-0138 min
Thousand Movie ProjectWilliam T. Vollmann Talks About His 3,400-page Novel, A TABLE FOR FORTUNEWilliam T. Vollmann Talks About His 3,400-page Novel, A TABLE FOR FORTUNE by Alexander Sorondo
2024-01-2651 min
Bookin’264--Bookin’ w/ William T. VollmannThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by National Book Award winner William T. Vollmann, author of Shadows of Love and Shadows of Loneliness, which are published by our friends at An Unnamed Press and Rare Bird Books. Topics of conversation include mortality, the price of convenience, hearts that are or are not troubled by atrocity, the perception of global warming in Bangladesh, American and Serbian views of Muslims, police with virtual recognition goggles, facing your problems vs. not facing them, writing vs. painting vs. photography, esoteric means of film development, how a photograph never ceases to be a foun...
2023-11-2746 min
SFUltraSFULTRA #16 - Revival - Stephen King"Death's meaning I cannot read. To me death is above all things a smell, a very bad smell, and that, like the skeletons which terrify children, is not death at all. If I had to smell it more often, if I had to work in the catacombs, I would think nothing of it. And a few years or decades from now, I will think nothing about everything." - William T. Vollmann, Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means
2023-11-0753 minSFUltraSFULTRA #16 - Revival - Stephen King"Death's meaning I cannot read. To me death is above all things a smell, a very bad smell, and that, like the skeletons which terrify children, is not death at all. If I had to smell it more often, if I had to work in the catacombs, I would think nothing of it. And a few years or decades from now, I will think nothing about everything." - William T. Vollmann, Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means
2023-11-0753 min
TRUE ANON TRUTH FEEDEpisode 331: Grief Is A Witch-Hag (Part 2)We visited legendary writer William T. Vollmann (Rainbow Stories, Europe Central) in his Sacramento studio for a long talk about lots of things. Part two of two.
Read his new essay “Four Men” in Harper’s: harpers.org/archive/2023/11/four-men/
2023-11-061h 31
TRUE ANON TRUTH FEEDEpisode 331: Grief Is A Witch-Hag (Part 2)We visited legendary writer William T. Vollmann (Rainbow Stories, Europe Central) in his Sacramento studio for a long talk about lots of things. Part two of two.Read his new essay “Four Men” in Harper’s
2023-11-061h 31
TRUE ANON TRUTH FEEDEpisode 331: Grief Is A Witch-Hag (Part 2)We visited legendary writer William T. Vollmann (Rainbow Stories, Europe Central) in his Sacramento studio for a long talk about lots of things. Part two of two.Read his new essay “Four Men” in Harper’s
2023-11-0600 min
TRUE ANON TRUTH FEEDEpisode 330: Grief Is A Witch-Hag (Part 1)We visited legendary writer William T. Vollmann (Rainbow Stories, Europe Central) in his Sacramento studio for a long talk about lots of things. Part one of two.
Read his new essay “Four Men” in Harper’s: https://harpers.org/archive/2023/11/four-men/
2023-11-021h 39TRUE ANON TRUTH FEEDEpisode 330: Grief Is A Witch-Hag (Part 1)We visited legendary writer William T. Vollmann (Rainbow Stories, Europe Central) in his Sacramento studio for a long talk about lots of things. Part one of two. Read his new essay “Four Men” in Harper’s
2023-11-0200 min
TRUE ANON TRUTH FEEDEpisode 330: Grief Is A Witch-Hag (Part 1)We visited legendary writer William T. Vollmann (Rainbow Stories, Europe Central) in his Sacramento studio for a long talk about lots of things. Part one of two. Read his new essay “Four Men” in Harper’s
2023-11-021h 39
The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library EventsWilliam Vollmann reads from 'The Dying Grass'William Vollmann's 'The Dying Grass' depicting the Nez Perce War is the latest in the National Book Award-winning author's series of novels examining the collisions between Native Americans and Europeans. -- Defrauded and intimidated at every turn, the Nez Perces finally went on the warpath in 1877, subjecting the U.S. Army to its greatest defeat since Little Big Horn as they fled from northeast Oregon across Montana to the Canadian border. Vollmann’s main character is not the legendary Chief Joseph, but his pursuer, General Oliver Otis Howard, the brave, shy, tormented, devoutly Christian Civil War veteran. In this novel, we...
