Podcast Episodes

Fresán Relisten Ep. 1: The Invented Part [Introduction]

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreame…

3 years, 3 months ago

TMR 18.10: "Looks Like a Lump of Shit to Me" [Ann Quin]

The final episode of this season focuses on The Unmapped Country: Stories and Fragments, focusing on the titular story/unfinished novel, along with a…

3 years, 6 months ago

TMR 18.9: "Your Name? Your Trauma?" [Ann Quin]

Chad, Brian, and Kaija finish up their discussion of Tripticks, which basically devolves into reading out the funniest lines they can find from the t…

3 years, 6 months ago

TMR 18.8: "No. 1 X-Wife" [Ann Quin]

NIGHTRIPPPER!!!!!!!!!!

This week's music is "Dirty Boots" by Sonic Youth.

You can watch next week's discussion of Tripticks live on YouTube. (Reading…

3 years, 7 months ago

TMR 18.7: "I Would Like To Exhaust the Limits of the Possible" [Ann Quin]

Kaija Straumanis filled in for a domestically distressed Brian, and Chad went all psych0-philosophical on this week's episode, talking about schizoid…

3 years, 7 months ago

TMR 18.6: "Forms Forming Themselves" [Ann Quin]

This week, Brian, Chad, and Kaija discuss the first half of Passages, arguable Quin's most poetic book, and definitely most experimental one to date.…

3 years, 7 months ago

TMR 18.5: "Reads Without Turning a Page" [Ann Quin]

Kaija Straumanis joins Chad and Brian this week to talk about orchids, hot takes (did S. sleep with L.?? how exactly did she die?), creepy British du…

3 years, 7 months ago

TMR 18.4: "Pursuit to the Point of Indiscretion" [Ann Quin]

Chad and Bria dive into Three, discussing the humor of the dialogue, the poetic-cinematic techniques Quin employs, monogamy and marriage, whether or …

3 years, 7 months ago

TMR 18.3: "Why This Eternal Escaping?" [Ann Quin]

Dead dummies, drowned tramps, resolving the Oedipal complex, the forever incompleteness of the number "3," sex, the sea, slapstick comedy, irony, com…

3 years, 8 months ago

TMR 18.2: "BUY BERG'S BEST HAIR TONIC" [Ann Quin]

Chad and Brian dive into the first half of Berg this episode, mispronouncing words, talking about the literary scene Quin came out of, whether or not…

3 years, 8 months ago