Foreign, Domestic & Forbidden

For the last time in 2023, Lobo and Trash talk about books and ideas, and about what they enjoyed most this past year. And, of course, they have New Year resolutions!!!

Writer Jane Dykema is back in the studio and together with Lobo and Trash, she unpacks the different kinds of families we have, dreams about Toni Morrison characters, unloved traits we share with our parents, and how we emulate and kill our idols. Anelise Chen -- So many Olympic Exertions Sven Lindqvist -- Exterminate All the Brutes TAL Water Bottle (and no, it's 64 ounces)

Last episode, Lobo and Trash never got around to talking about the books on their shelves, so that's what they're doing this week. And they discuss the war in Israel and Gaza and why it's so hard to talk about the conflict.

How do we order or select books? How do we read, keep, and move them? When do we sell them off? And episode that is about living with books and writing and storing them (and a lot more).

In this episode, Lobo, Trash, and guest John Wilkins take on the controversy surrounding Oliver Anthony's son "Rich Men North of Richmond," discuss social and political implications, and ponder the question why things go viral. Dostoevsky -- The Idiot Steely Dan -- Show Biz Kids Unforgotten -- TV Series Grauzone -- Album

This week, Lobo and Trash invite Mauricio Montiel Figueiras into the dark shadows and recesses of our world to discuss the occult in fiction, film, popular culture, and politics. Is there an Upside Down? And what will you find there? Mary Stuart (1934), by Stefan Zweig.  The Quiet Girl (2022), directed by Colm Bairéad, based on the novella Foster by Claire Keegan.  The Crowded Room (2023), starring Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried. Café El Popular Restaurante Sergio Hernández Sávila

This week, Lobo and Trash welcome poet Gillian Conoley and crime writer Domenic Stansberry in the studio. Together they talk about writing habits, politics in literature, San Francisco's North Beach area, and of course they brought recommendations. Summertime Wet Leg Barbie Raydrop Humidifier

This week Lobo is back from a trip to NYC, and he and Trash have invited Guillermo Manning to talk about the city in literature, film, and beyond. Immigration, Noir, or Horror -- we're in a New York state of mind. The Bridge: To Brooklyn Bridge -- Hart Crane Black Mirror -- all those early episodes Mariana Enriquez -- Our Share of Night

This week, Tim is talking to artist Richard Lang about his work with plastic he has been collecting on Kehoe Beach for twenty-five years. Together they chat about how trash has changed over the years, the thrill of finding specific objects, and Richard's new show (with Judith Selby Lang) at Ft. Mason's Guard House. And don't miss the poetry jukebox! Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang Fort Mason Guard House Exhibition and more here 90:Ojime Harold Morowitz -- The Emergence of Everything Las Morillas de Caen -- here, here, and here

After a brief break, Lobo and Trash are back in the studio and welcoming poet and translator Denise Newman. They discuss how poetry can change our perception of an ever-crazier world, or provide solace when things get too heavy. And as Bard might put it, they talk about how literature is "a way to explore the human condition, challenge our assumptions, and make us laugh (at ourselves)." Tractatus Philosophico-Poeticus by Signe Gjessing alphabet by Inger Christensen Zong! By M. NourbeSe Philip Journey to Mt Tamalpais by Etel Adnan Scala - Music Ross The Blackening - Movie Past Lives - Movie

It's summer and time to dust off the adventure genre. From Morte D'Arthur and Don Quixote to King Solomon's Mones and The Hunger Games, Lobo and Trash take on jungles, death, and destruction to see what adventures we seek and why. FDF recommendations: Woman of the Dead Birks now in plastic

This week, Jonas Rocket is back in the booth and together with Lobo and Trash he revisits some of the most extraordinary literary scandals of the past. Strap in for an hour of new and old gossip! FDF Recommendations: ⁠Liberation Day, George Saunders ⁠ ⁠White Cat, Black Dog, Kelly Link⁠  ⁠Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty ⁠ ⁠Bliss Montage, Ling Ma⁠:  Dean Koontz -- ⁠Odd Thomas⁠ Other Lives -- ⁠Tamer Animals⁠

