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1 Aug 2023
Arno Schmidt Primer (An Introduction)
Arno Schmidt: Evening Edged in Gold Published by Marion Boyars, 1980 Hardcover, 215 pages ISBN: 9780714527192 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3OByfgX (https://bit.ly/3OByfgX) Arno Schmidt (Vol 1): Collected Novellas Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 1994 Paperback & Hardcover, 446 pages ISBN: 9781564780669 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3Yc1vOi (https://bit.ly/3Yc1vOi) Arno Schmidt (Vol 2): Nobodaddy’s Children Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 1995 Paperback & Hardcover, 256 pages ISBN: 9781564780904 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rMFR7c (https://bit.ly/3rMFR7c) Arno Schmidt (Vol 3): Collected Stories Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 1996 Paperback & Hardcover, 328 pages ISBN: 9781564781345 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4750vzL (https://bit.ly/4750vzL) Arno Schmidt (Vol 4): Two Novels Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 1997 Paperback & Hardcover, 432 pages ISBN: 9781564786623 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rOLpOw (https://bit.ly/3rOLpOw) Arno Schmidt: Bottom’s Dream Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 2016 Paperback & Hardcover, 1496 pages ISBN: 9781628971590 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rP2FTU (https://bit.ly/3rP2FTU) Today Episode in VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7rNngCEwCdY (https://youtu.be/7rNngCEwCdY) Today’s Episode in Text: PENDING Join us on /r/Arno_Schmidt: https://www.reddit.com/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 Starting Points 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, Looking Forward Secondary Resources: 1. No One Reads Arno Schmidt: https://bit.ly/43Pp9BB (https://bit.ly/43Pp9BB) 2. The Life & CV of Arno Schmidt: https://bit.ly/44MCawY (https://bit.ly/44MCawY) 3. Arno Schmidt – Die freie Enzyklopadie: https://bit.ly/47cB0ML (https://bit.ly/47cB0ML) 4. Arno Schmidt – Writing Style and Personal Philosphy: https://bit.ly/3rUm85o (https://bit.ly/3rUm85o) 5. Comic Commentators on the Book of Mormon: https://bit.ly/457J4MZ (https://bit.ly/457J4MZ) 6. The Last Interview with John E Woods: https://bit.ly/3OeXJz5 (https://bit.ly/3OeXJz5) 7. Arno Schmidt’s Prose: https://bit.ly/3OcDXEo (https://bit.ly/3OcDXEo) 8. Zettel’s Traum – An Analysis: https://bit.ly/3OAJ6HG (https://bit.ly/3OAJ6HG) 9. Review of Contemporary Fiction – Arno Schmidt Number: https://bit.ly/47cBt1t (https://bit.ly/47cBt1t) 10. New York Times - A Translator Takes on a Nearly Impossible Project: https://bit.ly/47ekags (https://bit.ly/47ekags) 11. How Does This Get Read: https://bit.ly/44SmHeY (https://bit.ly/44SmHeY) 12. The Word Count of 175 Favourite Novels: https://bit.ly/3KiTO3b (https://bit.ly/3KiTO3b) 13. Longest Word Count Ranking: https://bit.ly/3rRHAZ3 (https://bit.ly/3rRHAZ3) 14. Announcing the Relaunch of Dalkey Archive: https://bit.ly/3DzmLUD (https://bit.ly/3DzmLUD) INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ (https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/) TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing (https://twitter.com/wastemailing) BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/wastemailinglist.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/wastemailinglist.bsky.social) THREADS: https://www.threads.net/@wastemailinglist (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threads.net%2F%40wastemailinglist%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1QJJsHWyviyd1SDoHlLNPTL2I2aqqCghf5ulEBcRpDSFIs4c9pF_yDWfo&h=AT3bw1EDA7nUvjDjeNzLcyP67LmRhjg5FQdViyUVvFgbCHHyteuZlT7XG0t_rwj4sT4b9avzbWFUE4lTWfiKo-Val8gT9FN6aF8ucDUfjgFTzsblp6LKpvYIoORhy3g8v-sIRSgJLvRm6_haVwxe9HyXWiU) EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com (mailto:wastemailinglist@gmail.com) SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ (https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/) ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist (https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist) Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood (https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood)

