Podcast appearances and mentions of Brian Dillon

The Ice Swimming World Championships took place in Molveno in Italy last week. Brian Dillon and Deirdre Cross chatted to Ray about their success.

A new programme is being proposed for Ennis that will aim to tackle the growing problem of traveller homelessness. Traveller led Approved Housing Body CENA is coming on board with the local authority with a view to transforming the delivery of homes and renovating halting sites countywide. Clare FM's Daragh Dolan has been speaking to CENA Family Liaison Officer Breeda Harty and CEO Brian Dillon about their goals for the county

Brian Dillon, one part of Meltybrains, released his second solo album under the moniker The Line on November 1, 2023. Entitled Red Blood Cells and Righteousness, it's an album full of collaborations, featuring Lullahush, Fehdah and Loah, Sarah Corcoran (Pillow Queens), Sorcha Richardson, Talos, God Knows and Murli, and lots more. On this episode, we talk through all the tracks on the album and discuss the making of it. Brian says: “This is an album built on personal relationships and communication, dedicated to playing a small but significant role as a part of a world so much bigger than any of us are willing to admit. After all, maybe we're all just blood cells, swimming through the veins of the earth, serving a much higher function.” On January 25 at The Horse Gallery, Dorset Street, Dublin, the exhibition White Blood Cells is opening, a sister piece to the album. A series of immersive soundscapes by Brian Dillon in collaboration with photographer Mark McGuinness. The audio-visual work explores the role and effect of supply chains in today's global world. From the press release: One of the key topics highlighted by the audio work is immigration and refuge. In 2024 global migration is taking place on a level never seen before. The work explores the West's reluctance to give shelter to people who have been driven from their homes due to economic factors which are heavily influenced by western consumer demands. If Dillon's soundscapes pose questions for the future of society, industry, and migration, McGuinness' images act as accompanying notes on our present. The images are all taken from the ongoing project, I Hope I'm Wrong, which documents the impact human activity is having on the environment. All of the images are taken in locations in Ireland which are predicted to be heavily impacted by sea level rise within the next decade. A live performance will take place on the opening night by a music group made up of migrants and asylum seekers. They will perform a short set of songs from their home countries at 6pm, Thursday 25th January 2024. Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend. You can buy Red Blood Cells and Righteousness at TheLine2.bandcamp.com

In this episode we are listening to Marie Darrieussecq and Brian Dillon discuss Marie's recent publication Sleepless, which was recorded in October 2023, live in the bookshop.Plagued by insomnia for twenty years, Marie Darrieussecq recounts her own experiences alongside those of fellow insomniacs, mostly fellow writers like Ovid, Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, Marguerite Duras, Franz Kafka, and Georges Perec. With inimitable humour, which ranges between autobiography, clinical observation and criticism, Sleepless is a graceful, inventive meditation by one of the leading voices of contemporary French literatureLibreria wishes to thank the publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions for the opportunity to host this live discussion at the bookshop.

Let's all welcome Brian Dillon to the show as he reveals his ninja marketing method, the very same approach that recently landed him a hefty $30,000 in land deals. Discover the behind-the-scenes tactics and straightforward insights that powered this remarkable financial success. Brian takes us through the steps, sharing his secrets and actionable advice that made his impressive payday. Don't miss a chance to dive into The Landsharks Program for more opportunities in the land investment world!----------Show notes:(0:55) Beginning of today's episode (4:00) On becoming a land investor (5:19) How did he find his first land deal? (6:42) Pulling up the vacant land owners list (11:00) How to market your land for sale (14:12) On closing his best real estate deal (23:25) Brian's advice on his fellow land sharks----------Resources:Batchleads : http://batchleadsbrent.com Batch Skip TracingBatch TextingPropstream :  http://thelandsharkslist.com/usleadlist.com To speak with Brent or one of our other expert coaches call (281) 835-4201 or schedule your free discovery call here to learn about our mentorship programs and become part of the TribeGo to Wholesalingincgroup.com to become part of one of the fastest growing Facebook communities in the Wholesaling space. Get all of your burning Wholesaling questions answered, gain access to JV partnerships, and connect with other "success minded" Rhinos in the community.It's 100% free to join. The opportunities in this community are endless, what are you waiting for?

Kilmihil Manager Brian Dillon On Munster Club IFC

Hear reaction from the 2023 TUS Clare senior and intermediate football finals, with Cratloe's Colm Collins, Podge Collins, Diarmuid Ryan, Cathal McInerney & Padraigh Chaplin, along with Kilmihil's Brian Dillon & Ciaran Downes.