This week, Lobo and Trash explore a tantalizing variety of stories, from the foreign and exotic, to the domestic and familiar, to the forbidden and taboo. So buckle up and get ready for a wild ride — we'll take you on a journey through the fascinating and sometimes unexpected worlds of fiction and literature! (Thanks, ChatGTP) Carmen Maria Machado -- The Husband Stitch Edgar Allan Poe Aimee Bender -- The Girl in the Flammable Skirt Julio Cortazar -- Blow-Up Jorge Luis Borges -- Death and the Compass Kate Braverman -- Pagan Night Octavia Butler -- Speech Sounds Mariana Enriquez Cixin Liu

This week, Elisa Wouk Almino joins Lobo and Trash and talks about her experience as a Brazilian who has lived outside of Brazil most of her life; about living in LA; her work as a writer, editor, and translator; and about teaching translation. You can follow her on Instagram at @ewoukalmino Also, if you have questions for us, please email us at trashandlobo@gmail.com. We might do a Q&A episode in the near future. Elisa's book This House Elisa's upcoming workshop This Little Art by Kate Briggs Into English  Selva Almada -- Dead Girls She Past Away

Writer Mauricio Montiel Figueiras is back in the studio, and an episode that we thought would focus on movies turns into a chat about death, life, Lucifer, and other things that seem outrageous, dangerous, and beautiful. And we still talk a lot about movies. GUY DE MAUPASSANT:  JULIO CORTAZAR MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ (not yet translated into English): BLADE RUNNER:  JACOB'S LADDER (trailer): BABYLON (trailer):  DECISION TO LEAVE

This week, Lobo and Trash dive into the wonderland of literature dealing with afflictions of the body and the mind. From Madame Bovary to Jenny Odell, and from Andrew Solomon to Lucy Grealy, they travel through pain, insights, perpetual orgies, revelations, and identity politics. DakhaBrakha The perpetual orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert Lucy Grealy, Autobiography of a Face Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon Andrew Solomon, Anatomy of Melancholy Heather Sellers, You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know Jenny Odell

This week, Lobo and Trash talk about physical pain vs. moral pain? Which of the two is tougher and how do we overcome them (if at all)? Trash is turning old and Lobo is sporting the new official FDF hat, and of course, they have time for some recommendations. La Miga Bakery in Mexico City Garmin Instinct

Author, dancer, and actress Meg Howrey stops by for a visit and talks about her new book "They're Going to Love You," the mysterious Blythe doll, and what AI might be good for in literature. And, of course, the three share recommendations! The Wanderers The Doll Queen ChatGPT Francesco Tristano Especially his album On Early Music Esquina de Buenos Aires Car Hammer

This week, Lobo and Trash talk about narrators, who they are, why they are what they are, and what they would like to read less and more of. Hirokazu Kore-eda - Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda -- Shoplifters Fernet Branca Bartleby, the Scrivener

This week, short story writer and novelist Liliana Blum is visiting and talks to Lobo and Trash about first loves, second first loves, and many more loves and obsessions. And, after a brief absence, the FDF list of recommendations makes a return. Libros de Liliana en Amazon Charles Robert Maturin -- Melmoth the Wanderer Edmondo de Amicis -- Constantinople Los Espookys Enid Blyton -- St. Clare's Amado Nervo en español

Writer and friend of the pod Naief Yehya returns to the studio and together with Lobo and Trash discusses the best books and movies of 2022 and the collabs, discoveries, and developments they wish to see in the new year. Louis-Ferdinand Celine -- Guerre Pola Oloixarac -- Dark Constellations William Gibson David Cronenberg -- Crimes of the Future Cixin Liu Samanta Schweblin Mark Z. Danielewski Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro Bardo by Alejandro G. Iñárritu Ted Chiang

The ball is round, the world and gods are too, and so we give in to our sporty instincts and talk about football, Qatar, sports fiction, and when you listen to this, one of the hosts will be on his way to watch the finals live. Happy Holidays to all our listeners!!!! Juan Villoro -- God is Round Martín Caparrós -- Boquita Pablo Alabarces -- Fútbol y patria: El fútbol y las narrativas de la nación en la Argentina GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO Robert Coover -- Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears?

This week is super special, because Lobo and Trash celebrate FDF's one-year anniversary! And to kick off the holidays, they recommend everything from pens to notebooks, and from cars to airlines. And of course they digress a lot! Love to everyone!

