Podcasts about Nathanael West

How are David Lynch's films as much in dialogue with literary and musical traditions as they are cinematic ones? By interrogating this question, David Lynch's American Dreamscape: Music, Literature, Cinema (Bloomsbury, 2025) broadens the interpretive horizons of Lynch's filmography, calling for a new approach to Lynch's films that goes beyond cinema and visual art to explore how Lynch's work engages with literary and musical works that have shaped the American imagination. As much as Lynch stands as a singular artistic voice, his work arises from and taps into the cultural zeitgeist in a way that illuminates not only his approach to creativity but also the way works interact with each other in an age of mass media. From children's literature to teen tragedy ballads, Nathanael West and Cormac McCarthy to folk music and mixtapes, David Lynch's American Dreamscape investigates the cultural frequencies Lynch's films tune into and positions Lynch's work as a conduit for American popular culture, a medium or channel through which the subconscious of American life finds its way into full view. The book expands upon this approach by discussing how artists such as David Foster Wallace and Lana Del Rey graft Lynch's affiliative, cinematic sensibility onto their own projects. Reading their work as intertextual engagements with Lynch's films further illustrates the versatile interactions among creators and audiences to generate more works, readers, and readings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

How are David Lynch's films as much in dialogue with literary and musical traditions as they are cinematic ones? By interrogating this question, David Lynch's American Dreamscape: Music, Literature, Cinema (Bloomsbury, 2025) broadens the interpretive horizons of Lynch's filmography, calling for a new approach to Lynch's films that goes beyond cinema and visual art to explore how Lynch's work engages with literary and musical works that have shaped the American imagination. As much as Lynch stands as a singular artistic voice, his work arises from and taps into the cultural zeitgeist in a way that illuminates not only his approach to creativity but also the way works interact with each other in an age of mass media. From children's literature to teen tragedy ballads, Nathanael West and Cormac McCarthy to folk music and mixtapes, David Lynch's American Dreamscape investigates the cultural frequencies Lynch's films tune into and positions Lynch's work as a conduit for American popular culture, a medium or channel through which the subconscious of American life finds its way into full view. The book expands upon this approach by discussing how artists such as David Foster Wallace and Lana Del Rey graft Lynch's affiliative, cinematic sensibility onto their own projects. Reading their work as intertextual engagements with Lynch's films further illustrates the versatile interactions among creators and audiences to generate more works, readers, and readings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

How are David Lynch's films as much in dialogue with literary and musical traditions as they are cinematic ones? By interrogating this question, David Lynch's American Dreamscape: Music, Literature, Cinema (Bloomsbury, 2025) broadens the interpretive horizons of Lynch's filmography, calling for a new approach to Lynch's films that goes beyond cinema and visual art to explore how Lynch's work engages with literary and musical works that have shaped the American imagination. As much as Lynch stands as a singular artistic voice, his work arises from and taps into the cultural zeitgeist in a way that illuminates not only his approach to creativity but also the way works interact with each other in an age of mass media. From children's literature to teen tragedy ballads, Nathanael West and Cormac McCarthy to folk music and mixtapes, David Lynch's American Dreamscape investigates the cultural frequencies Lynch's films tune into and positions Lynch's work as a conduit for American popular culture, a medium or channel through which the subconscious of American life finds its way into full view. The book expands upon this approach by discussing how artists such as David Foster Wallace and Lana Del Rey graft Lynch's affiliative, cinematic sensibility onto their own projects. Reading their work as intertextual engagements with Lynch's films further illustrates the versatile interactions among creators and audiences to generate more works, readers, and readings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

How are David Lynch's films as much in dialogue with literary and musical traditions as they are cinematic ones? By interrogating this question, David Lynch's American Dreamscape: Music, Literature, Cinema (Bloomsbury, 2025) broadens the interpretive horizons of Lynch's filmography, calling for a new approach to Lynch's films that goes beyond cinema and visual art to explore how Lynch's work engages with literary and musical works that have shaped the American imagination. As much as Lynch stands as a singular artistic voice, his work arises from and taps into the cultural zeitgeist in a way that illuminates not only his approach to creativity but also the way works interact with each other in an age of mass media. From children's literature to teen tragedy ballads, Nathanael West and Cormac McCarthy to folk music and mixtapes, David Lynch's American Dreamscape investigates the cultural frequencies Lynch's films tune into and positions Lynch's work as a conduit for American popular culture, a medium or channel through which the subconscious of American life finds its way into full view. The book expands upon this approach by discussing how artists such as David Foster Wallace and Lana Del Rey graft Lynch's affiliative, cinematic sensibility onto their own projects. Reading their work as intertextual engagements with Lynch's films further illustrates the versatile interactions among creators and audiences to generate more works, readers, and readings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

How are David Lynch's films as much in dialogue with literary and musical traditions as they are cinematic ones? By interrogating this question, David Lynch's American Dreamscape: Music, Literature, Cinema (Bloomsbury, 2025) broadens the interpretive horizons of Lynch's filmography, calling for a new approach to Lynch's films that goes beyond cinema and visual art to explore how Lynch's work engages with literary and musical works that have shaped the American imagination. As much as Lynch stands as a singular artistic voice, his work arises from and taps into the cultural zeitgeist in a way that illuminates not only his approach to creativity but also the way works interact with each other in an age of mass media. From children's literature to teen tragedy ballads, Nathanael West and Cormac McCarthy to folk music and mixtapes, David Lynch's American Dreamscape investigates the cultural frequencies Lynch's films tune into and positions Lynch's work as a conduit for American popular culture, a medium or channel through which the subconscious of American life finds its way into full view. The book expands upon this approach by discussing how artists such as David Foster Wallace and Lana Del Rey graft Lynch's affiliative, cinematic sensibility onto their own projects. Reading their work as intertextual engagements with Lynch's films further illustrates the versatile interactions among creators and audiences to generate more works, readers, and readings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

The Drunk Guys drink beer because they're lonely this week when they read Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West. Their livers are lonely for: Chasing a Feeling by Other Half Brewing and Oops I Doubled My Pants by Sand City Brewing. Join the Drunk Guys next Tuesday for Allegiant (Divergent Trilogy,

This 54th episode of READING MCCARTHY takes a long ramble down THE ROAD, McCarthy's 2006 Pulitzer Prize winning novel of a father and son enduring life in a harrowing, ashen landscape after some undisclosed apocalypse. For this discussion I'm glad to welcome back guest Dr. Bryan Vescio. Professor and Chair of English at High Point University in North Carolina, Dr. Vescio has previously joined us for discussions on Suttree and Cities of the Plain, among others. He is the author of the 2014 book Reconstruction in Literary Studies: An Informalist Approach, as well as numerous articles on American authors including Mark Twain, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and Nathanael West, and articles on works by Cormac Mccarthy  including Suttree, Blood Meridian, and The Road.Thomas Frye composed, performed, and produced the music for READING MCCARTHY.  The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society. If you're agreeable it'll help us if you provide favorable reviews on your favorite podcasting platforms.  If you enjoy this podcast, you may also enjoy the GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL PODCAST, hosted by myself and Kirk Curnutt. To contact me, please reach out to readingmccarthy(@)gmail.com. Despite the evening redness in the west Reading McCarthy is still nominally on X aka Twitter that was.  The website is at readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com, and if you'd like to support the show you can click on the little heart symbol at the top of the webpage to buy the show a cappuccino.Support the Show.Starting in spring of 2023, the podcast will accept minor sponsorship offers to offset the costs of the podcast. This may cause a mild disconnect in earlier podcasts where the host asks for patrons in lieu of sponsorships. But if we compare it to a very large and naked bald man in the middle of the desert who leads you to an extinct volcano to create gunpowder, it seems pretty minor...