Kilmihil Manager Brian Dillon On 2023 Clare IFC Final

Brian Dillon in conversation with Chris Power: Critic and essayist Brian Dillon, author of Essayism, In the Dark Room, Suppose a Sentence and Affinities, speaks to Chris Power, author of A Lonely Man, about his writing to date, including the influence and use of the image in his work, his attachment to the fragment and the ‘mere', and the challenge of writing attentively about a specific thing, whether a sentence or an object. Recorded at Young Space in February 2023. Edited by Frankie Wells. Music composed by Kwes Darko.

With AFFINITIES: On Art & Fascination (NYRB), Brian Dillon completes a "loose trilogy" of books revolving around his connections to art, writing & the world, this time through a series of amazing essays about photography, dance, video, and other art forms, as well as the drift-nature of affinity itself. We get into the tendrils of influence (and how he has to shake himself loose of the reticence of Barthes & Sebald), the act of close looking. the way metaphors & images enable to him to explore art, and why he embraces mood over argument in his essays. We also talk about the ways his recent books (Affinities, Suppose a Sentence, & Essayism) have served as a reboot of his writing, the challenges in wedding the critical/analytic & the memoiristic, his decision to rewrite by hand the previously published pieces for this book to see if new connections revealed themselves, and how he never knows what to ask an artist in the studio. Plus, we discuss how much personal info is too much in an essay, the parallels between his aunt's descent into paranoia with his own pursuit of close looking/reading, the writers he discovered late, what comes next, why he doesn't shy away from calling Affinities an essay collection, and more! Follow Brian on Twitter and Instagram • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our Substack

Inspired by Brian Dillon's new book “Affinities,” Trevor and Paul have fun exploring the question: Why do we like what we like? The answers are not always black and white or even logical—but they are sure are fun to talk about! For complete shownotes, please sign up for The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast Newsletter. If you'd like to support the show, visit The Mookse and the Gripes Patreon. Visit our blog at http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews. Follow us on Twitter @mookse and @bibliopaul. Email mookseandgripes@gmail.com.

In Affinities, a series of linked essays, Brian Dillon investigates what it might mean for a thing to be like something else, and what it might mean for things to be connected even when they are nothing like one another. Currently Professor of Creative Writing at Queen Mary, University of London, Dillon's writing is always surprising, and revelatory. Expect both revelations and surprises.Dillon was joined in conversation by the writer Jennifer Higgie, whose latest book is The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World.Buy Affinities: lrb.me/affinitiesbookFind more events at the Bookshop: lrb.me/eventspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss MAUD MARTHA by Gwendolyn Brooks and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE STONE ANGEL by Margaret Laurence. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in April. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks Native Son by Richard Wright Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison The Waves by Virginia Woolf Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier Affinities: On Art and Fascination by Brian Dillon, translated from the French by Daniel Levin Becker The Story of a Life by Konstantin Paustovsky, translated from the Russian by Douglas Smith The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence Check out other relevant links in our blogpost.  Visit us online at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

The long-awaited debut album You from Dublin five-piece Meltybrains? was released on January 25 via Strange Brew records. Brian Dillon talks about what took them so long, their various acquaintances and sideprojects along the way - Micheál Quinn drums for Dermot Kennedy for example, Sim Simma is always one of the best parts of festival season, while Brian and Ben Bix also helped make the music, with Eoin 'Talos' French, for Emmet Kirwan's latest show Accents. It has been years in the making - an exploration of the journey of five young men, trying to get from one end of their 20s to the other. Much like the making of the album, this journey was trickier than any of them thought it would be. It's an absolute beginner's guide to the microcosm, the macrocosm and everything in between. It's also a bit of fun and a pretty good record, combining influences from footwork, drone and j-pop with krautrock, psychedelia and prog. https://meltybrains.bandcamp.com/album/you