This week, Lobo and Trash welcome Andrew J. Smith to talk about literary crushes, lives and careers pursued and abandoned, wearing black, and growing out of (some) obsessions. And, of course, they have some recommendations. WINTER IN THE BLOOD-- via Kanopy, Amazon, or Kino Live WALKING OUT-- via Amazon, Vudu, and IFC Unlimited UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz The Alexandria Quartet death every afternoon (by Andre Bazin) Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship The Sorrows of Young Werther Jim Harrison Richard Ford Edward Hopper at the Whitney Alice Coltrane Buzz Rickson MA-1

Ready for four spooky stories? Returning guests Jane Dykema and Jessica Anthony join Lobo and Trash to tell real-life scary tales! Join them for an hour of very natural and supernatural horror.

This week, Lobo and Trash take a look at their reading lists, reading habits, at old treasures and new releases, and at teaching the apocalypse. And they have a long list of reading recommendations!!! Annie Ernaux: The Possession Emmanuel Carrere: Yoga Orhan Pamuk: The naive and the sentimental novelist Orhan Pamuk: Nights of Plague Laszlo Krasznahorkai: Destruction and sorrow beneath the heavens. Reportage Stefan Zweig: Beware of pity Stefan Zweig: Chess Claire Dean: The Unwish Seanan Mcguire: The Myth of Rain Liz Clarke: The Hide

Fiction writer, essayist, and journalist, Naief Yehya joins Lobo and trash for a conversation about nostalgia, mix-tapes, marketing, vintage modes of consumption, cyborgs, AI, sentient computers, drones, pornography, and the supernatural. Welcome to the old future, the new future, and our strange spot in-between the two! Naief Yehya Hong Sang-soo Mark Fisher -- The Weird and the Eerie Stanley Kubrick -- 2001 Ridley Scott -- Blade Runner Samanta Schweblin -- Fever Dream Fever Dream movie

This week Lobo and Trash welcome novelist Eric B. Martin to the show and talk about coming back, coming home, revisiting the past, jumping on and off trains, experiencing cities by bike, and trying to make do with as little space as possible. And as always, they make lots of recommendations. Octavio Paz -- The Labyrinth of Solitude Joan Didion -- Goodbye to All That Han Il Kwan Korean restaurant Kazuo Ishiguro -- Klara and the Sun Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Cuisine Rosecrans Baldwin -- Everything Now

This week, Lobo and Trash talk to author Jane Dykema about K-Dramas and grieving, romance and genre writing and reading, having a baby during the pandemic, and personal mind-loops. And of course, the three are recommending things to read, watch, and eat! (If you hit the Wonstein link, you can get a crash course in K-drama romance). Crash Landing on You Wonstein -- Your Existence Peter Straub -- Julia Elena Ferrante Norwegian Wood movie The Lost Daughter movie La Farine bakery Wan Xiaobo -- Golden Age Hello Bee Bee Pon Rice Snacks

It's Episode 20, and Lobo and Trash take the opportunity to talk about secret colonies, watches, NPR, podcasting, climate change, authoritarian regimes, enforcing age limits, and, of course, the future. House of the Dragon Soylent Green Logan's Run Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter The Grey Nato Two Broke Watch Snobs Concha Asi Como Suena

This week it's all about Bohemia and Bohemians. Iranian-born writer Jasmin Darznik talks with Lobo and Trash about her latest book and where and how to find one's own wilderness. Jasmin Darznik Ambrose Bierce -- The Devil's Dictionary Jasmin Darznik -- The Bohemians Rebecca Solnit -- Recollections of My Nonexistence Gertrude Stein -- The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

A meeting in Mexico City went bust, but after delays caused by travel, Covid, and food poisoning, Lobo and Trash finally welcome David Lida to the show and the three talk about cities of the apocalypse, writing in a foreign language, and the joys of living in crowded places. David Lida François Truffaut -- The Bride Wore Black Huatulco McFlurry

Lobo and Trash record this episode before Joaquin takes off for Mexico City, and they talk about love in literature. From Octavio Paz to Julien Gracq, and from Wim Wenders to an insistent postman, they cross continents and centuries to bring you love! Graham Greene -- The End of the Affair James Cain -- The Postman Always Rings Twice Julien Gracq -- Balcony in the Forest Wim Wenders -- Wings of Desire John Fowles -- The French Lieutenant's Woman Jeanette Winterson -- The Passion Stephanie Vaughn -- "Dog Heaven" (in Sweet Talk) E. E. Cummings -- somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond Orhan Pamuk -- The Black Book Octavio Paz -- A Tree Within Pablo Neruda -- Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair The Bear (TV) Eye of the Devil (Movie)

