Podcast appearances and mentions of rodrigo fres

La autora argentina se imagina la felicidad escribiendo sin levantarse de su puesto, no le gusta de sí misma la impaciencia, admira a Rodrigo Fresán y David Foster Wallace, su mayor vicio es el agua con gas, la mayor influencia es su abuela y su padre, y cree que insistir fue un acierto en su carrera.

In this episode, Paul and Trevor check in on our 2025 reading goals—where we've succeeded, where we've faltered, and most importantly how our goals are impacting our reading experience. Are we setting ourselves up for success, or are we creating unnecessary pressure? We dive into the positives and potentials pitfalls of reading ambitions, exploring what's working for us. Tune in for a reflective conversation on how to make reading goals meaningful.Plus, we announce the winner of our May giveaway and reveal our June giveaway challenge with another silly performance!We've got some fantastic author-focused episodes lined up for the foreseeable future, and we want to give you plenty of time to dive in if you'd like to read along with us. These episodes come around every ten episodes, and with our bi-weekly release schedule, you'll have a few months to get ready for each. Here's what we have in store:* Episode 115: Kazuo Ishiguro* Episode 125: Flannery O'Connor* Episode 135: William Faulkner* Episode 145: Elizabeth Taylor* Episode 155: Naguib MahfouzThere's no rush—take your time, and grab a book (or two, or three) so you're prepared for these as they come!Join the Mookse and the Gripes on DiscordWant to share your thoughts on these upcoming authors or anything else we're discussing? Join us over on Discord! It's the perfect place to dive deeper into the conversation—whether you're reading along with our author-focused episodes or just want to chat about the books that are on your mind.We're also gearing up for our second novella book club, where we'll be reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin at the start of July. It's a fantastic book, and we'd love to have you join the discussion. It's a great space to engage with fellow listeners, share your insights, and discover new perspectives on the books you're reading.ShownotesBooks* Is a River Alive?, by Robert Macfarlane* The White Bear, by Henrik Pontoppidan, translated by Paul Larkin* A Fortunate Man, by Henrik Pontoppidan, translated by Paul Larkin* Giovanni's Room, by James Baldwin* Deathbed Confessions, by Mark Haber* Middlemarch, by George Eliot* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* Lies and Sorcery, by Elsa Morante, translated by Jenny McPhee* In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust* The Sunlit Man, by Brandon Sanderson* Suttree, by Cormac McCarthy* Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West, by Cormac McCarthy* The Prime Minister, by Anthony Trollope* The Duke's Children, by Anthony Trollope* The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope* Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot* Schattenfroh, by Michael Lentz, translated by Max Lawton* Blinding, by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter* Omensetter's Luck, by William H. Gass* Herscht 07769, by Lászlo Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet* Moby Dick, by Herman Melville* Mr. Fox, by Barbara Comyns* A Touch of Mistletoe, by Barbara Comyns* Melvill, by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden* On the Calculation of Volume, I, by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland* The Ice-Shirt, by William T. Vollmann* The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann, translated by John E. Woods* Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf* To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf* The Waves, by Virginia Woolf* The Adventures of China Iron, by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre* Rhine Journey, by Ann Schlee* Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend, by Rebecca Romney* Evelina, by Frances Burney* The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro* Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro* The Unconsoled, by Kazuo Ishiguro* The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro* A Pale View of Hills, by Kazuo Ishiguro* Your Absence Is Darkness, by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton* The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas TealThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a bookish conversation hosted by Paul and Trevor. Every other week, we explore a bookish topic and celebrate our love of reading. We're glad you're here, and we hope you'll continue to join us on this literary journey!A huge thank you to those who help make this podcast possible! If you'd like to support us, you can do so via Substack or Patreon. Subscribers receive access to periodic bonus episodes and early access to all new episodes. Plus, each supporter gets their own dedicated feed, allowing them to download episodes a few days before they're released to the public. We'd love for you to check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