1 Aug 2023
Arno Schmidt: Collected Novellas (Collected Early Fiction Vol 1)
Arno Schmidt: Collected Novellas (Collected Early Fiction Vol 1) BUY IT HERE: https://bit.ly/3rNx2Kv (https://bit.ly/3rNx2Kv) Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 1994 Paperback & Hardcover, 446 pages ISBN: 9781564780669 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3Yc1vOi (https://bit.ly/3Yc1vOi) Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3YaXPfR (https://bit.ly/3YaXPfR) Today Episode in Audio: PENDING Today’s Episode in Text: PENDING Arno Schmidt Primer Episode: https://youtu.be/7rNngCEwCdY (https://youtu.be/7rNngCEwCdY) Join us on /r/Arno_Schmidt: https://www.reddit.com/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! Readings from p. 23, 50, 80, 136, 170 Secondary Resources: 1. NYT - John Woods Dies at 80: https://bit.ly/3qcvdq0 (https://bit.ly/3qcvdq0) 2. An Interview with John E Woods: https://bit.ly/3OzXu2U (https://bit.ly/3OzXu2U) 3. Mining the Dalkey Archive: https://bit.ly/44SmHeY (https://bit.ly/44SmHeY) 4. Umberto Eco – Ur Fascism (NYRB): https://bit.ly/3YfaDS9 (https://bit.ly/3YfaDS9) 5. 14 Signs of Fascism: https://bit.ly/44OWxJS (https://bit.ly/44OWxJS) 6. Ryan Kerr – Writing Its Own Wrunes: https://bit.ly/3qbuLrY (https://bit.ly/3qbuLrY) 7. Arno and Alice Schmidt – Photo 77 […]: https://bit.ly/47cDkU8 (https://bit.ly/47cDkU8) 8. Arno Schmidt – Calculations I: https://bit.ly/478s1w5 (https://bit.ly/478s1w5) 9. Zettelarchiv: https://bit.ly/3KlF0Rc (https://bit.ly/3KlF0Rc) 10. Klaus Theweleit – You Give Me Fever: https://bit.ly/3KkMGTI (https://bit.ly/3KkMGTI) 11. Melancholia Opening Scene: https://bit.ly/3Kl9piN (https://bit.ly/3Kl9piN) 12. Arno Schmidt Stiftung: https://bit.ly/3OcDXEo (https://bit.ly/3OcDXEo) 13. David Foster Wallace Interview, 2003: https://bit.ly/3OcILJZ (https://bit.ly/3OcILJZ) 14. Axel Gelfert – We Are the End of the World: https://bit.ly/3qcvuJy (https://bit.ly/3qcvuJy) 15. The Congress for Cultural Freedom: https://bit.ly/3OyYjce (https://bit.ly/3OyYjce) Schmidt-related Twitter Tangents: 1. Enthymesis: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1638827603330232321 (https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1638827603330232321) 2. Leviathan: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639194683229495296 (https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639194683229495296) 3. Gadir: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639549358931853312 (https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639549358931853312) 4. Alexander: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639832587119259648 (https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639832587119259648) INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ (https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/) TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing (https://twitter.com/wastemailing) BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/wastemailinglist.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/wastemailinglist.bsky.social) THREADS: https://www.threads.net/@wastemailinglist (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threads.net%2F%40wastemailinglist%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1QJJsHWyviyd1SDoHlLNPTL2I2aqqCghf5ulEBcRpDSFIs4c9pF_yDWfo&h=AT3bw1EDA7nUvjDjeNzLcyP67LmRhjg5FQdViyUVvFgbCHHyteuZlT7XG0t_rwj4sT4b9avzbWFUE4lTWfiKo-Val8gT9FN6aF8ucDUfjgFTzsblp6LKpvYIoORhy3g8v-sIRSgJLvRm6_haVwxe9HyXWiU) EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com (mailto:wastemailinglist@gmail.com) SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ (https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/) ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist (https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist) Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood (https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood)

29 Nov 2022
Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu | BOOK REVIEW