2023-09-1546 minBookin’247--Bookin’ w/ Wilton BarnhardtThis week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Wilton Barnhardt, who discusses his new novel Western Alliances, which is published by our friends at St. Martin's Press. Topics of conversation include North Carolina, William T. Vollmann, bourbon, travel, photography, the 2008 financial collapse, the bond market, Henry Miller, European elevators, Zelda Fitzgerald, Norway, and much more. Copies of Western Alliances can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.
2023-07-3134 min
TerraRossa PodcastSul comodino di Francesco Dezio: "Storie dell'arcobaleno" di William T. VollmannFrancesco Dezio, autore per TerraRossa Edizioni di "Nicola Rubino è entrato in fabbrica" e "La gente per bene", ci parla di "Storie dell'arcobaleno" di William T. Vollmann.
2023-06-1309 min
Voci da FestivaletteraturaWilliam T. Vollmann con Claudia DurastantiLa prosa dello statunitense William T. Vollmann non conosce etichette o confini di genere. La voce del reporter, dello storico, del reietto e del romanziere risultano spesso inestricabili nella sua vasta produzione: dai disperati racconti di prostituzione al centro di Storie della farfalla, all’indagine sulla violenza di Come un’onda che sale e che scende, senza dimenticare l'allucinata saga totalitaria Europe Central, con il quale nel 2005 ha vinto il National Book Award. A Festivaletteratura 2022 Vollmann ha incontrato la scrittrice Claudia Durastanti, da sempre sua appassionata lettrice. Nella loro conversazione i due hanno parlato dei temi che attraversano l’opera-mondo dell’a...
2023-04-1258 min
Car Dogs#222 Whatever they said we said… We said itSan Diego State, Vikings, William T. Vollmann and meeting up with old friends.
2023-04-0344 min
Spine CrackersWilliam T. Vollmann - The AtlasIn the first episode of 2023, the Spine Crackers read William T. Vollmann's semi-autobiographical 1996 novel of sex, violence, regret, and loneliness The Atlas!
2023-01-131h 26
Fuel Your Mind With This Captivating Full Audiobook — Perfect On A Rainy Day.Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness by William T. VollmannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/1852to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness
Series: Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness Series, Book 2
Author: William T. Vollmann
Narrator: Paul Heitsch
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
Release date: 12-06-22
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Photography
Publisher's Summary:
In this landmark collection, William T. Vollmann offers a kaleidoscopic retrospective of the visual artwork he has produced over four decades, with new commentary from Vollmann on his process, inspiration, and the many intersections with his writing.
2022-12-061h 16
Albo poczytamWydawnictwo Cyranka: książki na prezent dla ludzi, których nie rusza magia świąt.Wydawnictwo Cyranka w tym roku zaserwowało czytelniczkom i czytelnikom sporo książkowych sztosów. O tym, co warto czytać, jak wydawać dobre tytuły, gdzie leży nadzieja polskiego rynku książki rozmawiają Konrad Nowacki, współzałożyciel wydawnictwa Cyranka i Anna Karczewska.
Lista książek do przeczytania (i kupowania w prezencie):
David Diop „Bratnia dusza” Cyranka
Bil Buford „Między kibolami” Cyranka
George Perec „Życie. Instrukcja obsługi” LOKATOR
Peter Høeg „Nieprzystosowani” Driada
William T. Vollmann „Centrala Europa” W.A.B
Maciej Topolski „Niż” Korporacja HaArt!
Agnieszka Jelonek „Koniec świata umyj okna” Cyranka
Justyna Bargielska „Pij ze mną kompot” Wydawnictwo...
2022-11-2329 minAlbo poczytamKonrad Nowacki: książki na prezent dla ludzi, których nie rusza magia świąt.Wydawnictwo Cyranka w tym roku zaserwowało czytelniczkom i czytelnikom sporo książkowych sztosów. O tym, co warto czytać, jak wydawać dobre tytuły, gdzie leży nadzieja polskiego rynku książki rozmawiają Konrad Nowacki, współzałożyciel wydawnictwa Cyranka i Anna Karczewska.
Lista książek do przeczytania (i kupowania w prezencie):
David Diop „Bratnia dusza” Cyranka
Bil Buford „Między kibolami” Cyranka
George Perec „Życie. Instrukcja obsługi” LOKATOR
Peter Høeg „Nieprzystosowani” Driada
William T. Vollmann „Centrala Europa” W.A.B
Maciej Topolski „Niż” Korporacja HaArt!
Agnieszka Jelonek „Koniec świata umyj okna” Cyranka
Justyna Bargielska „Pij ze mną kompot” Wydawnictwo Wolno
Łu...