O 14° ÁLBUM DE ED MOTTA, “BEHIND THE TEA CHRONICLES”, É ACLAMADO PELA CRÍTICA ESPECIALIZADA E ULTRAPASSA 550 MIL STREAMS EM SEU LANÇAMENTO A faixa “Deluxe Refuge” foi reproduzida no programa de rádio de Jamie Cullum, na BBC Radio 2 “‘Behind The Tea Chronicles' é a trilha sonora de um quadro de Edward Hopper, povoado por personagens de Nathanael West, com diálogos de Dashiell Hammett, dirigido por Michael Curtiz, e composta por... Hoagy Carmichael? Não. Por Ed Motta” - Ruy Castro Apresentado no último dia 20, o 14º álbum de estúdio de Ed Motta, “Behind The Tea Chronicles”, ultrapassou 551 mil streams em seu primeiro final de semana de lançamento no Spotify. O trabalho que nos faz cruzar fronteiras musicais e nos convida a ouvir não só canções soulful e groovy, mas também a mergulhar em climas quase cinematográficos também foi aclamado por publicações em países como França, Alemanha e Reino Unido. Suas faixas já fazem parte da programação de rádio do Japão e na França, enquanto o single “Deluxe Refuge” foi reproduzido no programa de rádio do Jamie Cullum, na BBC Radio 2. A tradicional loja de discos do Japão “Tower Records” apresentou um totem em tamanho real do artista. Reviews sobre o novo disco de Ed também já foram disponibilizados na mídia especializada do Reino Unido, Alemanha, Itália, França e Japão nas publicações: Jazz Magazine, Jazzwise, Jazzthetik, Jazzthing, Stereoplay, MINT Magazin, Kultur News e La Stampa. “Behind The Tea Chronicles” representa um marco significativo na trajetória artística de Ed. Essa obra-prima musical mostra sua habilidade única de criar melodias inesquecíveis e letras instigantes. Nesse disco, Ed se inspirou em séries de TV e filmes. “'Colombo', ‘Barnaby Jones' e ‘Streets of San Francisco' (no Brasil, ‘São Francisco Urgente') são as minhas séries favoritas. Mas também gosto da inglesa ‘Quatermass', a primeira série de ficção científica do mundo e produzida pela BBC, que foi uma inspiração direta para uma faixa do álbum”, diz Motta. “Também me inspirei em filmes antigos: especialmente o filme 'Gaslight', de George Cukor, e filmes de Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Melville e Basil Dearden, que são alguns dos meus diretores favoritos e me deram muitas ideias”. O trabalho apresenta uma impressionante formação de músicos ilustres, incluindo colaborações notáveis com artistas brasileiros e internacionais. Os famosos cantores Paulette McWilliams, uma experiente vocalista que participou do álbum "Off The Wall", de Michael Jackson, e Philip Ingram, irmão de James Ingram e membro fundador do grupo Switch, podem ser ouvidos como backing vocals, bem como a Orquestra Tcheca FILMharmonic. Além da música, Motta não é apenas um especialista em filmes e séries, mas também um conhecido expert quando o assunto é vinho, chá e cerveja. Escreveu colunas sobre vinhos e gastronomia e fez curadoria de cardápios de vinhos, cervejas e chás para o hotel paulistano Emiliano. Motta também manteve uma coluna online de vinhos para a principal revista semanal do Brasil, Veja, enquanto apresentava o programa de rádio “Empoeirado” para a Rádio Eldorado, de São Paulo, destacando e apresentando joias raras e obscuras de seu acervo de 30 mil discos. Sua música reflete justamente essa coleção que começou com os discos da mãe e ele expandiu ao longo dos anos.

In this episode we ride to the end of the road in the last episode of the Border Trilogy, CITIES ON THE PLAIN.  My guest for this foray is Dr. Bryan Vescio, Professor and Chair of English at High Point University in North Carolina.  A guest on former episodes on faith and Suttree, Dr. Vescio is the author of the 2014 book Reconstruction in Literary Studies: An Informalist Approach, as well as numerous articles on American authors including Mark Twain, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Nathanael West, and, of course, Cormac McCarthy. As always, readers should beware: there be spoilers here.Thanks to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the music for READING MCCARTHY.  The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society, although in our hearts we hope they'll someday see the light.  We appreciate favorable reviews on your favorite podcasting platform.  If you enjoy this podcast you may also enjoy the GREAT AMERICAN PODCAST, hosted by myself and Kirk Curnutt. To contact me, please reach out to readingmccarthy(@)gmail.com. Despite the evening redness in the west Reading McCarthy is also on Twitter.  The website is at readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com, and if you'd like to support the show you can click on the little heart symbol at the top of the webpage to buy the show a cappuccino.Support the showStarting in spring of 2023, the podcast will accept minor sponsorship offers to offset the costs of the podcast. This may cause a mild disconnect in earlier podcasts where the host asks for patrons in lieu of sponsorships. But if we compare it to a very large and naked bald man in the middle of the desert who leads you to an extinct volcano to create gunpowder, it seems pretty minor...

Ordinary Unhappiness presents a live recording of the Podcast for Social Research! Abby recently joined Danny Lavery, Rebecca Ariel Porte, and Kali Handelman to celebrate Danny's new book, Dear Prudence, which spans his tenure as beloved advice columnist “Prudence” at Slate. The group tackles historical antecedents of advice columns from the New Testament to the Great Depression; how advice columns dramatize social norms as they change in real time; fictional representations of advice columns like Nathanael West's Miss Lonelyhearts; tricksters who set out to deceive advice columnists but wind up asking real questions despite themselves; transference and the idiosyncratic role of the advice columnist as both generic and specific Other; and crowdsourced advice seeking (AKA Reddit's Am I The Asshole?). They wind up by taking questions and offering live, unscripted advice about real estate commitments, relationship commitments, and the dicey intersection thereof. Plus: pro tips on how to stage difficult interventions with roommates and others in your life about grooming, household chores, and more. Danny's book Dear Prudence: Liberating Lesson's from Slate.com's Beloved Advice Columnist is available here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/dear-prudence-liberating-lessons-from-slate-com-s-beloved-advice-column-daniel-m-lavery/18617330?gclid=CjwKCAjwt52mBhB5EiwA05YKow6xPL0DB2XXUyrThg9vTl7opsMa6wGA0cVaDkJUHDHWjp1K2vzW2BoC9NYQAvD_BwEYou can subscribe to his Substack, The Chatner, here: https://www.thechatner.com/Rebecca's magazine Dilettante Army is here: https://dilettantearmy.com/ You can learn more about Kali's work as an editor and writing coach here: https://kalihandelman.com/For more information about classes, events, and other programming at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research: https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/Have you noticed that Freud is back? Got questions about psychoanalysis? Or maybe you've traversed the fantasy and lived to tell the tale? Leave us a voicemail! 484 775-0107 A podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now. New episodes on Saturdays. Follow us on social media: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/OrdinaryUnhappiness Twitter: @UnhappinessPod Instagram: @OrdinaryUnhappiness Patreon: patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness Theme song: Formal Chicken - Gnossienne No. 1 https://open.spotify.com/album/2MIIYnbyLqriV3vrpUTxxO Provided by Fruits Music

Uma breve conversa a respeito da visão do esmagamento da “corvéia anônima” na Hollywood dos anos 1930, que se parece tanto com a do século XXI, em “O dia do gafanhoto”. Apoie nossa campanha de visionários e malditos: https://www.catarse.me/3visionarios  Nosso podcast também está disponível nas seguintes plataformas: - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NUiqPPTMdnezdKmvWDXHs - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-da-raphus-press/id1488391151?uo=4 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMDlmZmVjNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw%3D%3D  Apoie o canal: https://apoia.se/podcastdaraphus. Ou adquira nossos livros em nosso site: http://raphuspress.weebly.com. Dúvidas sobre envio, formas de pagamento, etc.: http://raphuspress.weebly.com/contact.html.

International award-winning puppeteer Dan Hurlin talks about starting a successful theater at age 10, how financial constraints prompted him to create a solo show where he played a cast of 60 characters, his love of toy theaters and puppets, and  his new approach to puppetry.The music in this episode is from "Disfarmer" and was composed by Dan Moses Schreier.Go to triciaroseburt.com for links to Dan's work. Check out Dan's website.View an excerpt from Disfarmer.See the trailer for the documentary Puppet.Learn about Nathanael West.Explore the work of John Cage.See Julia Jacquette's work. 