“Solenoid” by Mircea Cărtărescu Translated by Sean Cotter BUY IT HERE: http://bit.ly/3AaRh6b (http://bit.ly/3AaRh6b) First published by Humanitas, 2015 Published by Deep Vellum, 2022 Paperback, 672 pages ISBN: 0140110879 Goodreads: http://bit.ly/3hGF7M1 (http://bit.ly/3hGF7M1) Storygraph: http://bit.ly/3TwKU3R (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 (http://bit.ly/3UAYxAa) 2. Blinding Vol 1 – Video Review: http://bit.ly/3UUx6RJ (http://bit.ly/3UUx6RJ) 3. Poesia esencial: http://bit.ly/3tsGpwD (http://bit.ly/3tsGpwD) 4. Romanian Literature Now – Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3tt28Ve (http://bit.ly/3tt28Ve) 5. Nicolae Manolescu: http://bit.ly/3GdUR3h (http://bit.ly/3GdUR3h) 6. De Reactor Interview via The Untranslated: http://bit.ly/3AeML6t (http://bit.ly/3AeML6t) 7. The Dimensions of Solenoid (II): http://bit.ly/3EDQTjj (http://bit.ly/3EDQTjj) 8. Your Surrealist Literature Starter Kit: http://bit.ly/3tvtNF3 (http://bit.ly/3tvtNF3) 9. Maica Domnului Google Pin: http://bit.ly/3UWnGW3 (http://bit.ly/3UWnGW3) 10. Solenoid Coil: http://bit.ly/3hECxWJ (http://bit.ly/3hECxWJ) 11. Smale-Williams Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3E8f0oH (http://bit.ly/3E8f0oH) 12. Edwin Abbott – Flatland .pdf: http://bit.ly/3Epul4v (http://bit.ly/3Epul4v) 13. Il Manifesto Interview: http://bit.ly/3Gi1KjU (http://bit.ly/3Gi1KjU) 14. Arnolfini Portrait: http://bit.ly/3UQuuEu (http://bit.ly/3UQuuEu) 15. Trompe l’Oeil: http://bit.ly/3O0GQb3 (http://bit.ly/3O0GQb3) 16. Escaping Criticism: http://bit.ly/3txmv3m (http://bit.ly/3txmv3m) 17. Blackwood – A Victim of Higher Space .pdf: http://bit.ly/3WRPHQa (http://bit.ly/3WRPHQa) 18. A Victim of Higher Space Review: http://bit.ly/3AcUoue (http://bit.ly/3AcUoue) 19. The Poetics of the Hypercycle: http://bit.ly/3E2GhZD (http://bit.ly/3E2GhZD) 20. Seeking the Doom of Self-Annihilation: http://bit.ly/3Gj29Tr (http://bit.ly/3Gj29Tr) 21. From Blinding to Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3hJq6IY (http://bit.ly/3hJq6IY) 22. Socialist Paradise or Tower of Total Surveillance: http://bit.ly/3huAnZw (http://bit.ly/3huAnZw) 23. Hinton Cubes: http://bit.ly/3WYGUvZ (http://bit.ly/3WYGUvZ) 24. DeWitt – Moral Authority: http://bit.ly/3E1XhPE (http://bit.ly/3E1XhPE) 25. Balcanu – Real and fantastic Bucharest: http://bit.ly/3g5p21O (http://bit.ly/3g5p21O)

1 Aug 2022
The Logos by Mark De Silva | BOOK REVIEW (feat. Mark De Silva)
“The Logos” by Mark De Silva BUY IT HERE (Splice UK): https://bit.ly/3Sueh7D (https://bit.ly/3Sueh7D) PRE-ORDER IT HERE (Clash Books USA): https://bit.ly/3QX2DAp (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 (https://bit.ly/3QmxGp5) Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3SuRSab (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 (https://bit.ly/3K86NTS) 2. In Defence of Writing Books […]: https://bit.ly/3wjkXfn (https://bit.ly/3wjkXfn) 3. Indie Splice Snaps Up De Silva […]: https://bit.ly/3QX2DAp (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 (https://twitter.com/danieldaviswood) Mark De Silva Twitter: https://twitter.com/markdesilva1?lang=en (https://twitter.com/markdesilva1?lang=en) You can find more of Mark’s work on his website: https://mark-de-silva.com/ (https://mark-de-silva.com/) INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ (https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/) TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing (https://twitter.com/wastemailing) EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com (mailto:wastemailinglist@gmail.com) SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ (https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/) ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist (https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist) Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood (https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood)

26 Jun 2022
Their Four Hearts - Vladimir Sorokin (Feat. Max Lawton)