With today's guest Jason Ockert, Lobo and Trash discuss the books they won't touch and why. From deadly wallpaper to inscrutable classics, and from gratuitous violence to too-long tomes, they dive into what makes a book unreadable. 1. Shadows from the Walls of Death documentary: https://vimeo.com/525589368 2. Weird Short Stories for Strange Times: https://lithub.com/weird-short-story-writers-for-strange-times/ 3. Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Black-Kwame-Adjei-Brenyah-author/dp/1787476014/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1656079529&sr=1-1 4. White Dancing Elephants by Chaya Bhuvaneswar: https://www.amazon.com/White-Dancing-Elephants-Chaya-Bhuvaneswar/dp/1945814616 5. Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu: https://www.amazon.com/Lesser-Known-Monsters-21st-Century/dp/1951142993 Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo: https://www.amazon.com/Pedro-Paramo-Juan-Rulfo/dp/0802133908/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GVHBLRZ33PP5&keywords=pedro+paramo&qid=1656100161&sprefix=pedro+paramo%2Caps%2C449&sr=8-1 To Live by Yu Hua: https://www.amazon.com/Live-Novel-Yu-Hua-ebook/dp/B000XU8DU6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=NTBTK0NERY6Q&keywords=to+live+yu+hua&qid=1656100225&sprefix=to+live%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1 To Live, film adaptation directed by Zhang Yimou: https://g.co/kgs/vGpqkN Things we lost in the fire, by Mariana Enriquez: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=things+we+lost+in+the+fire+mariana+enriquez&crid=6PAGLUQJ0OLM&sprefix=things+we+lost%2Caps%2C189&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_6_14 Wallander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallander_(Swedish_TV_series)

Lobo and Trash almost meet in person but then Covid nixes their plan. Over coffee, they talk about adaptations of short stories, novels, and plays, and why they work (and why not). From Murakami to Ibsen and from Cortazar to Wilson, they dive into their favorite film versions. Fences (Film) -- https://g.co/kgs/63CwZ6 Play by August Wilson -- https://g.co/kgs/PcJjGC Ensayo de un crimen, by Rodolfo Usigli (out of print) -- https://www.amazon.com/Ensayo-crimen-Spanish-Rodolfo-Usigli/dp/9708105511/ref=sr_1_19?crid=2KP0WVRTS39TL&keywords=rodolfo+usigli&qid=1655421159&s=books&sprefix=rodolfo+usigli%2Cstripbooks%2C219&sr=1-19 The criminal life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, directed by Luis Buñuel -- https://g.co/kgs/n6MAS5 The unbearable lightness of being, by Milan Kundera -- https://www.amazon.com/Unbearable-Lightness-Being-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061148520 Film adaptation by Philip Kauffman -- https://g.co/kgs/45PCba Burning (Film) -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_(2018_film) Barn Burning (Haruki Murakami) -- https://www.mrflamm.com/uploads/2/2/0/0/2200902/barnburningbyharukimurakami.pdf Blow-Up (Antonioni) -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/ Blow-Up (Cortazar) -- https://www.amazon.com/Blow-Up-Other-Stories-Julio-Cortazar/dp/0394728815 Blue Water, White Death (Movie) Blue Meridian (Peter Mathiessen)

Lobo and Trash pick their books for the plane, the train, the beach, and the cocktail lounge. They discuss the future of the adventure book, the fate of the road novel, and mourn the loss of a certain decade in Mexico City. Carlos Gamerro -- The Islands Edgar Allen Poe -- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Jules Verne -- The Sphinx of the Ice Fields Eileen Chang -- Naked Earth Robert Olmstead -- America by Land Vladimir Sorokin -- Ice Trology Roberto Bolano -- The Savage Detectives FDF List Ozark Orhan Pamuk -- The New Life David Cronenberg -- Crimes of the Future

It's summer, which means it's time for family gatherings, garden parties, and outside dinners, so this week, Lobo and Trash talk about cooking and how it relates to and reflects on writing. And they detour into bad ideas, bad writing, stacks of unpublished novels, and gender politics. As always, they have some cool recommendations! Cixin Liu, The Wandering Earth The Cursed (TV) Ideal Notebooks