Det hemsökta huset är en vanlig kuliss för berättelser om sorg och tragedier. Men vad händer med det hemsökta huset i en tid av öppna planlösningar och glasväggar? Det undrar Petter Lindblad Ehnborg. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Säg hemsökt hus och de flesta ser nog samma kråkslott i fritt förfall, med eller utan sommarjobbande tonåringar. Samma damm och spindelväv. Samma dystra sniderier och vittrande stenansikten. Samma övermått av historia. Det är en bild med anor, för alltsedan den gotiska litteraturens startskott, Horace Walpoles Borgen i Otranto från 1764, har ord och arkitektur varit nära förbundna. Många senare verk har namngivits efter den byggnad i vilken de utspelas: medeltida slott eller herresäten bebodda av urartad adel. Efterhand syns ett allt större amerikanskt inslag med kolonialvillor i New England, sydstatspalats byggda på slavarbete, eller herrgårdar uppförda av den förgyllda ålderns rövarbaroner.Med tiden skiftar den gotiska litteraturens hus skepnad. Från att ha varit sublima kulisser tar de rollen som medspelare, samtidigt som de formar sig till speglar av invånarnas oroliga inre liv. I Edgar Allan Poes novell Huset Ushers undergång tar sig avgrunden mellan ett godsägande syskonpar fysisk gestalt i form av sprickan som öppnar sig i fasaden i deras gemensamma hem. Huset görs omänskligt mänskligt genom de tomma, ögonlika fönster till vilka Poe genom novellen återvänder. Byggnadens betraktande blick ska bli en stapelvara inom genren: drygt ett århundrade senare gestaltar Shirley Jackson det hemsökta Hill House som ett ansikte, med tomma vaksamma fönster under taklisters skadeglada ögonbryn. Mången kioskroman har också prytts av samma omslag: en skräckslagen människa med ryggen mot en hotfull fasad på vilken ett eller två ensamma fönsterögon lyser. Den gotiska litteraturen vet att utnyttja människans tendens till pareidoli: det vill säga att se mönster och mening i vaga intryck, ansikten där inga ansikten finns.Kanske kan ögon rentav skönjas på fasader av glas och stål? Arkitekturteoretikern Anthony Vidler anar en kuslig potential i det sena 1900-talets seende väggar, vilket särskilt filmmakare tagit fasta på i kriminaldramat, tonårsslashern eller den samtidsnära science fiction-dystopin. Ändå fortsätter 1800-talets arkitektur vara ohotad också bland sentida litterära skildrare av hemsökta hus. En möjlig förklaring ges i Anne Rivers Siddons roman The House Next Door, där en modernistisk villa tycks trasa sönder såväl innehavarnas liv som grannskapsandan i en välbärgad villaförort i den djupa amerikanska södern. Kan en ondsint intelligens verkligen leva i ett hus som är mindre än ett år gammalt, frågar sig grannen Walter vantroget. I horisontella hus med öppen planlösning finns ju varken källare eller vind där kedjor kan rasslas. Den modernistiska estetikens strävan att göra rent hus med historien tycks ha haft en antiseptisk verkan också mot spöken.Men som så ofta inom den gotiska traditionen finns det andra hemsökelser än gengångare. Essäisten Brian Dillon minns hur hans mor då han var barn insisterade på att radhuset där han växte upp bar på en förbannelse, och han brukade föreställa sig att en tidigare invånare möjligen avlidit under oklara former. Som vuxen såg han något annat: hur husets tragedi inte strömmade ur dess dolda historia så mycket som ur livet mellan väggarna: en familj som likt hos en viktoriansk studiofotograf frusit fast i smärtsamma poser, ett gemensamt liv invecklat i smärta, under tyngden av moderns långsamt förtärande sjukdom.Kanske bor den största fasan i det mellanmänskliga? Så är åtminstone fallet i Tove Janssons novell Svart-vitt. Novellen är dedikerad illustratören Edward Gorey och delvis inspirerad av hans traditionella spökhus i bilderboken Västra flygeln. Även om Jansson ersatt spökena med scener ur ett äktenskap visar hon sig väl förtrogen med den gotiska litteraturens grammatik. Stella är inredningsarkitekt och har ritat den modernistiska mästervilla i vilken hon lever samman med sin make illustratören. Huset beskrivs som en väldig öppenhet av glas och omålat trä och man förstår att stor omsorg har givits åt detaljerna. Enorma fönster speglar natten men håller den på avstånd, och i trädgården suddar strålkastare ut det vackra folkets skuggor medan de minglar genom sommarnatten.Det är fulländat. Ingenting kan förändras. Så beskriver illustratören sitt hem, och man förstår att detta skrämmer honom behövs han, kan han verkligen tillföra något? Kanske omöjliggör huset andra rörelser än de som redan är inskrivna i ritningarnas underförstådda scenanvisning? Han vill gräva in ansiktet i det svarta skinnet på golvet och rulla sig som en hund men vågar inte, för i ett hus utan dörrar finns ingenstans att gömma sig från hustruns blick, i hemmet hon ritat till sin avbild, öppet inför världen men omgärdat av murar. Huset var som [Stella], tänker han, det hade vidöppna ögon.Hemlivet ställs på sin spets då mannen får i uppdrag att bildsätta en skräckantologi. I Stellas ljusa hus är det omöjligt att arbeta, för allt blir bara grått, ingenstans finns den svärta som uppdraget kräver. Först då han för en tid flyttar till ett hus av traditionellt gotiskt snitt lättar skaparvåndan. Paradoxalt nog tar tryggheten här gestalt av en fallfärdig, lutande kåk med svart vatten i källaren och baksidan täckt av en vall av bråte, liksom utspydd av huset självt. I ett hus med dörrar kan man iallafall stänga om sig, och därmed slippa oron att bli sedd. Men kanske undflyr han inte hustruns öga så mycket som sitt eget, möjligheten att bli synlig inför sig själv, insikten om att avståndet också till den närmaste är svårt att överbrygga. Han dröjer i veckor med att illustrera antologins enda verkligt kusliga berättelse, den där författaren har utsatt dagsljuset för sin rädsla och mot alla regler stängt in den i ett vanligt, vackert rum. Det fruktansvärda han till slut ser framför sig är Stellas vardagsrum, det fulländade rummet där de levde med varandra, och med insikten kollapsar såväl text som byggnad: en klyfta ekande av släkten Ushers hus öppnar sig i golvet, alltmedan fönsterväggens väldiga glasskiva tycks sprängas av trycket inifrån.Låt oss dröja vid glasrutan en stund: kanske är det just i denna som den gotiska litteraturens sammansmältning av hus och människa, av oroliga yttre och inre rum oväntat nog når sin fulländning? Om natten förvandlas fönstret till en spegel och utsikten därmed till insyn och insikt. Genom rutan kan man betraktas utifrån, samtidigt som det enda man själv ser är det egna ansiktets skuggor, de otyglade känslornas spel, en gryende oro.Man behöver ej vara en kammare för att vara hemsökt man behöver ej vara ett hus, diktar Emily Dickinson. Vad är väl midnattsmöten med spöken, kusliga kloster eller lönnmördare gömda i vår lägenhet, vill hon säga, jämfört med att möta det som göms i hjärnans vindlande korridorer, att på en ensam plats oväntat överraskas av det egna inre livet, Självet bakom självet, dolt?Petter Lindblad Ehnborg, psykolog