“Their Four Hearts” by Vladimir Sorokin, translated by Max Lawton BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3OlMvaX (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 (https://bit.ly/3A5k1Ov) Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3NkVsA6 (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 (https://bit.ly/3u1HlZI) 2. The Shock Jock of Russian Letters: https://bit.ly/3OKtD5o (https://bit.ly/3OKtD5o) 3. Moscow Conceptualists: https://bit.ly/3niUHNi (https://bit.ly/3niUHNi) 4. He Envisioned a Nightmare […] Living in One: https://nyti.ms/3ndQx9v (https://nyti.ms/3ndQx9v) 5. Vladimir Sorokin – Сердца Четырех: https://bit.ly/3AlbY0b (https://bit.ly/3AlbY0b) 6. Socialist Realism: https://bit.ly/3NmN0jB (https://bit.ly/3NmN0jB) 7. Interview with Max Lawton: https://bit.ly/3uq7oKj (https://bit.ly/3uq7oKj) 8. Vladimir Putin […] Power: https://bit.ly/3xXMmmY (https://bit.ly/3xXMmmY) 9. Camille Paglia – Sexual Personae: https://bit.ly/3HZOxeA (https://bit.ly/3HZOxeA) 10. Long Live Socialist Realism: https://bit.ly/3NrbqZb (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 (https://bit.ly/3NnyaJQ) INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ (https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/) TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing (https://twitter.com/wastemailing) EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com (mailto:wastemailinglist@gmail.com) SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ (https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/) ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist (https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist) MY BEYOND THE ZERO INTERVIEW: https://bit.ly/36vqoyd (https://bit.ly/36vqoyd) Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood https://www.youtube.com/c/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

10 May 2022
Blinding - Mircea Cărtărescu
“Blinding” by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3w9OUxr (https://amzn.to/3w9OUxr) First published by Editura Humanitas, 1996 Published by Archipelago, 2013 Paperback, 464 pages ISBN: 1935744844 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3shxjTm (https://bit.ly/3shxjTm) Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3yCXojN (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 (https://bit.ly/3wcJuC1) 2. Mircea Cărtărescu by Ella Veres: https://bit.ly/3M0GUFT (https://bit.ly/3M0GUFT) 3. Music & Lit – In Conversation with Mircea Cărtărescu: https://bit.ly/3yqq27y (https://bit.ly/3yqq27y) 4. Humanitas (Publishing House): https://bit.ly/3vYrnRj (https://bit.ly/3vYrnRj) 5. CATranslation – Sean Cotter Interview: https://bit.ly/3KYOhfu (https://bit.ly/3KYOhfu) 6. Archipelago Books - About: https://archipelagobooks.org/about/ (https://archipelagobooks.org/about/) 7. Archipelago Books: https://bit.ly/3Ft8d9o (https://bit.ly/3Ft8d9o) 8. EuroLit Network – From BLINDING: https://bit.ly/3M49ING (https://bit.ly/3M49ING) 9. Archipelago – Translator Sean Cotter: https://bit.ly/38bjNd9 (https://bit.ly/38bjNd9) 10. Open Letter Books: https://www.openletterbooks.org/ (https://www.openletterbooks.org/) 11. HuffPost – Sean Cotter on Translating Blinding: https://bit.ly/3wiX2fh (https://bit.ly/3wiX2fh) 12. KCRW Bookworm – David Foster Wallace 1996: https://kcrw.co/38ku2M1 (https://kcrw.co/38ku2M1) 13. Anca Balcanu – Real & Fantastic Bucharest (2007): https://bit.ly/3vV2m9F (https://bit.ly/3vV2m9F) 14. KROnline - We Are All the Result of Chaos: https://bit.ly/3yoAsEu (https://bit.ly/3yoAsEu) INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ (https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/) TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing (https://twitter.com/wastemailing) EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com (mailto:wastemailinglist@gmail.com) SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ (https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/) ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist (https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist) Music: “Reading Music Vol. 2” by Christopher Charles Robinson https://bit.ly/3MZvja5 (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

29 Mar 2022
You Bright and Risen Angels - William T Vollmann
