Episodios
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Arno Schmidt: Evening Edged in Gold
Published by MarionBoyars, 1980
Hardcover, 215 pages
ISBN: 9780714527192
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3OByfgX
Arno Schmidt (Vol 1): Collected Novellas
Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 1994
Paperback &Hardcover, 446 pages
ISBN: 9781564780669
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3Yc1vOi
Arno Schmidt (Vol 2): Nobodaddy’s Children
Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 1995
Paperback &Hardcover, 256 pages
ISBN: 9781564780904
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rMFR7c
Arno Schmidt (Vol 3): Collected Stories
Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 1996
Paperback &Hardcover, 328 pages
ISBN: 9781564781345
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4750vzL
Arno Schmidt (Vol 4): Two Novels
Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 1997
Paperback &Hardcover, 432 pages
ISBN: 9781564786623
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rOLpOw
Arno Schmidt: Bottom’s Dream
Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 2016
Paperback &Hardcover, 1496 pages
ISBN: 9781628971590
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rP2FTU
Today Episode in VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7rNngCEwCdY
Today’s Episode in Text: PENDING
Join us on /r/Arno_Schmidt: https://www.reddit.com/r/Arno_Schmidt/
Sections:
00:00 Intro
04:33 Arno Schmidt – A Post Mortem
10:21 In the Wake of the Wake
15:14 What the Hell am I Looking At?
26:16 Etym Theory – Uneartheing the Subconscious
30:14 John E Woods and the Dalkey Archive
36:33 Bibliographic Survey and Proposed StartingPoints
43:08 The Elephant in the Room
45:34 Flex
46:44 The Elephant in the Room (Cont’d)
50:43 The Schmidtaissance, /r/Arno_Schmidt, LookingForward
Secondary Resources:
1. NoOne Reads Arno Schmidt: https://bit.ly/43Pp9BB
2. TheLife & CV of Arno Schmidt: https://bit.ly/44MCawY
3. ArnoSchmidt – Die freie Enzyklopadie: https://bit.ly/47cB0ML
4. ArnoSchmidt – Writing Style and Personal Philosphy: https://bit.ly/3rUm85o
5. ComicCommentators on the Book of Mormon: https://bit.ly/457J4MZ
6. TheLast Interview with John E Woods: https://bit.ly/3OeXJz5
7. ArnoSchmidt’s Prose: https://bit.ly/3OcDXEo
8. Zettel’sTraum – An Analysis: https://bit.ly/3OAJ6HG
9. Reviewof Contemporary Fiction – Arno Schmidt Number: https://bit.ly/47cBt1t
10. NewYork Times - A Translator Takes on a Nearly Impossible Project: https://bit.ly/47ekags
11. HowDoes This Get Read: https://bit.ly/44SmHeY
12. TheWord Count of 175 Favourite Novels: https://bit.ly/3KiTO3b
13. LongestWord Count Ranking: https://bit.ly/3rRHAZ3
14. Announcingthe Relaunch of Dalkey Archive: https://bit.ly/3DzmLUD
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Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood
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Arno Schmidt: Collected Novellas (Collected Early Fiction Vol 1)
BUY ITHERE: https://bit.ly/3rNx2Kv
Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 1994
Paperback & Hardcover, 446 pages
ISBN: 9781564780669
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3Yc1vOi
Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3YaXPfR
TodayEpisode in Audio: PENDING
Today’sEpisode in Text: PENDING
ArnoSchmidt Primer Episode: https://youtu.be/7rNngCEwCdY
Join us on/r/Arno_Schmidt: https://www.reddit.com/r/Arno_Schmidt/
Sections:
00:00 Intro
05:18 Publication and Survey of Contents
11:42 Translation, Compensation, and Impossibility
19:31 Reclaiming a Stolen Language
24:16 Fascism and Antiquity
41:31 Notecard and Photographs
61:47 Legacy and Melancholy
76:47 End Notes
79:11 Centaurs and Cold Wars and Sci-Ops, Oh My!