2022-11-2329 min
America ControAlla resa dei conti - Ep. 9Insieme allo scrittore William T. Vollmann fotografiamo l'America alla vigilia di elezioni cruciali
2022-10-1018 min
Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentShadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness: Volume One: Photographs: 1980-2020 by William T. VollmannPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/506180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness: Volume One: Photographs: 1980-2020 Series: #1 of Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness Author: William T. Vollmann Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this landmark collection, William T. Vollmann offers a kaleidoscopic retrospective of the visual artwork he has produced over four decades, with new commentary from Vollmann on his process, inspiration, and the many intersections with his writing. The celebrated author of over twenty-five books (among them the National Book A...
2022-07-1230 min
Beyond The ZeroZachary Tanner
Zachary Tanner
@piobald_puffpuff instagram
Coronasamizdat.com
https://zacharytannerbibliophile.art.blog
Fifi Mimieux
https://www.amazon.com/Fifi-Mimieux/e/B00O0GNTCG/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1
Gateway Books
Review of Contemporary Fiction
Against The Day
Gravity's Rainbow
Infinite Jest
Vollmann
Proust
Current reads /Looking forward to
Mansfield Park - Austen
Outlander series
Bottom's Dream
Carte Blanche
Vollmann
Pynchon
...
2022-07-071h 03
Brick Lane Bookshop PodcastBLB Podcast - Search Engine Optimisation with Jem CalderThe BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published.
In this fourth episode, Kate and Peter talk to Jem Calder about his debut short story collection, Reward System.
Show Notes:
Faber
Bullshit by David Graeber
George Saunders
William T. Vollmann
Mark Fisher
Tao Lin
Rachel Cusk
Oval by Elvia Wilk
The Creep by...
2022-05-2447 min
1storypod65: Jake Hanrahan on GARGOYLE (2021)EAST MIDLANDS / NYC — Jake Hanrahan is a conflict reporter and journalist from East Midlands, England. He hosts the war podcast Popular Front. He is the author of Gargoyle (2021), a collection of his essays. He’s a fucking real one.
GARGOYLE: Reporting from frontlines, jail cells, and trap houses: https://www.amazon.com/Gargoyle-Reporting-frontlines-cells-houses/dp/B092PG6K13
POPULAR FRONT: https://www.patreon.com/popularfront/posts
3 min - on Ukraine / Hoods Hoods Clan.
8 min - on Fuccboi.
14 min - on the Kazinskiite pine tree community from Gargoyle (2021).
19 min - on Combat Obscura.
23 min - shitty labor jobs.
29 min - anti-snobbery media.
32 min...
2022-05-121h 30
Giocare col fuocoGiocare col fuoco #30 - 8 maggio 2022Libri: Jeff Burger, a cura di, Like a Rolling Stone, interviste a Bod Dylan (trad. C. Pieretti, Il Saggiatore)
William T. Vollmann, I poveri (trad. C. Mennella, minimum fax)
Joyce Maynard, L’albero della nostra vita (trad. S. Castoldi, NNE)
Musica: Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone
Schubert, Sonata in La minore, Op. D821
Sharon Van Etten, Darkness Fades
Chopin, notturni
Arcade Fire, Age of Anxiery I
Meredith Monk, On Behalf of Nature
Euryhtmics, Thorn in My Side
2022-05-0858 min
W.A.S.T.E. Mailing ListYou Bright and Risen Angels - William T Vollmann“You Bright and Risen Angels” by William T. Vollmann
BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3KXV7lO
First published by Andre Deutsch, 1987
Published by Penguin Books, 1988
Paperback, 635 pages
ISBN: 0140110879
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/37EJ3HS
Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3itWTiB
Sections:
00:00 Preamble
04:06 VOLLMANNIA
05:47 The Programmer
12:14 Angels at a Glance
18:00 The Cartoon
23:54 Source Code
30:08 The Eternal Winner
34:46 A Bug’s Life...
2022-03-291h 18
Beyond The ZeroSeth from W.A.S.T.E. Mailing List
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Instagram @wastemailinglist
wastemailinglist@gmail.com
https://wastemailinglist.substack.com
Gateway Books:
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
2.Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
3.Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Currently Reading:
1. Anniversaries: A Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl by Uwe Johnson, translated by Damion Searls
2. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
Anticipated Reads:
1. William...
2022-03-111h 21
Penguin AudioAudiolibro: "El fin del fin de la tierra" de Jonathan FranzenEsta es una muestra de "El fin del fin de la tierra". La versión completa tiene una duración total de 8 h 0 min. Encuentra este audiolibro completo en https://bit.ly/elfindelatierra_sampleNarrado por: Rafael de la Rica HernándezEsta variada serie de artículos, publicados en los más prestigiosos medios norteamericanos, reúne dieciséis piezas que muestran la amplitud de miras de Franzen, en algún caso con claros tintes autobiográficos. Desde vibrantes reseñas sobre novelistas clásicas como Edith Wharton y contemporáneos como William T. Vollm...