Hoy hablamos de literatura, arte y memoria con invitados de lujo. Empezamos con la editorial Continta Me Tienes, especializada en feminismo, LGTBIQ+, artes escénicas y pensamiento contemporáneo. Sus editoras, Sandra Cendal y Marina Beloki, nos cuentan sobre su colección (h)amor, que celebra su décimo aniversario con la publicación de su décimo volumen, '(h)amor bi (y) bollo)'.Nos acompañan también tres autoras que han contribuido a la colección: Paula Villanueva y Aida González, coautoras del volumen conmemorativo, y Tatiana Romero, historiadora especializada en relaciones de género y autora de '(h)amor propio', '(h)amor húmedo' y '(h)amor gordo'. Juntas reflexionan sobre la evolución de la colección y su impacto en la literatura contemporánea.Seguimos con la escritora y periodista Laura Fernández, que conversa con Rodrigo Fresán sobre su ensayo 'El pequeño Gatsby'. Fresán, recién llegado de Nueva York tras recibir un reconocimiento por su novela 'Melvill', analiza el impacto del clásico de Fitzgerald y su legado en la literatura.En Barcelona, el Centro de Cultura Contemporánea inaugura 'Dibujar es pensar', una exposición dedicada a Chris Ware, uno de los autores más innovadores del cómic moderno. Nos lo cuenta Montse Soto.Y en Madrid, Casa América abre 'Latina', una muestra sobre la imagen de la mujer en el espectáculo y la música afrocaribeña y latina del siglo XX. Un recorrido visual por la colección de Gladys Palmera que nos presenta Ángela Núñez.Escuchar audio

En Cultura Rápida, charlamos con Eugenia Tenenbaum, historiadora del arte y divulgadora cultural, sobre su participación en las jornadas de Cultura 25 de Radio 3. Esta noche, a las 20h, en directo desde el Museo del Prado: Arte contra la desesperanza.En Manos Sucias, visitamos el taller de Patxi Apellániz, uno de los últimos grabadores a mano en activo, para conocer este oficio que ha pasado de padre a hijo y hablar sobre su futuro.Y en música, Farmacia de Guardia está reeditando sus Archivos, recopilando material inédito de su historia. Charlamos con Jam Albarracín, su frontman y bajista, sobre este proyecto.En Barra Libre de Aloma Rodríguez, entrevistamos a Rodrigo Fresán por su último libro El pequeño Gatsby editado por Debate. Una celebración de un clásico de la literatura con este pequeño manual de instrucciones para descubrirlo o redescubrirloEscuchar audio

Hoy en Barra Libre de Aloma Rodríguez entrevistamos a Rodrigo Fresán por su último libro 'El pequeño Gatsby' editado por Debate . Una celebración de un clásico de la literatura con este pequeño manual de instrucciones para descubrirlo o redescubrirlo Escuchar audio

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss WE DO NOT PART by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss The Trees by Percival Everett. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in early April. Books mentioned: We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith Human Acts by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith The White Book by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith Greek Lessons by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon  The Doctor's Wife by Brian Moore The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden Like a Sky Inside by by Jakuta Alikavazovic, translated from the French by Daniel Levin Becker Context Collapse: A Poem Containing a History of Poetry by Ryan Ruby The Trees by Percival Everett James by Percival Everett Erasure by Percival Everett You might also be interested in: Han Kang: Nobel Lecture - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2024/han/lecture/ The Republic of Consciousness Prize, United States and Canada - https://www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/ 2024 NBCC Awards Longlists - https://www.bookcritics.org/2025/01/19/2024-nbcc-awards-longlists/ 2024 NBCC Award Finalists - https://www.bookcritics.org/awards/ Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/onebrightbook.bsky.social Frances: https://bsky.app/profile/nonsuchbook.bsky.social Dorian: https://bsky.app/profile/ds228.bsky.social Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social 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.

