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TMR 26.3: "Literature Is Analysis After the Event" [The Golden Notebook]
Chad, Kaija, and Brian finish off the first "part" of Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook by looking at the Yellow Notebook (a novel called "The Shad…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
![TMR 26.2: "Mashopi Hotel" [The Golden Notebook]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/162635747/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 26.2: "Mashopi Hotel" [The Golden Notebook]
Brian returns this podcast to talk about his initial thoughts, especially as they relate to postmodernism and fragmentation. In the rest of the episo…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
![TMR 26.1: "Chaos, That's the Point" [The Golden Notebook]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/162042998/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 26.1: "Chaos, That's the Point" [The Golden Notebook]
This new season kicks off with a bit of an overview of Doris Lessing’s career and some of her fun quotes. Then, after getting into her 1971 introduct…
1 year ago
![TMR 25.9: "Discipline and Anarchy" [Empire of the Senseless]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/161016837/97f242457890d4005e6da284f3b8f29b.jpg)
TMR 25.9: "Discipline and Anarchy" [Empire of the Senseless]
Chad—the world’s biggest Kathy Acker stan?—Brian, and Kaija finish up their discussion of Kathy Acker’s Empire of the Senseless looking for possibly …
1 year ago
![TMR 25.8: "The USA Is a Dead Nation" [Empire of the Senseless]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/160499580/e731755614de08f9791e5cb2ae297b0b.jpg)
TMR 25.8: "The USA Is a Dead Nation" [Empire of the Senseless]
Chad doubles down on his love of Kathy Acker while Kaija continues to be unamused, and Brian sits somewhere in the middle. Nevertheless, this leads t…
1 year ago
![TMR 25.7: "This Fortune Stuff Is Bullshit" [Empire of the Senseless]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/160080174/9b48f2a14cdda9bc355d3ac62c9b61fb.jpg)
TMR 25.7: "This Fortune Stuff Is Bullshit" [Empire of the Senseless]
This episode is the one to listen to if you find Empire of the Senseless/Kathy Acker distasteful, unpleasant to read, a slog, hard going, etc. That s…
1 year ago
![TMR 25.6: "It Was a Dark Night for Pirates" [Empire of the Senseless]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/159417982/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 25.6: "It Was a Dark Night for Pirates" [Empire of the Senseless]
The second part of this season of the Two Month Review kicks off with a bang as Chad, Brian, and Kaija shift to talking about Kathy Acker and her Emp…
1 year, 1 month ago
![TMR 25.5: "I Was Befriending My Anger" [James]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/159052783/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 25.5: "I Was Befriending My Anger" [James]
First off: Congrats to Rodrigo Fresán & Will Vanderhyden for winning this year’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Melvill!!! If you didn’t listen …
1 year, 1 month ago
![TMR 25.4: "Obvious Confidence Scheme" [James]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/158483823/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 25.4: "Obvious Confidence Scheme" [James]
In the penultimate episode on Percival Everett's James, Chad, Kaija, and Brian discuss how unnerving Part II is to read (especially in relation to Br…
1 year, 1 month ago
![TMR 25.3: "If You're Not Making Mistakes, You're Not Learning" [James]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/158105785/94ef1535e7b98e8e1666d12d9a6d229f.jpg)
TMR 25.3: "If You're Not Making Mistakes, You're Not Learning" [James]
The most anxiety-filled section of James is under discussion this week, as we find out the horrific fate of Little George, and James is both beaten a…
1 year, 1 month ago