CONVERSATIONS is an annual event where we invite contributors to the magazine to discuss their work. The theme for Conversations 2021 is Beginnings. Due to the Covid pandemic, this year's event takes the form of a special edition Dublin Review podcast in which Aingeala Flannery is joined by four recent contributors to the magazine. Brian Dillon is a writer, critic and essayist from Dublin. He has published seven books, including Essayism, Suppose A Sentence, and In The Dark Room, which won the Irish Book Award for non-fiction in 2005. Brian lives in London and has been contributing non-fiction to The Dublin Review since 2003. Tim MacGabhann is from County Kilkenny, but has been living in Mexico since 2013. He is a journalist, short story writer, poet and novelist. His debut novel Call Him Mine was published in 2019. The follow up How to be Nowhere came out in 2020. Tim has been contributing to The Dublin Review since 2019. Chetna Maroo is a short story writer and novelist, whose fiction debut Western Lane will be published in Spring 2023. She began contributing to The Dublin Review in 2020, when her short story ‘Shoreline' appeared in Number 79 of the magazine. Ayşegül Savaş is a novelist, short story writer and essayist who grew up in London, Copenhagen and Istanbul. Her debut novel, Walking on the Ceiling, was published in 2019. Her second novel, White on White will be published in early 2022. She has been contributing to The Dublin Review since 2019.

One of the most widely celebrated artists of his generation, Ed Atkins makes videos, draws, and writes, developing a complex and deeply figured discourse around definition, wherein the impossibilities for sufficient representations of the physical, specifically corporeal, world - from computer generated imagery to bathetic poetry - are hysterically rehearsed. A Primer for Cadavers, his startlingly original first collection, brings together a selection of his texts from 2010 to 2016. He was in conversation with Brian Dillon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A geografia e a memória, a noção de cânone, a curiosidade pela oficina dos escritores. Com a obra de Patrick Modiano, Proust, Philip Roth, Rachel Cusk, Stiglitz, Edward Gibbon ou Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, e os livros: O Pequeno Livro do Grande Terramoto, de Rui Tavares, Eu Confesso, de Jaume Cabré, A Morte de Jesus, de J.M. Coetzee, Benito Prada, de Fernando Assis Pacheco, Os Cadernos de Pickwick, de Charles Dickens, Os Doze Césares, de Suetónio, Feliciano, de A.M. Pires Cabral, Suíte Tóquio, de Giovana Madalosso, Autografia Não Autorizada, de Dulce Maria Cardoso, There There, de Tommy Orange, Ensaísmo, de Brian Dillon, So Long, See You Tomorrow, de William Maxwell, The Laughing Monters, de Denis Johnson.

Brian Dillon (a retired author) discusses his struggles and challenges he has faced during his two previous failed marriages. In his book "From Ex to Excellence" Brian outlines his strategy to overcome the hardship of divorce while providing essential tools to succeed in in life.

The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness is the subject of this episode. The book was first published in Iceland as Brekkukotsannáll in 1957, two years after Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Joining John and Andy to discuss this ideosyncratic, unforgettable novel and the remarkable life of its author - spanning nearly all of the twentieth century - is author, poet and podcaster Derek Owusu. Also in this episode, John delves into Brian Dillon's new book Suppose A Sentence, while Andy reads A Chelsea Concerto, Frances Faviell's memoir of life during the London Blitz.