Introducing the Mookse and Gripes Novella Reading Group! Through this year, we're reading three novellas about love, longing, and leadership gone slightly off the rails. In this episode, we kick things off with some bookish banter before unveiling our new novella reading group on Discord. We have a short intermission for a special new game with a giveaway and then share the three novellas we'll be reading in 2025, diving into why we chose these books.Join us as we celebrate the art of the novella. We hope you'll read along!Join the Mookse and the Gripes on DiscordWe're creating a welcoming space for thoughtful, engaging discussions about great novellas, starting with First Love by Ivan Turgenev in April. Whether you want to share insights, ask questions, or simply follow along, we'd love to have you. The discussion will unfold gradually, so you can read at your own pace and jump in whenever you're ready. It's a great way to connect with fellow readers, explore new works together, and deepen your appreciation for the novella form.For the first book, the schedule will be as follows:* April 6: Start of the book through Section 9* April 9: Section 10 through Section 16* April 13: Section 17 through the endShownotesBooks* Lesser Ruins, by Mark Haber* Melvill, by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden* Like a Sky Inside, by Jakuta Alikavazovic, translated by Daniel Levin Becker* The Case of Cem, by Vera Mutafchieva, translated by Angela Rodel* Your Absence Is Darkness, by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton* Small Rain, by Garth Greenwell* Command Performance, by Jean Echenoz, translated * Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf* To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf* The Waves, by Virginia Woolf* The Voyage Out, by Virginia Woolf* Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a Novel, by Mark Hussey* Trafik, by Rikki Ducornet* We're Safe When We're Alone, by Nghiem Tran* Cecilia, by K-Ming Chang* Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan* Chess Story, by Stefan Zweig, translated by Joel Rotenberg* The Guest Cat, by Takashi Hiraide, translated by Eric Selland* The Stepdaughter, by Caroline Blackwood* Great Granny Webster, by Caroline Blackwood* So Long, See You Tomorrow, by William Maxwell* Fever Dream, by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell* Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson* The Body, by Stephen King* The Long Walk, by Stephen King* First Love, by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Isaiah Berlin* Giovanni's Room, by James Baldwin* The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark* The Turn of the Screw, by Henry JamesOther* Episode 27: Short Books, Fiction* “Ten haunting, atmospheric novellas I highly recommend”: JacquiWine's JournalThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a bookish conversation hosted by Paul and Trevor. Every other week, we explore a bookish topic and celebrate our love of reading. We're glad you're here, and we hope you'll continue to join us on this literary journey!A huge thank you to those who help make this podcast possible! If you'd like to support us, you can do so via Substack or Patreon. Subscribers receive access to periodic bonus episodes and early access to all new episodes. Plus, each supporter gets their own dedicated feed, allowing them to download episodes a few days before they're released to the public. We'd love for you to check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

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[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. And this one if you listen on Spotify. The others will be going away in the near future.] On the final episode of 2024, Chad, Brian, and Kaija talk about Nico C. and being unmoored from time, last words, footnotes and ellipses, some highlights from the past year, ice, and more. The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still available and still sexy. Next episode will be next week at the regularly scheduled time and will cover pages 189-245 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Water" by Ra Ra Riot. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

In the penultimate episode of this season, there's a lot of talk about Melville's relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne as we get more of Melville's life as he bounces through time, writes Moby-Dick and the creation of “its own kind of reader: an inexhaustible reader. A reader that didn't yet exist . . .” The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still available and still sexy. Next episode will be next week at the regularly scheduled time and will cover the end of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Vertigo" by FM Belfast. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.  

In the penultimate episode of this season, there's a lot of talk about Melville's relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne as we get more of Melville's life as he bounces through time, writes Moby-Dick and the creation of “its own kind of reader: an inexhaustible reader. A reader that didn't yet exist . . .” The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still available and still sexy. Next episode will be next week at the regularly scheduled time and will cover the end of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Vertigo" by FM Belfast. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. And this one if you listen on Spotify. The others will be going away in the near future.] On the final episode of 2024, Chad, Brian, and Kaija talk about Nico C. and being unmoored from time, last words, footnotes and ellipses, some highlights from the past year, ice, and more. The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still available and still sexy. Next episode will be next week at the regularly scheduled time and will cover pages 189-245 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Water" by Ra Ra Riot. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.  