Readingsfrom p. 23, 50, 80, 136, 170
Secondary Resources:
1. NYT - John Woods Dies at 80: https://bit.ly/3qcvdq0
2. An Interview with John EWoods: https://bit.ly/3OzXu2U
3. Mining the DalkeyArchive: https://bit.ly/44SmHeY
4. Umberto Eco – Ur Fascism(NYRB): https://bit.ly/3YfaDS9
5. 14 Signs of Fascism: https://bit.ly/44OWxJS
6. Ryan Kerr – Writing ItsOwn Wrunes: https://bit.ly/3qbuLrY
7. Arno and Alice Schmidt –Photo 77 […]: https://bit.ly/47cDkU8
8. Arno Schmidt –Calculations I: https://bit.ly/478s1w5
9. Zettelarchiv: https://bit.ly/3KlF0Rc
10. Klaus Theweleit – YouGive Me Fever: https://bit.ly/3KkMGTI
11. Melancholia OpeningScene: https://bit.ly/3Kl9piN
12. Arno Schmidt Stiftung: https://bit.ly/3OcDXEo
13. David Foster WallaceInterview, 2003: https://bit.ly/3OcILJZ
14. Axel Gelfert – We Are theEnd of the World: https://bit.ly/3qcvuJy
15. The Congress for CulturalFreedom: https://bit.ly/3OyYjce
Schmidt-related Twitter Tangents:
1. Enthymesis: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1638827603330232321
2. Leviathan: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639194683229495296
3. Gadir: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639549358931853312
4. Alexander: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639832587119259648
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Music: “IHate That” by ThisKidsNoGood
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“Solenoid” by Mircea Cărtărescu
Translated by Sean Cotter
BUY IT HERE: http://bit.ly/3AaRh6b
First published by Humanitas, 2015
Published by Deep Vellum, 2022
Paperback, 672 pages
ISBN: 0140110879
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/3hGF7M1
Storygraph: http://bit.ly/3TwKU3R
Today Episode in Video: PENDING
Today’s Episode in Text: PENDING
Sections:
00:00 Intro & Preamble
03:19 The Find
06:16 Publication and Translation
11:51 The Fall
19:58 The Exhumed Reality: Taxonomic Considerations
33:04 The Borina Solenoid (Plot)
39:02 Flatland and the Fourth Dimension: An Intertextual Investigation
01:00:50 Mail Call
01:02:30 The Other Side
01:16:49 Iron and Crystal
01:34:10 Diaries, Dreams, and Departures
01:54:31 Afterword
Readings from p. 1, 32, 37, 39, 42, 70, 71, 79, 98, 107, 108, 156, 164, 209, 212, 356, 378, 379, 434, 445, 456, 487, 492, 596, 673, 675, ∞
Secondary Resources:
1. Solenoid – The Untranslated Review: http://bit.ly/3UAYxAa
2. Blinding Vol 1 – Video Review: http://bit.ly/3UUx6RJ
3. Poesia esencial: http://bit.ly/3tsGpwD
4. Romanian Literature Now – Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3tt28Ve
5. Nicolae Manolescu: http://bit.ly/3GdUR3h
6. De Reactor Interview via The Untranslated: http://bit.ly/3AeML6t
7. The Dimensions of Solenoid (II): http://bit.ly/3EDQTjj
8. Your Surrealist Literature Starter Kit: http://bit.ly/3tvtNF3
9. Maica Domnului Google Pin: http://bit.ly/3UWnGW3
10. Solenoid Coil: http://bit.ly/3hECxWJ
11. Smale-Williams Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3E8f0oH
12. Edwin Abbott – Flatland .pdf: http://bit.ly/3Epul4v
13. Il Manifesto Interview: http://bit.ly/3Gi1KjU
14. Arnolfini Portrait: http://bit.ly/3UQuuEu
15. Trompe l’Oeil: http://bit.ly/3O0GQb3
16. Escaping Criticism: http://bit.ly/3txmv3m
17. Blackwood – A Victim of Higher Space .pdf: http://bit.ly/3WRPHQa
18. A Victim of Higher Space Review: http://bit.ly/3AcUoue
19. The Poetics of the Hypercycle: http://bit.ly/3E2GhZD
20. Seeking the Doom of Self-Annihilation: http://bit.ly/3Gj29Tr
21. From Blinding to Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3hJq6IY
22. Socialist Paradise or Tower of Total Surveillance: http://bit.ly/3huAnZw
23. Hinton Cubes: http://bit.ly/3WYGUvZ
24. DeWitt – Moral Authority: http://bit.ly/3E1XhPE
25. Balcanu – Real and fantastic Bucharest: http://bit.ly/3g5p21O
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“The Logos” by Mark De Silva
BUY IT HERE (Splice UK): https://bit.ly/3Sueh7D
PRE-ORDER IT HERE (Clash Books USA): https://bit.ly/3QX2DAp
First published by Splice, 2022
Published (pending) by Clash Books, 2022
Paperback, 1036 pages
ISBN: 1919639829
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3QmxGp5
Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3SuRSab
Today's Episode in Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZAZmzj4CkU&ab_channel=WASTEMailingList
Sections:
00:00 Intro
02:31 The Problem with Big Books
07:35 Plot
13:14 Prose Style
17:53 In Conversation with Mark De Silva
01:14:05 Cabinet of Curiosities
01:21:46 The Utility of Mystery
Readings from p. 1, 104, 106, 161, 329/30, 343, 360/1, 411, 636, 637
Secondary Resources:
1. Mark De Silva on Beyond the Zero: https://bit.ly/3K86NTS
2. In Defence of Writing Books […]: https://bit.ly/3wjkXfn
3. Indie Splice Snaps Up De Silva […]: https://bit.ly/3QX2DAp
Thank you to Daniel Davis Wood for the ARC and thank you to Mark De Silva for your time in participating in today’s episode.