Welcome to the final episode of Wake Island! Bruce Wagner is on the show. BRUCE WAGNER is a novelist and screenwriter known for his apocalyptic yet spiritual view of humanity as seen through the lens of Hollywood. His books include: Force Majeure, Dead Stars, I'm Losing You, Wild Palms (graphic novel), I'll Let You Go, Still Holding, The Chrysanthemum Palace, Memorial, The Empty Chair, I Met Someone, A Guide For Murdered Children (writing as Sarah Sparrow), and ROAR: American Master - The Oral Biography of Roger Orr. Bruce was a co writer on A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987). David Cronenberg adapted his screenplay into the movie Map to the Stars, starring Julianne Moore, John Cusack, and Robert Pattinson. Wagner and Oliver Stone co-executive produced Wild Palms, the mini-series Wagner created, based on a comic strip that he wrote for Details magazine. Wild Palms aired on ABC in 1993. Wagner signed a book deal with Counterpoint Press in 2019 for his novel The Marvel Universe: Origin Stories. When he turned in the manuscript, Wagner said that the editor and publisher told him "the language is problematic." One of their objections was to the word "fat" - a 500-lb. character in the novel playfully calls herself "The Fat Joan" (an homage to the popular social media personality "The Fat Jew") - and stated that "not even a character can call herself that." The writer Sam Wasson wrote about the book's journey in Graydon Carter's digital magazine AirMail ("Bruce Wagner's Woke Universe"), suspecting that Wagner's editor had been cautioned by "sensitivity readers." In the same article, Wasson quotes Wagner as saying, "My entire body of work would be thrown into a furnace if it were to be read and judged by sensitivity readers." On October 13, 2020, Wagner decided that rather than look for another publisher, he would release the novel for free, on brucewagner.la, and into the public domain. BLURBS: “He is a visionary posing as a farceur.” - Salman Rushdie “Wagner is a James Joyce whose Dublin is Hollywood.” David Cronenberg “Bruce Wagner's stories about Hollywood are the best I've read since F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nathanael West.” - Terry Southern “Wagner writes like a wizard. His prose writhes and coruscates.” - John Updike LINKS: You can download a free copy of the Marvel Universe here or buy a physical copy online at Amazon. Children of the New Flesh c/o 11:11. The New House c/o Whiskey Tit. SOCIAL: Twitter: @WakeIslandPod Instagram: @wakeislandpod David's Twitter: @raviddice --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wake-island/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wake-island/support

Having made it through two Bob Rafelson films, Andrew and Dave decide to treat themselves to the dark hearted hate letter to Hollywood that is THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, director John Schlesinger's 1975 adaptation of the famed Nathanael West novel of the same name. Just how the hell did this film make it through the studio system uncompromised? How under appreciated are the acting talents of William Atherton? And how on Earth did Andrew and Dave go this long without discussing a Burgess Meredith performance? Tune in and find out!Next Episode: About time we talk about Bruce Dern!All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt.

This is the second part of the round table discussion of one of McCarthy's masterworks, the 1979 novel Suttree.  The guests for this wonderful discussion include Dianne Luce, who previously appeared in episodes about The Orchard Keeper and Suttree.  Dr. Luce is a founding member and past president of the Cormac McCarthy Society.  Together with Edwin Arnold, she has edited two collections of articles on McCarthy, and she is the author of Reading the World: Cormac McCarthy's Tennessee Period (2009).  In the past decade, she has been writing a two-volume study, based on archival research, of McCarthy's writing life at Random House, several portions of which have appeared as articles in Resources for American Literary Study and the Cormac McCarthy Journal.    She holds faculty emeritus status from Midlands Tech in Columbia, SC. Also rejoining us today for this round table on his favorite McCarthy novel is Author, Actor, Artist, Auteur, musician and composer and more Peter Josyph.  Peter Josyph's books include The Wrong Reader's Guide to Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses; Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy; Cormac McCarthy's House: Reading McCarthy Without Walls; Liberty Street: Encounters at Ground Zero; The Way of the Trumpet; What One Man Said to Another: Talks With Richard Selzer; and The Wounded River, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1993. His films include the award-winning Liberty Street: Alive at Ground Zero; Shakespeare in New York; Hell; Bardtalk; A Few Things Basquiat Did in School; and Acting McCarthy: The Making of Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses. As a painter his McCarthy-related exhibitions have shown in Sweden; England; Australia; and the far countries of Texas and Kentucky.  peter currently lectures on film for the Frick Estate Lectures at Nassau County Museum of Art on Long Island. Bryan Vescio joined us for a previous discussion on McCarthy and Faith.  Dr. Bryan Vescio is currently Professor and Chair of English at High Point University in North Carolina.  He has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Missouri Southern State University, and DePaul University.  He is the author of the 2014 book Reconstruction in Literary Studies: An Informalist Approach, as well as numerous articles on American authors including Mark Twain, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and Nathanael West. He has published articles on works by McCarthy including Suttree, Blood Meridian, and The Road. Thanks as always to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the music for READING MCCARTHY.   The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society. Our website: https://readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com/And e-mail: readingmccarthy (@) gmail.com 

We kick off Season 2 of READING McCARTHY with a very special episode.  Instead of having only one guest today, we'll have three in the first part of a  round table discussion of one of McCarthy's masterworks, SUTTREE.   As part of the round table we welcome back our guest Dianne Luce, who previously appeared in episodes about The Orchard Keeper and Suttree.  Dr. Luce is a founding member and past president of the Cormac McCarthy Society.  Together with Edwin Arnold, she has edited two collections of articles on McCarthy, and she is the author of Reading the World: Cormac McCarthy's Tennessee Period (2009).  In the past decade, she has been writing a two-volume study, based on archival research, of McCarthy's writing life at Random House, several portions of which have appeared as articles in Resources for American Literary Study and the Cormac McCarthy Journal.    She holds faculty emeritus status from Midlands Tech in Columbia, SC. Also rejoining us today for this round table on his favorite McCarthy novel is Author, Actor, Artist, Auteur, musician and composer and more Peter Josyph.  Peter Josyph's books include The Wrong Reader's Guide to Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses; Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy; Cormac McCarthy's House: Reading McCarthy Without Walls; Liberty Street: Encounters at Ground Zero; The Way of the Trumpet; What One Man Said to Another: Talks With Richard Selzer; and The Wounded River, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1993. His films include the award-winning Liberty Street: Alive at Ground Zero; Shakespeare in New York; Hell; Bardtalk; A Few Things Basquiat Did in School; and Acting McCarthy: The Making of Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses. As a painter his McCarthy-related exhibitions have shown in Sweden; England; Australia; and the far countries of Texas and Kentucky.  peter currently lectures on film for the Frick Estate Lectures at Nassau County Museum of Art on Long Island. Bryan Vescio joined us for a previous discussion on McCarthy and Faith.  Dr. Bryan Vescio is currently Professor and Chair of English at High Point University in North Carolina.  He has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Missouri Southern State University, and DePaul University.  He is the author of the 2014 book Reconstruction in Literary Studies: An Informalist Approach, as well as numerous articles on American authors including Mark Twain, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and Nathanael West. He has published articles on works by McCarthy including Suttree, Blood Meridian, and The Road. Music today includes an excerpt from Peter Josyph's “Suttree's Song,” and as always also we offer special thanks to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the music for READING MCCARTHY.  Included in this episode are (Intro) “The World to Come,” “Toadvine,” “Running with Wolves,” and “Blues for Blevins.” The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society. Our website: https://readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com/And e-mail: readingmccarthy (@) gmail.com