2022-02-2104 minCar Dogs#106 Harry Nilsson Doc, William T. Vollmann podcast and the PCT mindsetTraining my mind for upcoming adventures- but ultimately what is more interesting? The adventure or the person doing it?
2022-02-211h 01
Speak with EveEp 102: True Love, Sex as Transformation, Intellectual Intercourse Eve Eurydice w William T VollmannEve Eurydice speaks with the acclaimed writer William T. Vollmann in a Valentine-special interview. We discuss Creativity as Transgression. Erotica. The Sexual Revolution. The Liberation of Man. Jung’s Anima & Animus. The Union of Opposites. Desire as unspeakable freedom from the bounds of the self, connection to timelessness, to the divine, to awe in nature. Love as submission to nature, especially challenging for the male who has been trained to conquer nature. The challenge for those who speak sex is to find balance between nature & culture, to overcome culture’s taboo separation between mind & body, to invent a new language that...
2022-02-141h 02
Speak with EveEp 102: True Love, Sex as Transformation, Intellectual Intercourse Eve Eurydice w William T VollmannEve Eurydice speaks with the acclaimed writer William T. Vollmann in a Valentine-special interview. We discuss Creativity as Transgression. Erotica. The Sexual Revolution. The Liberation of Man. Jung’s Anima & Animus. The Union of Opposites. Desire as unspeakable freedom from the bounds of the self, connection to timelessness, to the divine, to awe in nature. Love as submission to nature, especially challenging for the male who has been trained to conquer nature. The challenge for those who speak sex is to find balance between nature & culture, to overcome culture’s taboo separation between mind & body, to invent a new language that...
2022-02-141h 02
Speak with Eve Eurydice102: True Love, Intellectual Intercourse, Sex as Body Alchemy. Eurydice Eve with William T. VollmannEve Eurydice speaks with the acclaimed writer William T. Vollmann in a Valentine’s special interview. We discuss Creativity as Transgression. Erotica. The Sexual Revolution. The Liberation of Man. Jung’s Anima & Animus. The Union of Opposites. Desire as unspeakable freedom from the bounds of the self, connection to timelessness, to the divine, to awe in nature. Love as submission to nature, especially challenging for the male who has been trained to conquer nature. The challenge for those who speak sex is to find balance between nature & culture, to overcome culture’s taboo separation between mind & body, to invent a new la...
2022-02-141h 02
Normalnie o tej porzeMichał Michalski: Nagrody Art RageO tym, czym jest Art Rage, po co robić kolejną nagrodę literacką, jak można głosować w plebiscycie i kogo warto czytać z Michałem Michalskim - pisarzem, śmieszkiem i wydawcą - rozmawia Anna Karczewska. Mówimy też, co może człowieka zabić i jak odnieść sukces literacki w Galicji.
Lista książek:
„Rzeszot” Bartosza Sadulskiego (Wydawnictwo Książkowe Klimaty)
„Kości, które nosisz w kieszeni” Łukasza Barysa (Wydawnictwo Cyranka)
„Rozpływaj się” Anny Cieplak (Wydawnictwo Literackie)
„Niejedno” Barbary Woźniak (Wydawnictwo Drzazgi)
„Dziadka nie ma” Michała Turowskiego (Instant Classic)
„Pusty przelot” Daniela Odiji (Wydawnictwo Czarne)
„Dzikie mięso” Mar...
2022-01-2534 min
Normalnie o tej porzeWydawnictwo Cyranka: książki na prezent dla ludzi, których nie rusza magia świąt.Wydawnictwo Cyranka w tym roku zaserwowało czytelniczkom i czytelnikom sporo książkowych sztosów. O tym, co warto czytać, jak wydawać dobre tytuły, gdzie leży nadzieja polskiego rynku książki rozmawiają Konrad Nowacki, współzałożyciel wydawnictwa Cyranka i Anna Karczewska.
Lista książek do przeczytania (i kupowania w prezencie):
David Diop „Bratnia dusza” Cyranka
Bil Buford „Między kibolami” Cyranka
George Perec „Życie. Instrukcja obsługi” LOKATOR
Peter Høeg „Nieprzystosowani” Driada
William T. Vollmann „Centrala Europa” W.A.B
Maciej Topolski „Niż” Korporacja HaArt!