Daniel Davis Wood Twitter: https://twitter.com/danieldaviswood
Mark De Silva Twitter: https://twitter.com/markdesilva1?lang=en
You can find more of Mark’s work on his website: https://mark-de-silva.com/
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Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood
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“Their Four Hearts” by Vladimir Sorokin, translated by Max Lawton
BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3OlMvaX
First published until the title Сердца Четырех by Конец Века, 1994
First published in English by Dalkey Archive Press, 2022
Paperback, 209 pages
ISBN: 9781628973969
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3A5k1Ov
Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3NkVsA6
Sections:
00:00 Preamble
03:29 Vladimir Sorokin: A Brief History
07:38 Publication History
09:13 Plot & Satirical Intent
14:59 The Russian De Sade (feat. Max Lawton)
01:07:44 On Violence and Libido
01:15:21 The Aesthetics of Resistance
01:21:59 End Notes
Readings from p. 72, 116
Secondary Resources:
1. Vladimir Sorokin: https://bit.ly/3u1HlZI
2. The Shock Jock of Russian Letters: https://bit.ly/3OKtD5o
3. Moscow Conceptualists: https://bit.ly/3niUHNi
4. He Envisioned a Nightmare […] Living in One: https://nyti.ms/3ndQx9v
5. Vladimir Sorokin – Сердца Четырех: https://bit.ly/3AlbY0b
6. Socialist Realism: https://bit.ly/3NmN0jB
7. Interview with Max Lawton: https://bit.ly/3uq7oKj
8. Vladimir Putin […] Power: https://bit.ly/3xXMmmY
9. Camille Paglia – Sexual Personae: https://bit.ly/3HZOxeA
10. Long Live Socialist Realism: https://bit.ly/3NrbqZb
My thanks to Dalkey Archive Press for the review copy, and to Max Lawton for his time and attention.
Max Lawton on Beyond the Zero: https://bit.ly/3NnyaJQ
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MY BEYOND THE ZERO INTERVIEW: https://bit.ly/36vqoyd
Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood
https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood
#VladimirSorokin #RussianLiterature #TheirFourHearts #Telluria #DayOfTheOprichnik #PostSovietLiterature #SocialistRealism #Satire #TransaltedLiterature #BookReview #BookAnalysis #Postmodernism #PostmodernLit #FyodorDostoyevsky #Dostoyevsky #LeoTolstoy #NikolaiGogol #LeafByLeaf #BetterThanFood #SherdsTube #TravelThroughStories
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“Blinding” by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter
BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3w9OUxr
First published by Editura Humanitas, 1996
Published by Archipelago, 2013
Paperback, 464 pages
ISBN: 1935744844
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3shxjTm
Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3yCXojN
Today Episode in Video: PENDING
Today’s Episode in Text: PENDING
Sections:
00:00 Prelude
02:17 Preamble and Context
04:39 Cărtărescu’s Opus
08:05 Publication History
11:24 Translation
17:08 The Tyranny of Plot
23:08 Structural Conceit
33:04 Memory & Imaginative Construction
45:45 A New Religion
54:18 End Notes
Readings from p. 22, 40, 43, 74, 88, 128, 252, 284, 309, 339, 311, 313, 338, 462
Secondary Resources:
1. WWB – An Interview with Mircea Cărtărescu: https://bit.ly/3wcJuC1
2. Mircea Cărtărescu by Ella Veres: https://bit.ly/3M0GUFT
3. Music & Lit – In Conversation with Mircea Cărtărescu: https://bit.ly/3yqq27y
4. Humanitas (Publishing House): https://bit.ly/3vYrnRj
5. CATranslation – Sean Cotter Interview: https://bit.ly/3KYOhfu
6. Archipelago Books - About: https://archipelagobooks.org/about/
7. Archipelago Books: https://bit.ly/3Ft8d9o
8. EuroLit Network – From BLINDING: https://bit.ly/3M49ING
9. Archipelago – Translator Sean Cotter: https://bit.ly/38bjNd9
10. Open Letter Books: https://www.openletterbooks.org/
11. HuffPost – Sean Cotter on Translating Blinding: https://bit.ly/3wiX2fh
12. KCRW Bookworm – David Foster Wallace 1996: https://kcrw.co/38ku2M1
13. Anca Balcanu – Real & Fantastic Bucharest (2007): https://bit.ly/3vV2m9F