“You Bright and Risen Angels” by William T. Vollmann BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3KXV7lO (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 (https://bit.ly/37EJ3HS) Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3itWTiB (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 (https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/publish/post/50779512) Secondary Resources: 1. VOLLMANNIA Podcast: https://vollmannia.buzzsprout.com/ (https://vollmannia.buzzsprout.com/) 2. Talking Writing with William T Vollmann: https://bit.ly/3ioeCrN (https://bit.ly/3ioeCrN) 3. William T Vollmann: https://nyti.ms/3L67g8i (https://nyti.ms/3L67g8i) 4. You Are Now Entering […]: https://bit.ly/3JvcytH (https://bit.ly/3JvcytH) 5. Why the Phrase ‘Late Capitalism’ […]: https://bit.ly/3L7Y6sd (https://bit.ly/3L7Y6sd) 6. The Dispassionate Chronicler: https://lat.ms/3N9QFm5 (https://lat.ms/3N9QFm5) 7. KCRW Bookworm Interview: https://kcrw.co/3ItlsGX (https://kcrw.co/3ItlsGX) 8. William T Vollmann Critical Companion: https://bit.ly/3Ju97nd (https://bit.ly/3Ju97nd) 9. Kirkus Review: https://bit.ly/3D3zBK0 (https://bit.ly/3D3zBK0) 10. ReadWatchGame Review: https://bit.ly/3N85FRj (https://bit.ly/3N85FRj) 11. Gordseller Review: https://bit.ly/3isiE25 (https://bit.ly/3isiE25) 12. FBI Suspect William T Vollmann […]: https://n.pr/3iqAsL7 (https://n.pr/3iqAsL7) INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ (https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/) TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing (https://twitter.com/wastemailing) EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com (mailto:wastemailinglist@gmail.com) SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ (https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/) ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist (https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist) Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood (https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood) #WilliamTVollmann #WilliamVollmann #YouBrightAndRisenAngels #EuropeCentral #Vollmann #BookReview #BookAnalysis #Postmodernism #PostmodernLit #ThomasPynchon #Pynchon #GravitysRainbow #WilliamSBurroughs #LeafByLeaf #BetterThanFood

14 Feb 2022
Animal Money - Michael Cisco
“Animal Money” by Michael Cisco BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3goKGe7 (https://amzn.to/3goKGe7) Published by Lazy Fascist Press Paperback, 780 pages ISBN: 1621052125 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3oog8gM (https://bit.ly/3oog8gM) Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3LbNtW0 (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 (https://bit.ly/3GwPJDQ) 2. Introduction to The DivinityStudent: https://bit.ly/3GwPJDQ (https://bit.ly/3GwPJDQ) 3. Michael Cisco – Bibliography: https://bit.ly/3grmfN1 (https://bit.ly/3grmfN1) 4. Michael Cisco on Kafka’s Kurau Aphorisms: https://bit.ly/3rqjRfH (https://bit.ly/3rqjRfH) 5. Farewell to Lazy Fascist Press: https://bit.ly/3skxLzh (https://bit.ly/3skxLzh) 6. Invisible Hand: https://bit.ly/3rwEQxE (https://bit.ly/3rwEQxE) 7. Economic Mysticism - Why People Believe […]: https://bit.ly/3gouzwY (https://bit.ly/3gouzwY) 8. AntiWork: https://bit.ly/3uBNsoi (https://bit.ly/3uBNsoi) 9. An Interview with Michael Cisco: https://bit.ly/3LbGQTI (https://bit.ly/3LbGQTI) 10. Weird Fiction Review Interview: https://bit.ly/3gruFE1 (https://bit.ly/3gruFE1) 11. Lazy Fascist Press announces “Animal Money”: https://bit.ly/3Hw9DQJ (https://bit.ly/3Hw9DQJ) 12. Mat Brown – “Anthropic History”: https://arthur.io/art/mat-brown/anthropic-history?crtr=1 (https://arthur.io/art/mat-brown/anthropic-history?crtr=1) 13. Toribio Romo González: https://bit.ly/3B2X10I (https://bit.ly/3B2X10I) 14. Shunryū Suzuki: https://bit.ly/3otipHE (https://bit.ly/3otipHE) 15. The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side: https://bit.ly/3uuATLF (https://bit.ly/3uuATLF) INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ (https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/) TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing (https://twitter.com/wastemailing) EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com (mailto:wastemailinglist@gmail.com) SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/p/coming-soon?showWelcome=true (https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/p/coming-soon?showWelcome=true) Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood (https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood (https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood))
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