Eric Newman is joined by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein to discuss her book The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, which opens up with some very heavy science, explaining quarks, dark matter and other phenomena that point to the limits of our knowledge about the how the universe, and everything in it, functions. But at the heart of the book is a series of questions about how the social construction of science both foments a toxic culture and might help us to understand not only how to do science better, but how to do better science. Also, Brian Dillon, author of Suppose a Sentence, returns to recommend Inventory of a Life Mislaid by Marina Warner.

Eric Newman is joined by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein to discuss her book The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, which opens up with some very heavy science, explaining quarks, dark matter and other phenomena that point to the limits of our knowledge about the how the universe, and everything in it, functions. But at the heart of the book is a series of questions about how the social construction of science both foments a toxic culture and might help us to understand not only how to do science better, but how to do better science. Also, Brian Dillon, author of Suppose a Sentence, returns to recommend Inventory of a Life Mislaid by Marina Warner.  

Kate and Medaya welcome essayist Brian Dillon, author of Suppose a Sentence which offers sharp analysis (along with intriguing discursus) of 27 sentences, both celebrated and obscure, from the likes of William Shakespeare, James Baldwin, John Ruskin, and Joan Didion. Brian opens the show with a passage from his introduction, a paean to the work of the writers he loves and the expansive possibilities of a single line. The conversation focuses on the joys and perils of close reading and reverie. Also, Claudio Lomnitz, author of Nuestra America: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation, returns to recommend On Kings by anthropologists David Graeber and Marshall Sahlins - and relate its lessons to the reign of Donald Trump.

Kate and Medaya welcome essayist Brian Dillon, author of Suppose a Sentence which offers sharp analysis (along with intriguing discursus) of 27 sentences, both celebrated and obscure, from the likes of William Shakespeare, James Baldwin, John Ruskin, and Joan Didion. Brian opens the show with a passage from his introduction, a paean to the work of the writers he loves and the expansive possibilities of a single line. The conversation focuses on the joys and perils of close reading and reverie. Also, Claudio Lomnitz, author of Nuestra America: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation, returns to recommend On Kings by anthropologists David Graeber and Marshall Sahlins - and relate its lessons to the reign of Donald Trump.

André Aciman talked to Brian Dillon about his latest book, Homo Irrealis (Faber and Faber), a collection of essays on subjects as diverse as Freud, W.G.Sebald, the films of Eric Rohmer and the cityscapes of Alexandria and St Petersburg. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 89 as Brian Dillon, head girls basketball coach at Morris Hills High School in New Jersey, talks with us about his greatest game.  Coach Dillon tells us about two great games, one against Seton Hall Prep which was an absolute doozy that featured 3 future Division I players!  Don't miss this wonderfully entertaining episode!   Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.   Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy. Follow us on Twitter at @816Basketball.

In this event from 2018, Brian Dillon, UK editor of Cabinet magazine and author of several books of essays, fiction, history and art criticism, talked about his first book, In the Dark Room, published by Penguin in 2005 and now available again in a handsome new edition from Fitzcarraldo, with Sophie Ratcliffe, Associate Professor in English, University of Oxford and author of On Sympathy (Oxford, 2008). Exploring the intersections of grief and memory, in his own personal history and beyond, Dillon evokes, in prose of great beauty and lucidity, the pain both of loss, and that of remembering the lost. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this event from June 2017, Brian Dillon talks to Max Porter about his latest book, Essayism (Fitzcarraldo Editions). Dillon has been fascinated by the essay form throughout his reading and writing life, and Essayism is at once a paean to this venerable and still vibrant genre, and a dazzling contemporary example of it. Porter is the author of the prize-winning Grief is the Thing with Feathers (Faber). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Does the written word really have the power to change things? How do you make a good argument in writing? Does the form of the essay lend itself particularly well to politics? Join us as we talk to the writer Otegha Uwagba about her brilliant essay Whites, a clear sighted, powerful comment on race in our society which examines her feelings in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, and the failures of white allyship. Picking up from our discussion of the form of the essay with Brian Dillon in 2017, we’ll be exploring the strengths and limitations of the form and talking about our favourite political essayists, from George Orwell to James Baldwin to Rebecca Solnit, plus all the usual recommendations. Our recommended political essays: Octavia: Daddy Issues by Katherine Angel https://peninsulapress.co.uk/product/daddy-issues Carrie: On Witness and Repair by Jesmyn Ward https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2020/08/jesmyn-ward-on-husbands-death-and-grief-during-covid General Recommendations: Octavia: A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/10378/a-very-easy-death-by-simone-de-beauvoir/ Otegha: America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549486/america-is-not-the-heart-by-elaine-castillo/ Carrie: Intimations by Zadie Smith https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/321/321775/intimations/9780241492383.html Email us: litfriction@gmail.com Tweet us & find us on Instagram: @litfriction