14. KROnline - We Are All the Result of Chaos: https://bit.ly/3yoAsEu
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Music: “Reading Music Vol. 2” by Christopher Charles Robinson
https://bit.ly/3MZvja5
#BookReview #BookAnalysis #Postmodernism #PostmodernLit #LeafByLeaf #BetterThanFood #MirceaCartarescu #MirceaCărtărescu #TranslatedLit #BookerPrize #TranslatedLiterature #RomanianLiterature #ArchipelagoBooks #SherdsTube #Literature #Translators #Romania #EuropeanLiterature #SeanCotter #EugeneIonesco #MirceaEliade #HertaMüller
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“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
41:30 Paging Dr Dodger
49:36 Cowboys and Indians
65:33 A Response to the Critics
74:04 Recommendations
77:19 End Notes
Readings from p. 4, 9, 12, 15, 17, 34, 65, 111, 153, 173, 195, 266, 345, 407/8, 409, 632
Today’s Episode in Text: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/publish/post/50779512
Secondary Resources:
1. VOLLMANNIA Podcast: https://vollmannia.buzzsprout.com/
2. Talking Writing with William T Vollmann: https://bit.ly/3ioeCrN
3. William T Vollmann: https://nyti.ms/3L67g8i
4. You Are Now Entering […]: https://bit.ly/3JvcytH
5. Why the Phrase ‘Late Capitalism’ […]: https://bit.ly/3L7Y6sd
6. The Dispassionate Chronicler: https://lat.ms/3N9QFm5
7. KCRW Bookworm Interview: https://kcrw.co/3ItlsGX
8. William T Vollmann Critical Companion: https://bit.ly/3Ju97nd
9. Kirkus Review: https://bit.ly/3D3zBK0
10. ReadWatchGame Review: https://bit.ly/3N85FRj
11. Gordseller Review: https://bit.ly/3isiE25
12. FBI Suspect William T Vollmann […]: https://n.pr/3iqAsL7
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Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood
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#WilliamTVollmann #WilliamVollmann #YouBrightAndRisenAngels #EuropeCentral #Vollmann #BookReview #BookAnalysis #Postmodernism #PostmodernLit #ThomasPynchon #Pynchon #GravitysRainbow #WilliamSBurroughs #LeafByLeaf #BetterThanFood
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“Animal Money” by Michael Cisco
BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3goKGe7
Published by Lazy Fascist Press
Paperback, 780 pages
ISBN: 1621052125
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3oog8gM
Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3LbNtW0
Today’s episode is also available on:
Video – YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooayiZ9AYis&ab_channel=WASTEMailingList)
Text – SubStack (https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/p/animal-money-book-review)
Sections
00:00 Intro
00:57 Gratitude, Updates, Plans
03:38 Finding Animal Money
05:30 Who the Hell is Michael Cisco?
07:33 Lazy Fascist Press
09:41 Outline and Structure
11:46 Plot…?
17:47 (In)visible Hands
20:35 Economic Mysticism
26:07 /r/AntiWork, A Novel Reading of Animal Money
31:15 Genre & Influence
38:16 Cover Art
40:01 The Human Cost
46:00 You Owe Me a Bird
51:25 End Notes
Readings from p. 16, 20, 27, 105, 110, 111, 114, 115, 171, 483, 502, 536, 537, 635, 765, 770
Secondary Resources:
1. Michael Cisco – Biography: https://bit.ly/3GwPJDQ
2. Introduction to The DivinityStudent: https://bit.ly/3GwPJDQ
3. Michael Cisco – Bibliography: https://bit.ly/3grmfN1
4. Michael Cisco on Kafka’s Kurau Aphorisms: https://bit.ly/3rqjRfH
5. Farewell to Lazy Fascist Press: https://bit.ly/3skxLzh
6. Invisible Hand: https://bit.ly/3rwEQxE
7. Economic Mysticism - Why People Believe […]: https://bit.ly/3gouzwY
8. AntiWork: https://bit.ly/3uBNsoi
9. An Interview with Michael Cisco: https://bit.ly/3LbGQTI
10. Weird Fiction Review Interview: https://bit.ly/3gruFE1
11. Lazy Fascist Press announces “Animal Money”: https://bit.ly/3Hw9DQJ
12. Mat Brown – “Anthropic History”: https://arthur.io/art/mat-brown/anthropic-history?crtr=1
13. Toribio Romo González: https://bit.ly/3B2X10I
14. Shunryū Suzuki: https://bit.ly/3otipHE
15. The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side: https://bit.ly/3uuATLF
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