El destino de Peter Pan sellado el dia en el que un niño de gorro rojo atrae la atención de J.M.Barrie en los jardines de Kensington.George, el mayor de los Llewelyn Jones, le introduce a John, Peter, Michael y Nico, la chispa - que "por frotación” produjo esa especie de duende que no puede o no quiere crecer. Era 1987 pero la diferencia entre la versión de Barrie y la que Disney entrego en dibujos animados en 1953, tan diferente. Mientras el Peter de Barrie grita "¡Morir será una aventura maravillosa”! o el Peter real se arroja a las vías del tren, Disney muestra un mundo con. la posibilidad de no envejecer que sobrevuela las humanas contingencias. Dos destinos bien distintos, Peter Pan hoy, según Rodrigo Fresán o Silvia Herreros de Tejada, pero lo que es seguro es que nunca volverás a ver a Peter, Wendy los "niños perdidos “de la misma manera. Puedes hacerte socio del Club Babel y apoyar este podcast: mundobabel.com/club Si te gusta Mundo Babel puedes colaborar a que llegue a más oyentes compartiendo en tus redes sociales y dejar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o un comentario en Ivoox. Para anunciarte en este podcast, ponte en contacto con: mundobabelpodcast@gmail.com.

El destino de Peter Pan sellado el dia en el que un niño de gorro rojo atrae la atención de J.M.Barrie en los jardines de Kensington.George, el mayor de los Llewelyn Jones, le introduce a John, Peter, Michael y Nico, la chispa - que "por frotación” produjo esa especie de duende que no puede o no quiere crecer. Era 1987 pero la diferencia entre la versión de Barrie y la que Disney entrego en dibujos animados en 1953, tan diferente. Mientras el Peter de Barrie grita "¡Morir será una aventura maravillosa”! o el Peter real se arroja a las vías del tren, Disney muestra un mundo con. la posibilidad de no envejecer que sobrevuela las humanas contingencias. Dos destinos bien distintos, Peter Pan hoy, según Rodrigo Fresán o Silvia Herreros de Tejada, pero lo que es seguro es que nunca volverás a ver a Peter, Wendy los "niños perdidos “de la misma manera. Puedes hacerte socio del Club Babel y apoyar este podcast: mundobabel.com/club Si te gusta Mundo Babel puedes colaborar a que llegue a más oyentes compartiendo en tus redes sociales y dejar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o un comentario en Ivoox. Para anunciarte en este podcast, ponte en contacto con: mundobabelpodcast@gmail.com.

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please subscribe to this feed.] Lori Feathers (Across the Pond podcast, Involutions of the Seashell, Interabang Books, and Republic of Consciousness Prize USA) joins Chad and Kaija to talk about prizes—Melvill is longlisted for the NBCC Greg Barrios Prize for Translated Literature!—the narrative structure of Melvill, Nico C., and vampires. A lot of fun is had along the way. The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still available and still sexy. Next episode will be in TWO WEEKS and will cover pages 123-188 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "WHALE" by Yellow Ostrich. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. The large image associated with this post is AI generated.

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] Lori Feathers (Across the Pond podcast, Involutions of the Seashell, Interabang Books, and Republic of Consciousness Prize USA) joins Chad and Kaija to talk about prizes—Melvill is longlisted for the NBCC Greg Barrios Prize for Translated Literature!—the narrative structure of Melvill, Nico C., and vampires. A lot of fun is had along the way. The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still available and still sexy. Next episode will be in TWO WEEKS and will cover pages 123-188 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "WHALE" by Yellow Ostrich. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] With Melville's Fidèle receding into the dark distance, we turn our attention to Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill, a bombastic book about Alan Melvill and Herman and the passing down of stories from one generation to the next. On this special episode, translator Will Vanderhyden joins Brian, Chad, and Kaija to talk about translating Fresán, about the style and word play found in his books, about the footnotes, about what's to come. They also talk about the line connecting this to Confidence-Man, and how to read footnotes. And about the interplay between two narratorial voices in this first part. Also mentioned are this interview with Fresán on Between the Covers, this one with Will Vanderhyden on Beyond the Zero, and this new Fresán story ("Music to Destroy Worlds" (An Exoeriment)") in Southwest Review.  And here's where you can get your own "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt mentioned in this episode. Next episode will cover pages 62-123 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Sink or Swim" by Young Fathers. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] With Melville's Fidèle receding into the dark distance, we turn our attention to Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill, a bombastic book about Alan Melvill and Herman and the passing down of stories from one generation to the next. On this special episode, translator Will Vanderhyden joins Brian, Chad, and Kaija to talk about translating Fresán, about the style and word play found in his books, about the footnotes, about what's to come. They also talk about the line connecting this to Confidence-Man, and how to read footnotes. And about the interplay between two narratorial voices in this first part. Also mentioned are this interview with Fresán on Between the Covers, this one with Will Vanderhyden on Beyond the Zero, and this new Fresán story ("Music to Destroy Worlds" (An Exoeriment)") in Southwest Review.  And here's where you can get your own "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt mentioned in this episode. Next episode will cover pages 62-123 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Sink or Swim" by Young Fathers. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