This episode almost didn't happen because on the day of the recording, Joaquin's house was broken into. He and Tim talk with author, translator, and editor Jeff Parker about Ukrainian literature, travels through Russia, and the need to find your own language. And as always, they have recommendations! Where Bears Roam the Streets -- Jeff Parker Grey Bees -- Andrey Kurkov The Book of Disquiet -- Fernando Pessoa Pessoa: A Biography -- Richard Zenith Serhiy Zhadan Yevgenia Belorusets Your Ad Could Go Here -- Oksana Zabuzhco Lost Republic Bourbon

Lobo and Trash come together to talk about the things they like too much for their own good! They discuss the different kinds of guilt they feel when indulging in certain foods, books, and movies, and they express their love for certain drinks. If you'd like to send us your guilty pleasure, you can do so at trashandlobo@gmail.com Breat Easton Ellis -- The Informers Ross MacDonald Takashi Miike The Mummy Love Actually Freaks Mexican Boleros Markus - Ich will Spass Renato Zero Lucio Dalla Adriano Celentano Franco American Bakery La Farine Liu Cixin Otsoichi - Goth

Lobo and Trash welcome writer Aimee Phan this week. The three talk about Asian Americans making their voices heard, the refugee crisis in Ukraine and beyond, the non-visual thrill of books, naked faces at the tail end (?) of the pandemic, being mortal, and defying death through writing. Michelle Yeoh -- Everything Everywhere All at Once Andrey Kurkov -- Penguin Lost Viet Thanh Nguyen -- The Sympathizer Vanessa Hua -- Forbidden City Elena Ferrante -- Neapolitan Novels Kazuo Ishiguro Orhan Pamuk FDF List -- Try at your own risk J. Kenji López-Alt -- The Wok Maria Matios Ahmed Saadawi -- Frankenstein in Baghdad Shahad Al Rawi -- The Baghdad Clock Oksana Zabuzhko My Name (TV)

Lobo and Trash welcome author Jessica Anthony (The Convalescent, Enter the Aardvark) to discuss who is allowed to write what, the hot topic of autofiction, writing what you want to find out about, writing during the pandemic, and much more! T. C. Boyle, The Tortilla Curtain Karl Ove Knausgaard, My Struggle Zadie Smith, "Fascinated to Presume" Jeanine Cummins, American Dirt Alexander Chee, Edinburgh FDF Recommendations: Manuel Vilas, Ordesa V. S. Naipaul, The Enigma of Arrival Drive my Car (based on Haruki Murakami's story of the same name) Ai Weiwei, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows In'n Out & Krispy Kreme

Lobo and Trash lock themselves in a hotel room in Northern California to record this episode. They talk about the war in Ukraine, and what we can learn (or not) from fiction about the suffering fighting inflicts on people, from Hemingway to Elie Wiesel, from Remarque to Bolano and Jennifer Clement. What place does writing occupy in a world that is under attack by strongmen and autocrats? FDF recommendations: Honey BBQ, Rohnert Park Chum Churum Wei-Chuan Pork Mini Buns

Best-selling author Antti Tuomainen joins us for a conversation about poetry, Finnish customs, Nordic Noir, dialects, what it's like to executive produce a movie, and about mushrooms and mathematics! And as always, we have our FDF -- Try at Your Own Risk recommendations! Antti Tuomainen Elmore Leonard Carl Hiaasen Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Helsinki Academic Bookstore, Helsinki Labskaus

Tim and Joaquin are sporting facial hair and muse about masculinity, masculine writers, masculine books and what "masculine" might even mean in 2022. As always, you can reach us at trashandlobo@gmail.com or you can follow us on Instagram @foreigndomesticforbidden Graham Greene -- The End of the Affair Henry Miller -- Tropic of Cancer Emmanuel Carrère -- The Adversary Pola Oloixarac -- Dark Constellations

This week, Lobo and Trash welcome best-selling author and former PEN-International President Jennifer Clement to chat about the state of fiction, how books can influence society, and what it takes to bring about change. Please join us to listen to her talk about her research, her books, and the movie adaptation of Prayers for the Stolen. Show Notes: Jennifer Clement Prayers for the Stolen Jorge Luis Borges Cormac McCarthy Roberto Bolaño PEN International PEN America