Hello and welcome back to the first episode of the new series of Emma Dilemma.. To kick us off I have the amazing Brian Dillon as our guest. Brian launched his blog https://www.instagram.com/beingbrianblog/ which you can find via this Instagram link during the pandemic. This is an honest, open chat about being vulnerable to your emotions, anxieties,there people and how to cope with our mental health. The topics are diverse and Brian speaks so clearly about the stigmatization and the problems with seeking therapeutic treatment as it is based on your means. I hope you come away feeling not alone in your struggle, feeling heard and feeling inspired to open up yourself. Go give Brian some love and give yourself a hug while your there to.. See you next weeeeek EmmaDilemma xox

Writer and critic Brian Dillon’s latest book Suppose a Sentence (Fitzcarraldo) is a series of essays, each of them taking as its pretext a single sentence drawn from literature. What emerges is a dazzling experiment in criticism, a personal and at times polemical investigation of style, meaning and sense. Dillon was in conversation about his work with Olivia Laing, author of Funny Weather and Crudo. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Writer Paul Morley went searching for something new - and found it in classical music in his book A Sound Mind, 25 years' worth of poetry can be found in As If By Magic by poet Paula Meehan, from The Man Who Was Marked By Winter to her last book Geomantic & Suppose A Sentence is the latest collection of essays from Brian Dillon.

Brian Dillon from lovindublin joins us to go through what events are on in Dublin this New Years Eve. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

King Ryan Garcia is on the show! Ryan Garcia is the instagram star and boxing super prospect that is co-headlining the Mexican Independence day card. He phones in and talks all things from his opponent, being a part of Canelo's camp, and life as a star in boxing.  Next up, Brian Dillon and Troy Fox call Woodsy to explore what it's like to be the B-side fighter and selling tickets to a fight for the actual fighter. A few economics here, and a few personal takes, we get the promoter and fighter's side of the debate here on Talkbox.    Last but not least, award winning sports writer and Woodsy's favorite Texan, Kelsey Mccarson joins the show. Him and Woodsy talk all things like Ruiz-Joshua 2, drug testing in the sport, and the inside scoop from all the betting odds and tips.  It's all here for you on Talkbox!     

The alternative investment market can deliver high returns for investors. In this episode, we chat with Brian Dillon, Investment Manager at Avantis Wealth. He discusses various topics including how he selects appropriate projects, the structure of these projects and how they then go through to a rigorous due diligence process to make sure the investors have peace of mind when investing in the opportunity.Many of the projects that are proposed fall at the first hurdle and one investment in twenty will pass the full due-diligence process and qualify to F|R|E|S|H Investment status. This discussion sheds more light on how each investment is chosen.Support the show (https://avantiswealth.com)

El festival de documentales “Cinéma du Réel” es la excusa perfecta para intentar articular una charla sobre diferentes formas de analizar la realidad. A partir de algunas de las películas vistas, Javier y Axel integran a la discusión el libro “Essayism” de Brian Dillon, para defender al ensayo, no tanto como género literario sino como práctica, y así interrogar las posibilidades de la “no ficción”. ¿De qué manera específica una forma literaria aborda el análisis de la realidad? ¿En qué medida el documental y el ensayo pueden ser el campo de experimentación ideal para pensar la realidad más allá de las fronteras del arte y de la ciencia? ¿El documental de autor tiene que sucumbir al narcisismo posmoderno? ¿Gana alguien con la entrega de premios en festivales? Cansados de mirar pantallas y leer libros sin saber qué hacer de eso, los cosmopoditas evalúan la posibilidad de escaparle a la realidad abusando de sustancias psicotrópicas y de música electrónica. Al final, recapacitan y deciden reunirse para preparar el próximo episodio e intentarlo de nuevo, fallar de nuevo, pero fallar mejor. Suscribite y apoyanos en Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher o en tu aplicación favorita. Escribinos a cosmopodis@gmail.com. También estamos en Twitter y en Instagram en @cosmopodis.

Mary Beard reveals the thinking behind The Eye of Faith, the fourth programme in the Civilisations series. Depicting the divine in art has been a fascination for Mary since she studied for her PhD on Roman religion. Plus, she reveals the ancient civilisation she'd most like to invite round for dinner. The Civilisations series is packed with stunning shots of picturesque ruined places. Writer and art critic, Brian Dillon traces the long history of our fascination with ruins. He introduces us to the aristocrats of the 18th century who built imitation ruins in their gardens, and explains why the Nazis imagined how their architecture would look like after a thousand years of dilapidation. Produced and presented by Viv Jones.