RIP Eve Babitz. Here's our episode on her from September 2020.  Books mentioned: Eve's Hollywood, Slow Days Fast Company, Sex & Rage, L.A. Woman, I Used to Be Charming, Eve Babitz; Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A, Lili Anolik; Catch-22, Joseph Heller; The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West; Play It as It Lays, Joan Didion; Essays, Michel de Montaigne; Paradise Lost, John Milton;Priestdaddy, Patricia Lockwood; Conversations With Friends, Sally Rooney; How Should a Person Be?, Sheila Heti; Trick Mirror, Jia Tolentino. Resources:  All About Eve--And Then Some (Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair) Eve Babitz is Better Than Ever (OLIVIA AYLMER, Vanity Fair) Jia Tolentino on Eve (New Yorker) The Eve Babtiz Revival (Penelope Green, NYT) My Favorite Year: In Los Angeles with Eve Babitz in 1971 (Dan Wakefield, LA Review of Books) Eve Babitz's Vision of Total Freedom (Marie Solis, The Nation) L.A. Confidential (Holly Brubach, NYT Style Magazine) Germans in L.A. (Alex Ross, New Yorker)

In this episode, the hosts share their favorite texts that can be read in a single sitting. This episode is completely spoiler-free! Books mentioned in the episode: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (1966) The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943) The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers (1951) Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West (1933) A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (1964) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (1962) Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (2000) Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (2018) Blow Up & Other Short Stories by Julio Cortázar (1963) Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges (1944) Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval (2018) Samson Agonistes by John Milton (1671) Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson (2016) Franny & Zooey by J. D. Salinger (1961) Crush by Richard Siken (2005) Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson (2019) I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Ian Reid (2016) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon (2003) Written on the Body by Jeannette Winterson (1992) Slipping by Mohamed Kheir (2021)

Episode 14 is a consideration of McCarthy and faith.  Today's guest Dr. Bryan Vescio is Professor and Chair of English at High Point University in North Carolina.  He has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Missouri Southern State University, and DePaul University.  He is the author of the 2014 book Reconstruction in Literary Studies: An Informalist Approach, as well as numerous articles on American authors including Mark Twain, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and Nathanael West. He has published articles on works by McCarthy including Suttree, Blood Meridian, and The Road.  Thanks to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the music for READING MCCARTHY.  Included are Intro: “World to Come”;  @18:58, “Toadvine”; @30:32, “Much Like Yourself”; Outro: “Blues for Blevins.”The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society.

According to Hollywood legend, director Mervyn LeRoy “discovered” Lana Turner when she was sixteen, at the soda counter of Schwab's Pharmacy in Los Angeles. While the tale is apocryphal, the notion that anyone could be a star motivated untold hordes of youths to go west for decades afterward. (Let's be honest: most of them turned out like the “grotesques” of Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust.) So is it so surprising that, according to a 2019 poll, 54 percent of Americans between the ages of thirteen and thirty-eight say they would become social-media influencers if given the chance? For the June issue of Harper's Magazine, Barrett Swanson spent five days at a TikTok collab house: a plush Los Angeles mansion, funded by two Silicon Valley investors, where a group of conventionally beautiful, college-aged influencers lived rent-free, tasked only with posting videos of themselves for their millions of followers. Yet, as sultry as this sounds, Swanson found that these young men struggled with anxiety, depression, and an inability to think critically about the forces driving them to generate content. The pressure to please, gain followers, and get good ratings is creeping into all of our lives, regardless of industry. (Even doctors get star ratings now.) In this episode, Swanson joins Harper's web editor Violet Lucca to discuss the alternately surreal and sad reality of life inside of the collab house; the pressures of the “passion economy”; algorithms; and the critical thinking and digital literacy that everyone—not just the young—are sorely lacking. Read Swanson's piece: https://harpers.org/archive/2021/06/tiktok-house-collab-house-the-anxiety-of-influencers/ This episode was produced by Violet Lucca and Andrew Blevins.

Nathanael West's "Day of the Locust" with Dr. Jonathan Cook by Luke Johnson

*Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."* Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label *Imprint Films.* This episode we're talking Imprint 11 - MAJOR DUNDEE (1965), Imprint 12 - DANGER DIABOLIK (1968) and Imprint 13 THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (1975). *Blake Howard -* Twitter ( https://twitter.com/OneBlakeMinute ) & One Heat Minute Website ( https://oneheatminute.com/ ) *Alexei Toliopoulos -* Twitter ( https://twitter.com/ThisisAlexei ) & Total Reboot ( http://sanspantsradio.com/total-reboot ) **************************************** *Imprint No. 11* - *MAJOR DUNDEE (1965)* **************************************** *RELEASE DATE:* 28 October 2020 *NUMBER OF DISCS:* 2 *RATING:* M *RUNTIME (IN MINUTES):* 136/122 Sam Peckinpah's first big-budget film was also the first to be taken away and released in a shortened version. But now, 40 years later, most of the missing footage has been located and reinserted with the entire soundtrack remixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital, and a completely new score composed. The new scenes complete the electrifying depiction of an oppressive Union officer who leads a squad of Rebel prisoners, ex-slaves, and criminals into Mexico to hunt down a band of murdering Apaches which raises the question: who represents a greater threat? *Special Features and Technical Specs:* * Limited 2 Disc hard box edition with unique artwork on the first 1500 copies * Includes the 2005 4K extended cut scan & original theatrical cut. * *NEW 2020* Audio Commentary by film historians Glenn Erickson and Alan Rode (Extended Cut) * Passion & The Poetry: The Dundee Odyssey – Mike Siegel's 2019 feature-length documentary on the making of Major Dundee with L.Q. Jones, James Coburn, Lupita Peckinpah, Chalo Gonzalez & more. (76min) * Mike Siegel: About the Passion & Poetry Project – New English language version. Filmmaker Mike Siegel talks about his beginnings and his ongoing film historical project about director Sam Peckinpah. (40 minutes) * Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah Anecdotes: Nine actors telling stories about working with legendary director Sam Peckinpah. (30min) * English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (new score by Christopher Caliendo) (Extended Cut) * English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 (original score by Daniele Amfitheatrof) (Extended Cut) * English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 (original score by Daniele Amfitheatrof) (Theatrical Cut) * Audio Commentary with Film Historians Nick Redman, Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and David Weddle. * Isolated score by Christopher Caliendo in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo (Extended Cut) * Isolated score by Daniele Amfitheatrof in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo (Theatrical Cut) * Extended deleted scenes/outtakes with commentary by Glenn Erickson. * Original Trailers * Trailer Artwork Outtakes * Exhibitor Promo Reel Excerpt * "Riding for a Fall" vintage featurette (in colour) * English HOH subtitles ***************************************** *Imprint No. 12 - DANGER DIABOLIK (1968)* ***************************************** *RELEASE DATE:* 28 October 2020 *NUMBER OF DISCS:* 1 *RATING:* M *RUNTIME (IN MINUTES):* 100 *A 60'S PSYCHEDELIC SNAPSHOT FROM HORROR MAESTRO MARIO BAVA!* The suave, psychedelic-era thief called Diabolik (John Phillip Law) can't get enough of life's good – or glittery – things. Not when there are currency shipments to steal from under the noses of snooty government officials and priceless jewels to lift from the boudoirs of the super-rich. The elusive scoundrel finds plenty of ways to live up to his name in this tongue-in-cheek, live-action caper inspired by Europe's popular Diabolic comics. He clambers up walls, zaps a press conference with Exhilaration Gas, smacks a confession out of a crime lord while free-falling with him from an airplane, and pulls off the heist of a twenty-ton gold ingot. *Special Features and Technical Specs:* * 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray * *NEW 2020* updated commentary by Mario Bava biographer Tim Lucas * *NEW 2020* Video Essay by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine * 2005 Audio Commentary with actor John Phillip Law and Mario Bava biographer Tim Lucas * "Danger: Diabolik: From Fumetti to Film" 2005 featurette * "Body Movin'" Beastie Boys music video (with optional commentary by Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch) * Teaser Trailer * English HOH subtitles * Limited Edition slipcase with unique artwork on the first 1500 copies *********************************************** *Imprint No. 13 - THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (1975)* *********************************************** *RELEASE DATE:* 28 October 2020 *NUMBER OF DISCS:* 1 *RATING:* M *RUNTIME (IN MINUTES):* 144 *A WORLDWIDE FIRST ON BLU-RAY!* One of the grimmest assessments of Hollywood life during the '30s, this 1975 drama is adapted from a novel by Nathanael West and tells the tale of a talentless beauty's desperate struggle to become a star. A deeply insightful work that is powerful in its presentation, staggering in its vision. Director John Schlesinger is masterful in creating a world of platinum blondes, cockfights, glamour and broken dreams. And throughout, he plays on the edge of sexual and physical danger which finally erupts in the shocking climax. Oscar nominations went to Burgess Meredith and cinematographer Conrad Hall. *Special Features and Technical Specs:* * 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray * *NEW 2020* Video Interview with actor William Atherton * *NEW 2020* audio commentary by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine * *NEW 2020* video interview "Kim Newman on The Day of the Locust." * Teaser Trailer * Theatrical Trailer * English HOH subtitles * Limited Edition slipcase with unique artwork on the first 1500 copies Visit imprintfilms.com.au **