Agnieszka Jelonek „Koniec świata umyj okna” Cyranka
Justyna Bargielska „Pij ze mną kompot” Wydawnictwo Wolno
Łu...
2021-12-1129 min
Ostap QueriesWilliam T. Vollmann on Courage and BetrayalThis month is one year since I’ve been on Substack, but it’s only my sixth post here. From now on I’m going to publish an interview a month.At first, it’ll be old interviews with American, British and Canadian writers and movie directors I took in the 2000s for Russian media and never published in English. I have in my stock interviews with Cory Doctorow, David Cronenberg and others. After the old interviews will have been published, there will be new ones. This interview with William T. Vollmann was taken in 2006. A part of it wa...
2021-11-1539 min
Beyond The ZeroRyan AlexanderRyan Alexander
- Twitter @ryanhasbadtaste
- Instagram @therepublicofbadtaste
Vollmannia podcast @vollmannia coming in 2022
Gateway Books
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- Hamlet
- Goosebumps
- Salem's Lot
- Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
TBR
· The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk; translated by Jennifer L. Croft
· The Plains, Inland, A Million Windows, Border Districts by Gerald Murnane
· Doppelgänger, Leica Format, Trieste, Belladonna, EEG by Daša Drndić; translated by S.D. Curtis, Cel...
2021-11-121h 23Bookin’150--Bookin‘ w/ Richard PowersFor our 150th episode, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning, National Book Award-winning, and New York Times bestselling author Richard Powers, who discusses his new novel Bewilderment, which is published by our friends at W.W. Norton & Company. Topics of discussion include medicating children, Physics vs. English, the search for life in outer space, video games, William T. Vollmann, Buddhism, the idea that we are living in a simulation, homeschooling, and much more. Copies of Bewilderment can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.
2021-09-2136 min
Letteratitudine su Radio Polisn. 20-21 ospite: Orazio Labbate con "Spirdu" e "Gli States di Stephen King"Trasmissione curata e condotta da Massimo MaugeriRegia, postproduzione e consulenza musicale: Federico Marin.Ospite della puntata: lo scrittore Orazio Labbate.Con Orazio Labbate discutiamo dei suoi due nuovi libri: un romanzo e un saggio.Il romanzo si intitola "Spirdu" (ed è pubblicato da Italo Svevo edizioni), il saggio si intitola "Gli States di Stephen King" (ed è pubblicato da Perrone nella collana "Passaggi di Dogana").Orazio Labbate è nato a Mazzarino nel 1985, ma ha vissuto sin dall’infanzia a Butera. Definito dalla critica il fondatore del Gotico siciliano, ha pubblicato i romanzi Lo Scuru (Tunué,2014) e Sutt...
2021-08-3139 min
Car DogsWilliam T. Vollmann, David Choe and 80 year old clamsEpisode 23... dedicated to outside the box thinkers... is this becoming a nudist podcast? I’ll tell you this... it’s never laundry day out here--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit johnleder.substack.com
2021-05-1643 min
Car DogsWilliam T. Vollmann, David Choe and 80 year old clamsEpisode 23... dedicated to outside the box thinkers... is this becoming a nudist podcast? I’ll tell you this... it’s never laundry day out here--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leder.substack.com
2021-05-1643 min
Car DogsWilliam T. Vollmann, David Choe and 80 year old clamsEpisode 23... dedicated to outside the box thinkers... is this becoming a nudist podcast? I’ll tell you this... it’s never laundry day out here--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jleder.substack.com
2021-05-1643 minCar DogsWilliam T. Vollmann, David Choe and 80 year old clamsEpisode 23... dedicated to outside the box thinkers... is this becoming a nudist podcast? I’ll tell you this... it’s never laundry day out here
2021-05-1642 min
Car DogsWilliam T. Vollmann, David Choe and 80 year old clamsEpisode 23... dedicated to outside the box thinkers... is this becoming a nudist podcast? I’ll tell you this... it’s never laundry day out here--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lederbuilt.substack.com
2021-05-1643 min
Car DogsWilliam T. Vollmann, David Choe and 80 year old clamsEpisode 23... dedicated to outside the box thinkers... is this becoming a nudist podcast? I’ll tell you this... it’s never laundry day out here--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lederj.substack.com
2021-05-1643 min
Quarta di copertinaQuarta di Copertina del 4 gennaio 2021Oggi a Quarta di Copertina andiamo a Cuba per parlare del nuovo evento economico del Paese: la fine della doppia valuta. Una notizia che ci fa pensare alla famiglia de “I Mandible”. Poi l'ennesima morte di un reporter di guerra in Afghanistan ci fa riflettere sull'importanza dell'informazione al giorno d'oggi; uno sguardo sul ruolo delle potenze nel mondo viene espresso al meglio in “Afghanistan Picture Show”. Infine il resoconto dell'operazione vaccino in Italia fa ben sperare e riflettere sul valore delle scoperte scientifiche, come accade nell'ultimo libro di Hanya Yanaghiara. Buone letture!I Mandible, Lionel S...