For our second event of 2018 exploring the burgeoning yet slippery form of the essay, we were joined by Brian Dillon whose book Essayism - his essays on essays - is already considered a classic of the form.

Ellar Coltrane concludes his journey out West, arriving by train to Northern California. He connects with a friend who lives off the grid and also visits a painter with a unique perspective on life. Source Audio by Ellar Coltrane & Kevin Ford. Sound Design & Original Music by Brian Dillon & Michael Barnhart.

Ellar Coltrane continues on his journey West, traveling by train through Utah and Nevada. He strikes up random conversations and listens to other travelers and train conductors. Source Audio by Ellar Coltrane & Kevin Ford. Sound Design & Original Music by Brian Dillon & Michael Barnhart.

With Stig Abell and Thea Lenarduzzi – Distinguished social psychologist Carol Tavris discusses whether we are seeing the end of definition by gender and whether there is any benefit in trying to track, physiologically and psychologically, the differences between men and women; Brian Dillon tackles the past, present and future of the essay form, via the indolent and melancholic work of Cyril Connolly, whose book The Unquiet Grave is "one of the strangest, funniest, most formally daring if badly flawed contributions to the literature of depression, disarray and the decay of ambition"; finally, the TLS's Religion Editor Rupert Shortt joins us to consider the true meaning of Islam, a religion so full of contradictions that – according to one critic – “very few Muslims consciously understand what being Islamic truly means”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The literary essay is a slippery and expansive form, and has encompassed everything from an attempt to define the word ‘camp’ to a dispatch from a cruise ship. This month we interview writer Brian Dillon about his forthcoming book, Essayism – a collection of essays about essays and an ode to the form in all its machinations. We also discuss some of our favourite essay writers including Michel de Montaigne, Joan Didion and David Foster Wallace, plus all the usual recommendations.

Ellar Coltrane arrives to Boulder, Colorado, where he listens to a young man on the street describing the town. He meets some new friends and they discuss technology. At 8500 feet, he explores a greenhouse dome and listens to nature. He makes his way back onto the train and winds through the Rockies. Source Audio by Ellar Coltrane & Kevin Ford. Sound Design & Original Music by Brian Dillon & Michael Barnhart.

Ellar Coltrane departs El Paso and takes the train to New Mexico, where he meets two women. One woman tells him about her town, the other woman talks about spiritual healing and psychic activity. He also takes some time to listen to the Rio Grande. Source Audio by Ellar Coltrane & Kevin Ford. Sound Design & Original Music by Brian Dillon & Michael Barnhart.

Ellar Coltrane rides a train out West, listening to a passenger talk about communication. Once he arrives in El Paso he spends some time downtown talking to some new friends, and they also take him to the Mexican border. Source Audio by Ellar Coltrane & Kevin Ford. Sound Design & Original Music by Brian Dillon & Michael Barnhart.

Ellar Coltrane records more conversations with a couple of people from Austin, talking about existence and other random stuff, before heading West by train. Poetry by Justin David Stone. Source Audio by Ellar Coltrane & Kevin Ford. Sound Design & Original Music by Brian Dillon & Michael Barnhart.

The Track Talk Podcast featuring Brian Dillon This week we talk about The Rolling Stones' "Can't You Hear Me Knocking". Find Brian on YouTube YouTube.com/briandillon120 Find Brianl on Instagram @briandillpickle Produced by Shaun Day Instagram: @shaundaymusic Hosted by Matty Margallo Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @mattymakinmusic Find The Track Talk Podcast: Twitter: @thetracktalkpod Facebook: The Track Talk Podcast Soundcloud.com/thetracktalkpodcast YouTube: The Track Talk Podcast

Ellar Coltrane records conversations with different friends and people he has met in Austin, Texas... talking about the city, life, and travel. Poetry by Justin David Stone. Source Audio by Ellar Coltrane & Kevin Ford. Sound Design & Original Music by Brian Dillon & Michael Barnhart.

From the tyranny of exercise to the crisis of policing, via the sexualization of childhood (and everything else), Mark Greif’s Against Everything is an essential guide to the vicissitudes of everyday life under twenty-first-century capitalism and a vital scrutiny of the contradictions arising between our desires and the excuses we make. In a wide-ranging conversation for the latest Verso podcast in collaboration with the London Review Bookshop, Mark Greif and Brian Dillon discuss modes of critique and cultural forms, and the role of the intellectual in stripping away the veil of everyday life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From the tyranny of exercise to the crisis of policing, via the sexualization of childhood (and everything else), Mark Greif’s Against Everything is an essential guide to the vicissitudes of everyday life under twenty-first-century capitalism and a vital scrutiny of the contradictions arising between our desires and the excuses we make. In a wide-ranging conversation for the latest Verso podcast in collaboration with the London Review Bookshop, Mark Greif and Brian Dillon discuss modes of critique and cultural forms, and the role of the intellectual in stripping away the veil of everyday life. Against Everything: On Dishonest Times by Mark Greif is available now: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2256-against-everything Mark Greif is a founder and editor of n+1 magazine. Brian Dillon is a writer and critic. He is UK editor of Cabinet magazine, and teaches critical writing at the Royal College of Art.