This week: uber L.A. woman Eve Babitz. How do you talk about a woman who knew everyone and did everything there is to do?? We give it a shot--covering her life, her work, and her recent revival on #bookstagram. Books mentioned: Eve’s Hollywood, Slow Days Fast Company, Sex & Rage, L.A. Woman, I Used to Be Charming, Eve Babitz; Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A, Lili Anolik; Catch-22, Joseph Heller; The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West; Play It as It Lays, Joan Didion; Essays, Michel de Montaigne; Paradise Lost, John Milton; Priestdaddy, Patricia Lockwood; Conversations With Friends, Sally Rooney; How Should a Person Be?, Sheila Heti; Trick Mirror, Jia Tolentino. Resources:  All About Eve--And Then Some (Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair) Eve Babitz is Better Than Ever (OLIVIA AYLMER, Vanity Fair) Jia Tolentino on Eve (New Yorker) The Eve Babtiz Revival (Penelope Green, NYT) My Favorite Year: In Los Angeles with Eve Babitz in 1971 (Dan Wakefield, LA Review of Books) Eve Babitz’s Vision of Total Freedom (Marie Solis, The Nation) L.A. Confidential (Holly Brubach, NYT Style Magazine) Germans in L.A. (Alex Ross, New Yorker) Email us at thatbookpod@gmail.com. Friend us on Goodreads and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook and check out our website.

*Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."* Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label *Imprint Films.* This episode we're talking Imprint 9 - "The Carpetbaggers" (1964), Imprint 5 - "Night Falls on Manhattan" (1996) and previewing the October releases. *Blake Howard -* Twitter ( https://twitter.com/OneBlakeMinute ) & One Heat Minute Website ( https://oneheatminute.com/ ) *Alexei Toliopoulos -* Twitter ( https://twitter.com/ThisisAlexei ) & Total Reboot ( http://sanspantsradio.com/total-reboot ) *************************************** Imprint No 9 - THE CARPETBAGGERS (1964) *************************************** RELEASE DATE: August 26th, 2020 NUMBER OF DISCS: 1 RATING: M RUNTIME (IN MINUTES): 150 A WORLDWIDE FIRST ON BLU-RAY! Harold Robbins' best-seller about '30s Hollywood comes to the screen in a torrent of frank, controversial and (for the times) sensational scenes that helped break the Production Code. George Peppard is the ruthless tycoon who (with amazing parallels to Howard Hughes) builds a multi-million-dollar empire. Carroll Baker, who performs a razzle-dazzle striptease atop a glittery chandelier, is the Jean Harlow-type star. *Special Features and Technical Specs:* * 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray * *NEW* exclusive audio commentary by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine * English 5.1 DTS-HD & LPCM 2.0 * Optional English subtitles * Theatrical Trailer * Limited Edition slipcase on the first 1000 copies *********************************************** Imprint No 10 - NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN (1996) *********************************************** RELEASE DATE: August 26th, 2020 NUMBER OF DISCS: 1 RATING: M RUNTIME (IN MINUTES): 109 A WORLDWIDE FIRST ON BLU-RAY! A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner. *Special Features and Technical Specs:* * 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray * Audio commentary with Director Sidney Lumet * Audio commentary with actors Andy Garcia and Rob Leibman, and producers Josh Kramer and Thom Mount * English 5.1 DTS-HD & LPCM 2.0 * Optional English subtitles * Theatrical Trailer * Limited Edition slipcase on the first 1000 copies ********************************** IMPRINT BUNDLE PACK - OCTOBER 2020 ********************************** Includes all Imprint films from the 3rd range of releases with limited edition slipcase and exclusive special features. *Major Dundee (1965)* Sam Peckinpah's first big-budget film was also the first to be taken away and released in a shortened version. But now, 40 years later, most of the missing footage has been located and reinserted with the entire soundtrack remixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital, and a completely new score composed. The new scenes complete the electrifying depiction of an oppressive Union officer who leads a squad of Rebel prisoners, ex-slaves, and criminals into Mexico to hunt down a band of murdering Apaches which raises the question: who represents a greater threat? *Danger Diabolik (1968)* The suave, psychedelic-era thief called Diabolik (Law) can't get enough of life's good – or glittery – things. Not when there are currency shipments to steal from under the noses of snooty government officials and priceless jewels to lift from the boudoirs of the superrich. The elusive scoundrel finds plenty of ways to live up to his name in this tongue-in-cheek, live-action caper inspired by Europe's popular Diabolic comics. He clambers up walls, zaps a press conference with Exhilaration Gas, smacks a confession out of a crime lord while freefalling with him from an airplane, and pulls off the heist of a twenty-ton gold ingot. Danger Diabolik is a 60's psychedelic snapshot from horror maestro Mario Bava. *The Day of the Locust (1975)* One of the grimmest assessments of Hollywood life during the '30s, this 1975 drama is adapted from a novel by Nathanael West and tells the tale of a talentless beauty's desperate struggle to become a star. A deeply insightful work that is powerful in its presentation, staggering in its vision. Director John Schlesinger is masterful in creating a world of platinum blondes, cockfights, glamour and broken dreams. And throughout, he plays on the edge of sexual and physical danger which finally erupts in the shocking climax. Oscar nominations went to Burgess Meredith and cinematographer Conrad Hall. *Hard Eight (1997)* Before his commercial breakthrough with Boogie Nights (1997), writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson made this low-key drama. John (John C. Reilly), a half-bright loser stranded in Reno, is down to his last few bucks when Sydney (Phillip Baker Hall), taking pity on him, buys him breakfast and offers him a few tips on making money in the casinos. Two years later, John has become Sydney's partner. Still, his lack of common sense goes from problematic to dangerous when he falls in love with Clementine (Gwyneth Paltrow), a cocktail waitress who isn't above turning a few tricks when she needs to make money — and isn't any brighter than John. *The Winslow Boy (1999)* David Mamet's brilliant adaptation of THE WINSLOW BOY is a rich and complex telling of the British classic brought to life by a superior ensemble of talent. The story follows the lives of the Winslows, a banker's family living in turn-of-the-century London, as they fight to prove the innocence of their youngest son accused of theft. *The Bob Hope Collection (1939 – 1940)* The legendary Bob Hope is at his very best in these two hilarious comedy thrillers, The Cat and the Canary & the Ghost Breakers. An equal mix of both frights and fun, these two unforgettable classic films showcase one of the most popular entertainers of all time and have become blueprints for the horror-comedy genre! *Essential Film Noir Collection 1 (1947 – 1957)* This collection includes four acclaimed film noir classics including Framed (1947), Alias Nick Beal (1949), Detective Story (1951) and The Garment Jungle (1957). Join Hollywood's legendary tough guys and femme fatale film noir icons such as Glen Ford, William Bendix, Audrey Totter, Ray Milland & Eleanor Parker. This set also includes bonus material including feature audio commentaries from Hollywood's top film noir historians including Eddie Muller & Alan Rode. *Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)* Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a visionary cinematic achievement of stunning beauty. Based on Richard Bach's bestselling novel, this timeless tale will open your heart to wonder and dare you to dream. Jonathan shows an intense and extraordinary passion for flight, learning everything he possibly can about flying. But his lofty goal–and an unwillingness to conform – results in his expulsion from his flock. Undeterred, he continues to soar onward in his quest–one that heads him to envision another world–one of love, understanding, achievement, hope and individuality. This film features music by the legendary Neil Diamond. The October Bundle Pack contains pre-order titles and will be dispatched in the week leading up to its October 28h release date. Visit imprintfilms.com.au