2021-01-0415 min
Sale Papusa PodcastSale Papusa #32 - La violenciaLa violencia. Sus formas colectivas y singulares. Violencia mítica versus violencia divina en Walter Benjamin. Hannah Arendt y la violencia como lo opuesto al poder. La violencia conquistadora y colonialista. La conquista de América: imposición de una forma de vida y de una lengua. El contra-canon argentino surgido en los 60s (Lamborghini, Gusmán, etc.) como forma de violentar esa lengua. Fanon y Sartre: el colonialismo francés y la liberación nacional argelina. La Doctrina de Guerra Revolucionaria en Los centuriones de Jean Lartéguy. La violencia inevitable y obsoleta bajo la mirada poética de Adriene...
2020-08-221h 38
Boeken FMCorona-special | 'De pest' - Albert CamusDe negende aflevering van seizoen 3 van Boeken FM is een speciale, want we zitten allemaal noodgedwongen binnen in ons eigen huis. In deze Corona-special bespreken Ellen Deckwitz, Joost de Vries en Bob Kappen het boek ‘De Pest’ van de Franse schrijver en filosoof Albert Camus. Het panel belicht het belang van absurdisme in Camus’ werk en leven, en spreekt over de verschillende hoofdpersonages en hun reactie op de crisis. Daarnaast hoor je van Bob welk boek ideaal is om te lezen tijdens quarantaine, en kom je erachter wie van het panel met balpen in boeken schrijft…Boekentips in deze afl...
2020-03-251h 02
The Next TrackEpisode #169 - The Environmental Impact of Vinyl Records, CDs, and DataWe talk with Kyle Devine, author of a new book about the environmental impact of music recordings, which raises a number of issues that we had never previously considered.
Guest:
Kyle Devine
Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music
Show notes:
Nightmares on wax: the environmental impact of the vinyl revival
Shellac (Wikipedia)
Vinyl Record Production in Peril After Fire at California Plant
What the Vinyl Records Comeback Really Looks Like…
Phtalate (Wikipedia)
William T. Vollmann: Carbon Ideologies
Our next tracks:
Sir András Schiff plays The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (Visual Album)
Cre...
2020-02-1240 min
The Readerly ReportWe Discuss Our Reading Influences With J. Ryan StradalGayle and Nicole welcome Gayle’s literary hero J. Ryan Stradal to the show to talk about childhood reading influences. We also talk about the authors J. Ryan turns to to help make him feel empathetic toward his characters, why he doesn’t give up on authors, and whether it’s OK to dogear pages and mark up books.Books mentioned:Kitchens Of The Great Midwest by J. Ryan StradalThe Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan StradalThings You Save In A Fire by Katherine CenterThe Cactus League by Emily Nemens...
2019-11-141h 02
Espacio vacíoEspacio vacío - Episodio 2: Miedo y asco en la ciudad de los escritoresEn este episodio te invitamos a un viaje a través de los universos creativos de tres autores norteamericanos contemporáneos: Robert Coover, Steve Erickson y William T. Vollmann. En ellos coincide el gusto por llevar la escritura hasta los límites y, por el camino, jugar con las convenciones del lenguaje y los géneros. Vamos a imaginar crónicas viajeras, fantasías, géneros populares y sueños de cine.
2019-09-1056 min
The Harper’s Podcast“Just Keep Going North”2019 has been a banner year for xenophobia. Before news broke of lice-ridden migrant children forced to sleep on frigid cement, before the racist jokes Border Patrol officers traded on private Facebook groups were made public, President Trump sowed fear over “migrant caravans” headed for the land of the free—caravans that might’ve had “Middle Easterners” among their ranks. Such bald-faced lies conspired with long-sublimated national myths to obscure the actual crisis at our border, and to obscure the identities of those suffering the consequences. In the interviews and photographs that compose William T. Vollmann’s cover story for the July issue of...
