TMR 19.11 “Exit and No Return and Gone Forever” [THE REMEMBERED PART]
Kaija Straumanis guest stars on this episode in which we discuss brain tumors, memory loss, the true story behind the story of聽The Impossible Story聽sending the exwriter into exile, whether of not Saint George is a saint (and dragons), paternity, and the聽next聽Fres谩n book to come out from Open Letter,聽Melvill. This ...
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TMR 19.6: “The Impossibility of Painting with Watercolors in the Rain” [THE REMEMBERED PART]
Chad and Kaija break down the final bit of the first part of the third volume in Fres谩n's trilogy (phew), revisit the "is this difficult to read?" discussion, and talk about the articles about Fres谩n in the new issue of Latin American Literature Today.聽And at the very, very end, Chad makes a startling admission. This ...
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TMR 19.3: “DREAM + MEMORY = INVENTION” [THE REMEMBERED PART]
Kaija Straumanis pinch hits this week for a discussion about聽Lost, airplanes, the past and nostalgia, writers vs. narrators, autofiction, how hard it is to sustain a rant, ghosts, pop culture references, where we are in Fres谩n's trilogy, and much more.聽The Remembered Part聽keeps gathering steam, and you'll want to catch up ...
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TMR 18.10: “Looks Like a Lump of Shit to Me” [Ann Quin]
The final episode of this season focuses on聽The Unmapped Country: Stories and Fragments, focusing on the titular story/unfinished novel, along with a few other shorter pieces. The gang looks back at all of Ann Quin's books, speculate on what her career might have been had she lived another couple decades, whether of not she ...
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TMR 18.9: “Your Name? Your Trauma?” [Ann Quin]
Chad, Brian, and Kaija finish up their discussion of聽Tripticks, which basically devolves into reading out the funniest lines they can find from the this trippy-dippy, wild-ass ending. Some analysis is made of the deconstruction of male narratives, the Beats, the Dashiell Hammett of it all, and more, but come prepared for ...
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TMR 18.8: “No. 1 X-Wife” [Ann Quin]
NIGHTRIPPER!!!!!!!!! This week's music is "Dirty Boots" by Sonic Youth. You can watch next week's discussion of Tripticks live on YouTube. (Reading schedule can be found here.) And you can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel. And you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone ...
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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 personality splits, R. D. Laing, reading the various parts of Passages聽simultaneously, postulating wild hot takes, and saying "fuck off" to a wide swath of bad actors. (Looking ...
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