On this episode of Book Cheat Dave has read Nathanael West's classic novel, The Day Of The Locust. Hearing all about this classic story of 1930s Hollywood is Joel Duscher from Plumbing The Death Star and George Dimarelos from Book(ish).Subject matter trigger warning: The text of The Day Of The Locust references rape.Support Book Cheat on Patreon: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSuggest a book for Dave to cheat: https://goo.gl/jxMdiW To get in contact, email bookcheatpod@gmail.com or follow the show via the links below:Twitter: @BookCheatPodInstagram: @BookCheatPodFacebook: @BookCheatPodListen to Dave on this week's episode of George's show Book(ish):https://linktr.ee/bookishcomedyFollow George on Twitter:twitter.com/bookishcomedyFollow Joel Duscher: https://twitter.com/dusch13Listen to Plumbing The Death Star and other Sanspants Radio podcasts:https://www.sanspantsradio.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

En este episodio, hablamos de uno de los clásicos estadounidenses del autor Nathanael West, El Día de la Langosta. También hablamos de Agatha Christie y Muerte en el Orient Express, junto con El Bosque de la Noche de la autora Djuna Barnes.

The Depression-era novel Miss Lonelyhearts, by Nathanael West, has been called "the purest expression of despair that American literature has produced, in any era." As WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us in this Fishko Files, 80 years after the author's death, the book - about the descent into darkness of an advice columnist - still rings true. Miss Lonelyhearts is available to order online. Jonathan Lethem's upcoming novel, The Arrest, will be published this November. You can find more Lethem on West in "The American Vicarious" (The Believer, 2009). For more on Lowell Liebermann, visit his website. Thanks to Rex Doane for lending his voice to our excerpts from Miss Lonelyhearts. Fishko Files with Sara Fishko Assistant Producer: Olivia BrileyMix Engineer: Wayne ShulmisterEditor: Karen Frillmann

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We’re back after a brief hiatus- don’t worry, more pod is soon to come. Moreover focusing on this week’s episode, we’ve really learned our lesson with reading Flann O’Brien/Brian O’Nolan for the podcast. These are grandiose works of satire, dynamic narrative structure, and by proxy impossible to relate to listeners without choking on our own descriptors. Sorry, we’ll be better: -“OH NO”; Weed Goofin’ -Juice v. Juicing -“This is a FULL SIZED BOOK” -T A N G E N T I A L -“At Swim”, O’Nolan’s Sense of Agency -Steve Really Stumbles AND MORE. Questions? Comments? davidfosterwallaceandgromit@gmail.com SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES. FOLLOW ON TWITTER: @DFWAGPOD NEXT WEEK: “Day of The Locusts” by Nathanael West. 2018, David Foster Wallace, and Gromit, All Rights Reserved

Panel: Rio Matchett, Katie Dyson, Fran Bigman, Sophie Oliver, Jade French Rio is a first year Doctoral candidate at the University of Liverpool, and a freelance theatre director. Her research focuses on women in the world of modernist little magazines, and her theatre work strives to give platform to voices that aren’t always lifted up, to tell their own stories in a beautiful and brave way. Katie Dyson is a PhD candidate at Loyola University Chicago. Her dissertation explores the relationship between narrative form and ethics in modernist works from Virginia Woolf to Nathanael West. In her spare time as a freelance writer, she writes about television and pop culture. Fran Bigman is a visiting researcher at Keio University. In 2015, Fran received her PhD from the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge for a thesis that explores abortion in British literature and film from 1907 to 1967, a topic she has discussed in the TLS and on BBC Women’s Hour. From September 2015 to March 2016, she was a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in Medical Humanities at the University of Leeds. She holds a BA in History from Brown University and a MPhil in English from the University of Cambridge. She is now working on infertility narratives as well as a documentary about abortion on screen, so if you have suggestions for either, send them her way! Sophie Oliver is in the final months of a PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she also teaches. Her thesis looks at female modernists and fashion – their writing about fashion and the ways in which their writing was subject to fashions. Her work on the subject has been published in a Literature Compass and Modernist Cultures, and she recently curated a small exhibition about Jean Rhys at the British Library. Jade is a first-year PhD candidate at Queen Mary, University of London. Her research explores the female ageing process in modernist texts, with a specific focus on the late works of H.D, Mina Loy, Djuna Barnes and Jean Rhys. She edited the book Let’s Start a Pussy Riot (2013) and is also a freelance writer and founder of the London-based arts collective Not So Popular.

Pretty Ugly (Thomas Dunne Books)  From Kirker Butler, a writer/producer of Family Guy, comes a satirical look at a dysfunctional southern family complete with an overbearing stage mom, a 9 year-old pageant queen, a cheating husband, his teenage girlfriend, a crazy grandmother, and Jesus. After eight-and-a-half years and three hundred twenty-three pageants, Miranda Miller has become the ultimate stage mother. Her mission in life is to see that her nine-year-old daughter, Bailey, continues to be one of the most successful child pageant contestants in the southern United States. But lately, that mission has become increasingly difficult. Bailey wants to retire and has been secretly binge eating to make herself "unpageantable;" and the reality show Miranda has spent years trying to set up just went to their biggest rival. But Miranda has a plan. She's seven months pregnant with her fourth child, a girl (thank God), and she is going to make damn sure this one is even more successful than Bailey, even if the new girl is a little different. Miranda's husband, Ray, however, doesn't have time for pageants. A full-time nurse, Ray spends his days at the hospital where he has developed a habit of taking whatever pills happen to be lying around. His nights are spent working hospice and dealing with Courtney, the seventeen-year-old orphan granddaughter of one of his hospice patients who he has, regrettably, knocked up. With a pregnant wife, a pregnant teenage mistress, two jobs, a drug hobby, and a mountain of debt, Ray is starting to take desperate measures to find some peace. Meanwhile, the Millers' two sons are being homeschooled by Miranda's mother, Joan (pronounced Jo-Ann), a God-fearing widow who spends her free time playing cards and planning a murder with Jesus. Yes, Jesus. A bright new voice in satirical literature, Kirker Butler pulls no punches as he dissects our culture's current state of affairs. It's really funny, but it's also pretty ugly. Praise for Pretty Ugly “To the pantheon of comic American fiction-kings – think Nathanael West, think Terry Southern - let us now add the name of Kirker Butler. In fine-tuned, generous prose that careens from screamingly funny to downright poignant, Pretty Ugly tells the tale of Miranda Ford, a pretty little girl with big-time, beauty pageant dreams. Butler has written a laugh-out-loud joy-ride of a book, the kind you don't want to finish, and find yourself pressing into the hands of loved ones once you do. But don't listen to me, grab it yourself. Kirker Butler is the real thing, and I can't wait to read his next one.”—Jerry Stahl, author of Happy Mutant Baby Pills “The person who wrote this book asked me for a quote, so I gave them one.”—Ricky Gervais “Pretty Ugly is everything you'd want in a novel: funny, poignant, exceedingly well-written. I look forward to reading it.”—Stephen Colbert “I love this book, and I think Kurt Vonnegut would have loved it, too. In fact, it might have been his favorite book of all time. Hell, I'm just going to go ahead and say it: Kirker's book is hilarious, and it was Kurt Vonnegut's favorite book of all time.”—Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and Ted “What I've read of this book I have liked!” —Amy Sedaris “Miranda Miller and all the people of the South that orbit her are the dunces of the Confederacy you've been waiting to meet. They make one shockingly bad decision after another yet you will still be constantly surprised and delighted by every outcome. Bad things happen to bad people. Good things happen to bad people. Hilarious things happen to everyone. And there's a funeral so nutty that the only person who gets out with his dignity intact is the dearly departed. You may think you know something about children's beauty pageants but Kirker Butler has created a world that makes ‘Toddlers And Tiaras' look like a nineteenth century book club meeting.” —Bean, KROQ's Kevin and Bean Show “A funny, slam-bam-thank you, ma'am, voyeuristic look at the world's most dysfunctional family. I could not put this book down!” —Jennifer Garner, actress Kirker Butler  is an Emmy nominated writer and producer. His TV credits include Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and The Neighbors among others. He has a new show, Galavant, which will premiere on ABC Television in January 2015. Butler is also the writer of the graphic novel, Blue Agave and Worm. Kirker grew up in Kentucky, and now lives in Los Angeles with his family.