This week, Lobo and Trash welcome their first very special guest, the Mexican poet, novelist, and essayist Mauricio Montiel Figueiras. Together they talk about memories of 2021, the MFA debate, and about the books that have influenced their writing and helped them navigate difficult stretches in their lives. Mauricio Montiel Figueiras THE NEW YORK TRILOGY by Paul Auster; VERTIGO by W. G. Sebald; WHY READ THE CLASSICS? by Italo Calvino; END OF THE GAME AND OTHER STORIES by Julio Cortàzar; BASED ON A TRUE STORY by Delphine de Vigan; Pola Oloixarac; WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson; A GOOD WOMAN by Louis Bromfield; A MOVEABLE FEAST by Ernest Hemingway; I LOVE DICK by Chris Kraus Marguerite Duras, THE LOVER; Milan Kundera, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING; Fernanda Trias, MUGRE ROSA FDF-List of Recommendations Restaurant: LA CAPITAL in Colonia Condesa, Mexico City Movie: RED ROCKET (2021) by Sean Baker Album: THE BOY FROM MICHIGAN (2021) by John Grant TV: VINCENZO Restaurant: THE CASINO, Bodega, CA Album: Pink Turns Blue, IF TWO WORLDS KISS Music: Daniel Barenboim and Jacqueline du Pre TV: The Capture

Happy New Year to all our listeners! It's 2022, and Lobo and Trash discuss Gothic and erotic literature, the role literature plays in our lives, and the future of this planet. And they recommend some more items for the FDF list – try at your own risk! Marquis de Sade https://www.amazon.com/Marquis-de-Sade/e/B004MPDPZG?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1640638993&sr=8-2 Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie https://www.amazon.com/Sister-Carrie-Theodore-becoming-actress/dp/1975828836 Catherine Millet – The Sexual Life of Catherine M. https://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Life-Catherine-Serpents-Classics-ebook/dp/B008LRLVTI/ref=sr_1_2?crid=8PSNQ2HWSI4U&keywords=catherine+millet&qid=1640639055&s=digital-text&sprefix=catherine+millet%2Cdigital-text%2C119&sr=1-2 Exterminate All the Brutes -- https://www.hbo.com/exterminate-all-the-brutes Hellbound -- https://www.netflix.com/title/81256675 Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen -- https://angelineskitchen.com/index.html Koronet Pizza -- https://www.koronetpizzany.com/ As always, you can reach us at trashandlobo@gmail.com

Just in time for the holidays, Lobo and Trash sort through some books that are best devoured during the time between the years. From dysfunctional families to wartime crimes, from black magic to immigrants vying to become American, and from matricide to composing poems in one's head, they cover the dark literature best consumed in cozy environs and with the lights left burning. Happy Holidays to all listeners! Ernesto Sabato, On Heroes and Tombs https://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Tombs-Ernesto-Sabato/dp/1567925960/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2Z7TU6MKNI1LS&keywords=ernesto+sabato&qid=1639948828&sprefix=ernesto+sabato%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-4 Michel Foucault (ed.), I, Pierre Riviere, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister, and My Brother… https://www.amazon.com/Pierre-Rivi%C3%A9re-having-slaughtered-brother/dp/0803268572/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RNNCSDXL8WIZ&keywords=I%2C+Pierre+Riviere&qid=1639948882&sprefix=i%2C+pierre+riviere%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1 Anzi Yezierska, Bread Givers https://www.amazon.com/Bread-Givers-Novel-Alice-Kessler-Harris/dp/0892552905/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3E66T2JXJSGOM&keywords=bread+givers&qid=1639948932&sprefix=bread+givers%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-1 Otfried Preußler, Krabat https://www.amazon.com/Krabat-Sorcerers-Review-Childrens-Collection/dp/1590177789/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Krabat&qid=1639949076&sr=8-1 Jerzy Kosinski, The Painted Bird https://www.amazon.com/Painted-Bird-Jerzy-Kosinski/dp/080213422X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IIDA09Y6N5VK&keywords=The+painted+bird&qid=1639949104&sprefix=the+painted+bird%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1 Orhan Pamuk, Snow https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Orhan-Pamuk/dp/0375706860/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RZD1FWI68FIS&keywords=pamuk+snow&qid=1639949151&sprefix=pamuk+snow%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1

In this inaugural episode, writers Joaquin Lobo and Tim Trash sit down to talk about the books they're reading and the ones they have recently rediscovered. They discuss the difficulties of dealing with past classics, of writing when the future certainly seems uncertain, and of reading when expectations turn apocalyptic.

Trailer for the upcoming Foreign, Domestic, and Forbidden, a podcast about books and ideas with Joaquin Lobo and Tim Trash.