The flaneur – an almost invariably male idler dawdling through city streets with no apparent purpose in mind – is familiar to us from the works of Baudelaire, Benjamin and Edmund White. In a glorious blend of memoir, cultural history and psychogeography, Lauren Elkin investigates the little-considered female equivalent, from George Sand to Agnes Varda and Sophie Calle, leading us through the streets of London, Tokyo, Venice, New York and, of course, Paris. Lauren Elkin, a contributing editor at the White Review, discussed the phenomenon of the flaneuse, and her own walking life with Brian Dillon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brian Dillon (writer & UK Editor, Cabinet, London) & Marie Darrieussecq (writer, Paris) in conversation at Frieze London 2009

Seventy-five years ago, on 26 September 1940, perhaps the 20th century's greatest cultural critic died in a small town on the Spanish border as he attempted to leave France, escaping the Nazis. This summer, writer and commentator Brian Dillon imagined a retracing of Benjamin's steps, tracking his life's work to that terminus in the Pyrenees. Scholar and Benjamin biographer Esther Leslie has recently edited and translated Benjamin's *On Photography* (Reaktion Books) and translated his *Archive* (Verso Books). Together they considered the extraordinary range, achievement and reach of this remarkable and hugely influential writer. The evening was hosted by Gareth Evans. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Human intervention on the natural landscape: Brian Dillon on his book 'The Great Explosion' and Julian Gaisford St Laurence, Mathew Jebb and David Averill on British architect Edwin Lutyens

Professor Sunil Khilnani joins us to talk about his new BBC Radio 4 series Incarnations, which tells the story of India through the lives of its most remarkable figures. Meanwhile, we speak to Brian Dillon about an accident in a munitions factory that caused great loss of life just before the battle of the Somme. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back with Capital One for the second episode in a two-part series. Rob Huddleston and Brian Dillon dig into the implementation details, explaining how a component CMS and modular design system helped them deliver a complete responsive redesign. Read more »

Film-maker, graphic designer, animator, cartoonist, photographer, internet and new media pioneer, installationist, novelist, critic, publisher – the French artist Chris Marker, who died in 2012 on the day of his 91st birthday, was as versatile as he was prolific. He is best known for his film masterpieces Sans Soleil and La Jetée (the inspiration for Terry Gilliam’s Twelve Monkeys) but his influence has been felt, perhaps even more keenly since his death, in almost every field of artistic endeavour. In an evening of readings, screenings and discussion, Chris Darke, critic and co-curator of the first retrospective of Chris Marker’s work across all media, was in conversation with the acclaimed cultural commentator and essayist Brian Dillon about Marker’s writing in all forms, from little known novels and short stories through essays and critical pieces to his outstanding film scripts. The evening was hosted by Gareth Evans, Film Curator at the Whitechapel Gallery. The event was presented with thanks to, and in association with, the Whitechapel Gallery. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author Joshua Cohen came to the shop celebrate the publication of Attention! a (short) history' (Notting Hill). He was joined by writer and critic Brian Dillon for a dicussion of the cultural history of the concept of attention: an evening of conversation which ranged across centuries and subjects, from Saint Augustine to amphetamines.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If art is political, what is its constituency? Philosopher Jacques Rancière and critic Brian Dillon discuss

In the last ten years the humanities has become obsessed with stuff – things, ephemera, paraphernalia and possessions. Writer and critic Brian Dillon speaks to Steven Connor, Professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Birkbeck College, London, about the curious magic of everyday things.

This event explores the history and contemporary meaning of illness and anxiety as mediated by artists, writers and philosophers. Speakers include Julia Borossa, Steven Connor, Brian Dillon, Darian Leader, Caroline Rooney.

Writer and critic Brian Dillon is UK editor of Cabinet Magazine, and author of the memoir In the Dark Room, and will be discussing the work of Tacita Dean on display in Drawn from the Collection.

BAFTA winning British playwright and television dramatist, Stephen Poliakoff CBE, discusses his work in conversation with writer and critic, Brian Dillon. As Poliakoff has said, "I'm very anti the social-realist tradition because I don't think the world l

An interview with Brian Dillon, the first ever winner of the Irish Book Award for Literary Non-Fiction.

An interview with Brian Dillon, the first ever winner of the Irish Book Award for Literary Non-Fiction.