Adam Smith unearths the roots of Nathanael West's great 1938 Hollywood novel The Day of the Locust, and tests its prophecy of fascist violence in America against postwar history.

Steph Cha is the guest. Her new novel, Beware Beware, is available now from Minotaur Books. The Los Angeles Times says “Before this cautionary tale is over, secrets will be revealed, lies within lies told, more people injured or killed and Song's core values compromised in ways that will have psychological reverberations for years, and books, to come. Nathanael West and Raymond Chandler would be proud.” And Publishers Weekly says “Engaging… Song soon becomes caught in a complex plot involving deception, betrayal, and revenge.  Cha follows noir conventions, with Daphne as femme fatale and Song forced into morally ambiguous choices, but she also offers a plucky heroine, warm secondary characters, and a vivid portrait of L.A.’s Koreatown.” Monologue topics: mail, the monologue to Episode 318. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Movie Meltdown - Episode 263 This week we talk about movies, music and life in general with punk icon and actor... John Doe! John stars in the new independent film "Pleased to Meet Me", so we discuss his chemistry with co-star Aimee Mann, shooting movies in smaller cities, and playing someone in the music business vs. actually being in the music business. Plus of course we discuss his early days, his love of music, his decision to move to L.A., and the musical scene that formed the legendary band X. Then we round things out with Archie Borders, the director of "Pleased to Meet Me", as we find out about how this film came together and the challenges of directing indie films. Plus as we ponder the significance of the "O" in the Hollywood sign, we also mention… CBGB's, Wayne Wang, Illinois, doing accents, John Entwistle, Baltimore, The Screamers, Patrick Swayze, Katie O’Brien, California is epic, The Talking Heads, the East coast, Harry Dean Stanton, ex-NAVY SEAL, outlawing lead bullets, Max's Kansas City, Blondie, The Go-Gos, Tom Hulce, Jerry Lee Lewis, falling off the balcony, opera, Velvet Underground, The Weiroes, A.P. Carter, Rowdy Harrington???, Minute Men,  Oasis, Elliott Smith, John Waters, The Who, The Ramones, Hollywood Boulevard, digging to find your inner Jerry Lewis, Paul Westerberg, classical piano, Andy Warhol, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Border Radio, I blew my knee out, Rocket Man, sarcastic, Divine, Joan Baez, Gary Snyder, The Germs, Allison Anders, hanging out with LAPD, Road House, Universal Amphitheater in L.A., Sid and Nancy, Roadside Director???, musicians from the classifieds, librarian, pop art vs. fine art, Green Day, Jewel, Georgia, shooting in your hometown, I can starve on my own... I can starve in music no problem , The Big Red One, self-depricating, David Hockney, Robert Quine, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Breathless, finishing a tour, Don Cheadle, the King Ad Rock, is it a musician or an actor, movie reality, Mink Stole,  Allen Ginsberg, visable holes even from the flatlands, Joe Strummer, bring that blue and white plaid shirt, Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Killer, Roadside Prophets, don't get off the boat... it's an f-ing tiger, Everyone Speaks Elton John, Nathanael West, Jim Thompson, Charles Bukowski, Diane Wakoski, a concrete structure somewhere where they can do very little damage,Ulu Grosbard, Winona Ryder, John Cusack, a big fish in a medium pond, Jon Langford and I wasn't afraid... for the first time - to rely on what I've done. "That was a total 'pinch me' moment... 'cause we're just hanging out, getting drunk at Sun Studios - playing Jerry Lee songs!"

There have been a good number of films made about the film industry, but few have taken such a dark and surreal look at the Hollywood machine as John Schlesinger's 1975 "The Day of the Locust" did. While it's based on the Nathanael West book from 1939 and takes place at that time, it feels like a modern — or possibly even timeless — story of the business and the fringe-dwellers who want to be a part of its magic. Join us — Pete Wright and Andy Nelson — as we begin our Richard Dysart series with Schlesinger's film. We talk about our experiences with this film (which is at times mind-boggling, slow, horrifically violent, absurd, and pointedly smart) and how it's one of those films that sticks with you whether you want it to or not. We discuss the performances and how perfect they are for the story — William Atherton, Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, Billy Barty, and of course Richard Dysart. We chat about the interesting structure this film has, feeling more like a novel than a 3-act screenplay, and how it challenges us with trying to determine who we would call the protagonist. And we work to figure out what the film is saying through some of its incredibly haunting imagery. It's not a film for everyone, but it's certainly a film worth watching if you're looking for a dark tale spun about the movie machine and how it destroys people. It certainly is a film that warrants a lot of discussion. Think you're up for it? Give it a watch then tune in! Hey! You know what would be awesome? If you would drop us a positive rating on iTunes! If you like what we’re doing here on TNR, it really is the best way to make sure that this show appears when others search for it, plus, it’s just a nice thing to do. Thanks!! The Next Reel on iTunes The Next Reel on Facebook The Next Reel on Twitter The Next Reel on Flickchart The Next Reel on Letterboxd Guess the Movie with The Next Reel on Instagram Check out the Posters with The Next Reel on Pinterest And for anyone interested in our fine bouquet of show hosts: Follow Andy Nelson on Twitter Follow Pete Wright on Twitter Follow Steve Sarmento on Twitter Check out Tom Metz on IMDB Follow Mike Evans on Twitter Follow Chadd Stoops on Twitter

There have been a good number of films made about the film industry, but few have taken such a dark and surreal look at the Hollywood machine as John Schlesinger's 1975 "The Day of the Locust" did. While it's based on the Nathanael West book from 1939 and takes place at that time, it feels like a modern — or possibly even timeless — story of the business and the fringe-dwellers who want to be a part of its magic. Join us — Pete Wright and Andy Nelson — as we begin our Richard Dysart series with Schlesinger's film. We talk about our experiences with this film (which is at times mind-boggling, slow, horrifically violent, absurd, and pointedly smart) and how it's one of those films that sticks with you whether you want it to or not. We discuss the performances and how perfect they are for the story — William Atherton, Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, Billy Barty, and of course Richard Dysart. We chat about the interesting structure this film has, feeling more like a novel than a 3-act screenplay, and how it challenges us with trying to determine who we would call the protagonist. And we work to figure out what the film is saying through some of its incredibly haunting imagery. It's not a film for everyone, but it's certainly a film worth watching if you're looking for a dark tale spun about the movie machine and how it destroys people. It certainly is a film that warrants a lot of discussion. Think you're up for it? Give it a watch then tune in! Hey! You know what would be awesome? If you would drop us a positive rating on iTunes! If you like what we're doing here on TNR, it really is the best way to make sure that this show appears when others search for it, plus, it's just a nice thing to do. Thanks!! The Next Reel on iTunes The Next Reel on Facebook The Next Reel on Twitter The Next Reel on Flickchart The Next Reel on Letterboxd Guess the Movie with The Next Reel on Instagram Check out the Posters with The Next Reel on Pinterest And for anyone interested in our fine bouquet of show hosts: Follow Andy Nelson on Twitter Follow Pete Wright on Twitter Follow Steve Sarmento on Twitter Check out Tom Metz on IMDB Follow Mike Evans on Twitter Follow Chadd Stoops on Twitter