2019-07-0330 min
Stop and Smell the AnalogFathers Day Harmonica SerenadeAnd we are back with a Happy Fathers Day episode dedicated to everyone whether they are a father or not. Unfortunately we encountered some audio problems for the first fifteen minutes so if it becomes unbearable please jump ahead. We discuss some comics and gifts we've received before jumping into our book club discussion about Michael Chabon's Kavalier & Clay. That led us into talking about the differences that make a book a good story or good art. Michael then jumps into several books he's recently read, Piers Anthony's Sos the Rope, James SA Corey's Tiamat's Wrath from the Expanse series...
2019-06-161h 32
The Atlantic Out LoudThe Most Honest Book About Climate Change Yet - Nathaniel Rich - October 2018William T. Vollmann’s latest opus is one of the most honest—and fatalistic—books about global warming yet written. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2018-09-1817 minThe Atlantic Out LoudThe Most Honest Book About Climate Change Yet - Nathaniel Rich - October 2018William T. Vollmann’s latest opus is one of the most honest—and fatalistic—books about global warming yet written. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2018-09-1817 minThe Atlantic Out LoudThe Most Honest Book About Climate Change Yet - Nathaniel Rich - October 2018William T. Vollmann’s latest opus is one of the most honest—and fatalistic—books about global warming yet written. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2018-09-1817 min
Climate OneCarbon Captives: The Human ExperienceFossil fuels have helped bring people out of poverty around the world, and many people working in the industry are proud of their contribution. William Vollmann writes about the lives of laborers and executives in different parts of the vast fossil fuel system. Discussing an alternative path for these communities, National Director of Green for All Michelle Romero advocates, “for some, retraining is a viable option and for others nearing retirement...maybe providing a benefit package that will help.” Explore the lives of those who remain captives of an economy run on carbon.
Guests
Michelle Romero
N...
2018-09-0151 min
Press Play On The Most Inspiring Full Audiobook Today!No Good Alternative by William T. VollmannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/131847to listen full audiobooks.
Title: No Good Alternative
Series: Carbon Ideologies, Book 2
Author: William T. Vollmann
Narrator: Sean Runnette
Format: mp3
Length: 22 hrs and 11 mins
Release date: 08-14-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: 21st Century
Publisher's Summary:
The second volume of William T. Vollmann's epic book about the factors and human actions that have led to global warming begins in the coal fields of West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. Over the course of four years, Vollmann finds hollowed out towns with coal-polluted streams and acidified drinking water; makes covert visits to mountaintop...
2018-08-1410h 11
LongformEpisode 305: Nathaniel RichNathaniel Rich is a novelist and a writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine. His most recent article is "Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change."
“There’s a huge opportunity with climate change because we talk a lot about the political issue with it, the industry story and the scientific story, but we don’t talk about the human story. And I would say that not only is it a big human story, but it is the human story. ... With every step of the ladder that we’ve advanced, we’re borrowing from our future. I don’t think we’v...
2018-08-081h 05
APEX Hour at SUU4/19/18: Summer Book Time with APEXBooks recommended in this episode are:
Recommended by Jason Sander:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Tibetan Peach Pie by Tom Robbins
Riding Toward Everywhere by William T. Vollmann
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Journey is the Destination by Dan Eldon
Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
Recommended by Lynn Vartan:
Books for Living by Will Schwalbe
Americana: Dispatches From the New Frontier by Hampton Sides
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
A Wine Lover’s Mystery Series by Michele Scott
Recommended bu both Lynn and Jason:
Voices in th...
2018-04-1955 min
Start Your Day With A Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook.No Immediate Danger by William T. VollmannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/131879to listen full audiobooks.
Title: No Immediate Danger
Series: Carbon Ideologies, Book 1
Author: William T. Vollmann
Narrator: Sean Runnette
Format: mp3
Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
Release date: 04-10-18
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 49 ratings
Genres: 21st Century
Publisher's Summary:
In his nonfiction, William T. Vollmann has won acclaim as a singular voice tackling some of the most important issues of our age. Now, Vollmann turns to a topic that will define the generations to come - the factors and human actions that have led to global warming. Vollmann begins No Immediate Danger by examining...