How can a novel set during one brief moment near the end of Herman Melville's father's life, a moment lost to history and now fully overshadowed by his son's enduring literary legacy, become a portal to discuss the world entire? Melvill is a novel about reading and writing, about parenthood and legacy, about madness and memory, about […] The post Rodrigo Fresán : Melvill appeared first on Tin House.

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] Chad, Brian, and Kaija venture into the darkness and turn off the light on Melville's The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, one of the oddest, most slippery books to be included in the Two Month Review. They talk about transcendentalism, self-reliance, Melville's interludes, Jean Giono's Melville, and more.  And here's the "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt mentioned in this episode. Next episode will cover pages 1-61 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" by The National.  You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.  

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] Chad, Brian, and Kaija venture into the darkness and turn off the light on Melville's The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, one of the oddest, most slippery books to be included in the Two Month Review. They talk about transcendentalism, self-reliance, Melville's interludes, Jean Giono's Melville, and more.  And here's the "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt mentioned in this episode. Next episode will cover pages 1-61 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" by The National.  You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.  

@WillVanderhyden Buy Melvill from  https://www.openletterbooks.org/products/melvill-1 Gateway books  Infinite Jest  Gravity's Rainbow  Wittgenstein's Mistress  Jesus' Son - Denis Johnson  Picksongs and Descants - Coover  Lost In The Funhouse - Barth  If on a Winter's Night A Traveller  Current reads  The Annual Banquet of The Gravediggers Guild - Enard You Dreamed of Empires - Alvaro Enrigue  The Extinction of Irene Rey - Jenny Croft Solenoid - Cartarescu  Bruna Dantas Lobato - Blue Light Hours  The Book of Losman - K.E. Semmel  Mark Haber - Lesser Ruins  New Teju Cole and Yuri Herrera  Desert Island Books  La velocidad de las cosas - Fresan  Nabokov - Transparent Things  Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee  War and War - Lazlo K  Runaway  Post Colonial Love Poem  Distant Star / By Night In Chile    60 Stories - Donald Barthelme Distant Star - Lispector  Invention of Morel - Adolfo Bioy Casares Infinite Jest  The Largesse of the Sea Maiden - Denis Johnson 

The Cure's Robert Smith continues legacy of writing songs rich with literary references; and we talk to author Rodrigo Fresán about his new novel Melvill, imagining the interior lives of Herman Melville and his father Allan, who had a significant influnece on his son's work.Thank you for listening! If you like what you hear, give us a follow at: X: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang Books, Lori Feathers, Sam JordisonInstagram: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang Books, Lori Feathers, Sam JordisonFacebook: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang BooksTheme music by Carlos Guajardo-Molina

After referencing Joytime Killbox on hundreds of TMR episodes, we finally break it down with the author himself! Conversation includes ideas about short stories and how they function, the nature of endings, and how Brian has grown as a writer since this collection first came out, while also examining the intent behind a number of the stories, and how they work. This week's music is "All My Friends" by Broken Social Scene. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Starting next week we'll kick of Season 24, which will include both Confidence-Man by Hermann Melville and then Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán. Full reading schedule available here. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad W. Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

After referencing Joytime Killbox on hundreds of TMR episodes, we finally break it down with the author himself! Conversation includes ideas about short stories and how they function, the nature of endings, and how Brian has grown as a writer since this collection first came out, while also examining the intent behind a number of the stories, and how they work.  This week's music is "All My Friends" by Broken Social Scene. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know.  Starting next week we'll kick of Season 24, which will include both Confidence-Man by Hermann Melville and then Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán. Full reading schedule available here. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad W. Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