There have been a good number of films made about the film industry, but few have taken such a dark and surreal look at the Hollywood machine as John Schlesinger's 1975 "The Day of the Locust" did. While it's based on the Nathanael West book from 1939 and takes place at that time, it feels like a modern — or possibly even timeless — story of the business and the fringe-dwellers who want to be a part of its magic. Join us — [Pete Wright](https://twitter.com/petewright) and [Andy Nelson](https://twitter.com/sodacreekfilm) — as we begin our Richard Dysart series with Schlesinger's film. We talk about our experiences with this film (which is at times mind-boggling, slow, horrifically violent, absurd, and pointedly smart) and how it's one of those films that sticks with you whether you want it to or not. We discuss the performances and how perfect they are for the story — William Atherton, Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, Billy Barty, and of course Richard Dysart. We chat about the interesting structure this film has, feeling more like a novel than a 3-act screenplay, and how it challenges us with trying to determine who we would call the protagonist. And we work to figure out what the film is saying through some of its incredibly haunting imagery. It's not a film for everyone, but it's certainly a film worth watching if you're looking for a dark tale spun about the movie machine and how it destroys people. It certainly is a film that warrants a lot of discussion. Think you're up for it? Give it a watch then tune in!* * *Hey! You know what would be awesome? If you would drop us a positive rating on iTunes! If you like what we're doing here on TNR, it really is the best way to make sure that this show appears when others search for it, plus, it's just a nice thing to do. Thanks!!- [The Next Reel on iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-reel/id478159328?mt=2)- [The Next Reel on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheNextReel)- [The Next Reel on Twitter](http://twitter.com/thenextreel)- [The Next Reel on Flickchart](http://www.flickchart.com/thenextreel)- [The Next Reel on Letterboxd](http://letterboxd.com/thenextreel/)- [Guess the Movie with The Next Reel on Instagram](http://instagram.com/thenextreel)- [Check out the Posters with The Next Reel on Pinterest](http://pinterest.com/thenextreel)And for anyone interested in our fine bouquet of show hosts:- [Follow Andy Nelson on Twitter](http://twitter.com/sodacreekfilm)- [Follow Pete Wright on Twitter](http://twitter.com/petewright)- [Follow Steve Sarmento on Twitter](https://twitter.com/mr_steve23)- [Check out Tom Metz on IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1224453/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)- [Follow Mike Evans on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ubersky)- [Follow Chadd Stoops on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ChaddStoops)

There have been a good number of films made about the film industry, but few have taken such a dark and surreal look at the Hollywood machine as John Schlesinger's 1975 "The Day of the Locust" did. While it's based on the Nathanael West book from 1939 and takes place at that time, it feels like a modern — or possibly even timeless — story of the business and the fringe-dwellers who want to be a part of its magic. Join us — [Pete Wright](https://twitter.com/petewright) and [Andy Nelson](https://twitter.com/sodacreekfilm) — as we begin our Richard Dysart series with Schlesinger's film. We talk about our experiences with this film (which is at times mind-boggling, slow, horrifically violent, absurd, and pointedly smart) and how it's one of those films that sticks with you whether you want it to or not. We discuss the performances and how perfect they are for the story — William Atherton, Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, Billy Barty, and of course Richard Dysart. We chat about the interesting structure this film has, feeling more like a novel than a 3-act screenplay, and how it challenges us with trying to determine who we would call the protagonist. And we work to figure out what the film is saying through some of its incredibly haunting imagery. It's not a film for everyone, but it's certainly a film worth watching if you're looking for a dark tale spun about the movie machine and how it destroys people. It certainly is a film that warrants a lot of discussion. Think you're up for it? Give it a watch then tune in!* * *Hey! You know what would be awesome? If you would drop us a positive rating on iTunes! If you like what we're doing here on TNR, it really is the best way to make sure that this show appears when others search for it, plus, it's just a nice thing to do. Thanks!!- [The Next Reel on iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-reel/id478159328?mt=2)- [The Next Reel on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheNextReel)- [The Next Reel on Twitter](http://twitter.com/thenextreel)- [The Next Reel on Flickchart](http://www.flickchart.com/thenextreel)- [The Next Reel on Letterboxd](http://letterboxd.com/thenextreel/)- [Guess the Movie with The Next Reel on Instagram](http://instagram.com/thenextreel)- [Check out the Posters with The Next Reel on Pinterest](http://pinterest.com/thenextreel)And for anyone interested in our fine bouquet of show hosts:- [Follow Andy Nelson on Twitter](http://twitter.com/sodacreekfilm)- [Follow Pete Wright on Twitter](http://twitter.com/petewright)- [Follow Steve Sarmento on Twitter](https://twitter.com/mr_steve23)- [Check out Tom Metz on IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1224453/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)- [Follow Mike Evans on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ubersky)- [Follow Chadd Stoops on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ChaddStoops)

I sitt hörspel om "screenwriters" i Hollywood sitter författaren Ulf Peter Hallberg själv i en skrivarbarack vid Ocean Walk och fantiserar om Nathanael Wests och John Fantes skrivaröden. Båda var Hollywoodförfattare som skrev både romaner och filmmanus. Wests öde slutar vid en vägkorsning på 1930-talet, Fante höll till vid Bunker Hill på 1940-talet i Downtown L.A. och har inspirerat senare outsiders som Charles Bukowski. Hundrafyraåriga Roby berättar om författaren Henry Miller och William Faulkners kusin; röster från dagens Los Angeles skapar en nutida inramning kring den historiska skrivarslaven: "storyn" om Manuskriptmänniskan. I sitt hörspel om screenwriters i Hollywood sitter författaren Ulf Peter Hallberg själv i en skrivarbarack vid Ocean Walk och fantiserar om Nathanael Wests och John Fantes skrivaröden. Båda var Hollywoodförfattare som skrev både romaner och filmmanus. Wests öde slutar vid en vägkorsning på 1930-talet, Fante höll till vid Bunker Hill på 1940-talet i Downtown L.A. och har inspirerat senare outsiders som Charles Bukowski.     Hundrafyraåriga Roby berättar om författaren Henry Miller och William Faulkners kusin; röster från dagens Los Angeles skapar en nutida inramning kring den historiska skrivarslaven: storyn om Manuskriptmänniskan. Los Angeles är himmel och helvete, termiternas, geniernas och de fåfängas huvudstad. Alla här vill vara George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Steven Spielberg eller åtminstone Mickey Rourke. I ett sjabbigt rum sitter Manuskriptmänniskan lutad över scenerna till en stor berättelse, the great story, my script. De var på väg västerut  sin Pontiac, 1937 års modell, mot El Centro, och de körde långsamt, knappt 60 kilometer i timmen. De var lantarbetare, de hade varit i Yuma och jobbat. Det var Joe Dowless och hans fru, och deras tvååriga dotter i baksätet. De var på väg längs Route 80, mot fyrvägskorsningen där Route 111 korsar. Det var inte en bil i sikte. Jag sitter som Nathanael West och de andra i min lilla skrivarbarack. Alla verkar överens om att mitt manus är skit. Karaktärerna är inte tillräckligt intressanta, det finns ingen twist i handlingen, säger producenten. ”Det är som en väg där en bil i långsam takt rör sig framåt, men man fattar inte varför. Det finns inte ens en annan bil, ingen antagonist, ingen omvälvande förvandling av hjälten. Han verkar ha kört fast, där vid ratten. I hans hjärna: en massa dårskaper om skrivandet. Tvivel och triumf. Och så en lantarbetare och hans fru, med deras lilla dotter, i motsatt riktning.” Joe Eszterhas som skrev Basic Instinct knackade ner en filmidé på en A4 i sin skrivmaskin och fick en miljon dollar för den. Det finns olika sorters filmproducenter i en filmstudio, säger Manuskriptmänniskan, från rena analfabeter till filosofer och esteter. Men de har alla samma funktion. Deras uppgift består i att vara på sin vakt för allt ovanligt. ”Hollywood är ett enormt råttknull”, säger Pep till Eileen medan han kör så där hänsynslöst stirrigt på Route 80 som hon alltid hatat. ”Sluta tafsa”, säger hon. Om mina böcker hade varit sämre hade jag aldrig blivit inbjuden till Hollywood, skrev Raymond Chandler i ett brev, om de hade varit bättre hade jag inte kommit.

Part II: This great neglected master remembers his friendships and relationships with writers Nathanael West and William Carlos Williams and the literary movements of the last sixty years.