2018-04-104h 31
SFUltra#18 - Navigation: Another Place"Do you want to know what happiness is? Happiness is the absence of unpleasant information." ― William T. Vollmann, Lupin the III: The Castle of Cagliostro - 1979 - Hayao Miyazaki Confessions of An Opium Eater - 1962 - Albert Zugsmith Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook: facebook.com/comeinallunits email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com
2018-01-2537 minSFUltra#18 - Navigation: Another Place"Do you want to know what happiness is? Happiness is the absence of unpleasant information." ― William T. Vollmann, Lupin the III: The Castle of Cagliostro - 1979 - Hayao Miyazaki Confessions of An Opium Eater - 1962 - Albert Zugsmith Sponsor: subnormality.ca twitter: twitter.com/comeinallunits facebook: facebook.com/comeinallunits email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com
2018-01-2537 min
Immerse Yourself In This Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.The Dying Grass by William T. VollmannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/152465to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Dying Grass
Author: William T. Vollmann
Narrator: Henry Strozier
Format: mp3
Length: 53 hrs and 59 mins
Release date: 11-02-15
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 58 ratings
Genres: Indigenous
Publisher's Summary:
2015-11-025h 59
BookwormWilliam T. Vollmann: The Dying Grass, Part IIThe Dying Grass: A Novel of the Nez Perce War is the fifth book in Vollman's seven-book series about loss and transformation of the North American continent, this novel dramatizes a power grab disguised as a race war between Native Americans and settlers.
2015-09-1030 minBookwormWilliam T. Vollmann: The Dying Grass, Part IThe rise of corporate America begins with the ruthless acquisition of Indian land in this massively researched epic which evokes the language, the food, and the lost customs of the Nez Perce. This is the first of two conversations about William Vollman’s novel of the 1877 war that destroyed the Nez Perce.
2015-09-0330 min
The Book ReportA Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesHappy New Year, everybody, and welcome back to The Book Report presented by The Millions! We hope that all of you had a great 2014. But we know you didn’t, because 2014 was a stupid garbage year, and nothing good happened, except the founding of The Book Report presented by The Millions, which ruled, but otherwise, let’s just all agree never to discuss 2014 ever again. Moving on!
Discussed in this episode: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James, Bob Marley, As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, profanity, destination weddings, violence, Cool Runnings (dir. Jon Turteltaub), Roberto Bolaño, Wi...
2015-01-0904 min
Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column1802: A 2014 Interview with William T Vollmann"...that's the choice we make with death..."
2014-10-2008 minRick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column1801: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 179: William T. VollmannLast Stories and Other Stories
2014-10-1908 minBookwormWilliam T. Vollmann: Last Stories and Other Stories (Part II)William T. Vollmann has authored a wide array of works of nonfiction as well as fiction. Who is this literary chameleon, and where is his life’s work going?
2014-08-1429 minBookwormWilliam T. Vollmann: Last Stories and Other Stories (Part I)Vollmann leads us to the “wall of ill” that separates life from death. We dissect Vollmann’s opening remarks to the reader, brimful of images both dark and sweet.
2014-08-0729 min
The Midwest Peace ProcessEpisode 63 - The September 10th SocietyWe welcome a special "progressive" guest host, and we discuss our new organization The September 10th Society. We also cover the latest developments in Syria.
The Missing Links
Links to sites or topics discussed on the show
The September 10th Society
Obama protestor arrest in St. Charles sparks controversy | FOX2now.com
Only bad people send their kids to private school - Slate Magazine
How a Miami School Crime Cover-Up Policy Led to Trayvon Martin's Death - The American Spectator
The Administration That is Forcing Healthcare Can't Make a Decent Lunch | Downtrend/Washington Times
Global Cooling Now...
2013-09-161h 23
Les Grandes TraverséesPourquoi Fukushima ? 1/14 : Fukushima : le récit des témoinsdurée : 00:58:04 - Les Grandes Traversées - par : Michel Pomarède - Documentaire. Comment décrire la catastrophe ? Écoutez les témoins de la catastrophe nucléaire de la centrale de Fukushima tenter de raconter, ceux qui ont tenté de montrer la réalité en se rendant sur les lieux de la zone interdite. - réalisation : Jean-Philippe Navarre - invités : William T. Vollmann; Ryuichi Hirokawa Photographe, fondateur de la revue Days Japan"
2012-08-1358 minBookwormWilliam T. VollmannRiding toward Everywhere (Ecco)William Vollmann decided to spend as much time as possible viewing the stars from the flatbed of a moving train. He’s a “fauxbo” not a hobo, and he movingly describes his need to find freedom by hopping a train–without any destination in mind.
2008-03-2729 minBookwormWilliam T. VollmannRising Up and Rising Down (McSweeney's; abridged, Harper Collins)
William Vollmann's mammoth inquiry is a study of the history of violence, which fills seven large volumes...
2004-11-0429 min