We love talking about essays so much, we decided to do it again! This week, we pick up where we left off a few episodes ago, chatting about more of our favorite essayists and collections. We also share a few from our essay TBR piles. What are some of your favorites?ShownotesBooks* Greenglass House, by Kate Milford* Ghosts of Greenglass House, by Kate Milford* The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin* The Unforgivable, by Cristina Campo* You Like It Darker, by Stephen King* Every Arc Bends Its Radian, by Sergio De La Pava* A Naked Singularity, by Sergio De La Pava* Ghosts, by Edith Wharton* Europe in Sepia, Dubravka Ugresic, translated by David Williams* Karaoke Culture, by Dubravka Ugresic, translated by David Williams* Muzzle for Witches, by Dubravka Ugresic, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać* Thank You for Not Reading, by Dubravka Ugresic, translated from the Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth, with contribution from Damion Searls* Fox, by Dubravka Ugresic, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać and David Williams* An Elemental Thing, by Eliot Weinberger* A Chance Meeting: American Encounters, by Rachel Cohen* Sightlines, by Kathleen Jamie* The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, by Elif Batuman* The Book of Delights, by Ross Gay* The Book of (More) Delights, by Ross Gay* Pulphead, by John Jeremiah Sullivan* Consider the Lobster, by David Foster Wallace* A Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write, by Melissa Pritchard* The Common Reader, by Virginia Woolf* War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy* The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky* Felix Holt: The Radical, by George Eliot* Middlemarch, by George Eliot* The God of Endings, by Jacqueline Holland* Melvill, by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* Angel in the Forest, by Marguerite Young* The Peregrine, by J.A. BakerOther Links* Episode 39: Scary Books That Kept Us Up at Night* Electric Lit: Our Favorite Essays and Stories About Horror Films* Three Percent Podcast: Lori Feathers on Marguerite Young* ObliteratureteesThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! Every supporter has their own feed that he or she can use in their podcast app of choice to download our episodes a few days early. Please go check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

This week, we're joined by our good friend Mark Haber to discuss his wonderful books, including the brand new Lesser Ruins. Fittingly, this episode features numerous digressions into literary influences and loves, coffee, music, art, travel, and much more!ShownotesBooks* The Cemetery of Untold Stories, by Julia Alvarez* The Rainbow, by D.H. Lawrence* Fog at Noon, by Tomás González, translated by Andrea Rosenberg* Difficult Light, by Tomás González, translated by Andrea Rosenberg* Living Things, by Munir Hachemi, translated by Julia Sanches* Vacated Landscape, by Jean Lahougue, translated by K.E. Gormley* The God of Endings, by Jacqueline Holland* Melvill, by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden* Attila, by Aliocha Coll, translated by Katie Whittemore* Attila, by Serena, by Javier Serena, translated by Katie Whittemore* Deathbed Conversions, by Mark Haber* Reinhardt's Garden, by Mark Haber* Saint Sebastian's Abyss, by Mark Haber* Lesser Ruins, by Mark Haber* An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter, by César Aira, translated by Chris Andrews* The Netanyahus, by Joshua Cohen* Ada, by Mark Haber (forthcoming 2026)* 2666, by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer* Ten, by Juan Emar, translated by Megan McDowell* Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawrence, by Geoff Dyer* Compass, by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte MandellOther* Episode 31: New Directions, with Mark Haber* Wakefield Press* LitHub: “Mark Haber on the Beauty of Digression”* Southwest Review: “How to Read Kafka,” by Mark HaberThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! Every supporter has their own feed that he or she can use in their podcast app of choice to download our episodes a few days early. Please go check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

On the first ever one-off episode of the Two Month Review, Chad breaks down Virginie Despentes's Dear Dickhead for Kaija and Brian, a novel about . . . well, just listen. (It'll be more fun if you don't know what's coming.) This new format really digs into the book in a way that you can't in (to quote Zoé Katana) "lamestream media," and, simply put, rocks. This week's music is "Cannonball" by Grouplove. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. In two weeks, we'll be back with a singular podcast on Joytime Killbox, and then in November-December, we'll be talking about Confidence-Man by Hermann Melville and Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

On the first ever one-off episode of the Two Month Review, Chad breaks down Virginie Despentes's Dear Dickhead for Kaija and Brian, a novel about . . . well, just listen. (It'll be more fun if you don't know what's coming.) This new format really digs into the book in a way that you can't in (to quote Zoé Katana) "lamestream media," and, simply put, rocks.  This week's music is "Cannonball" by Grouplove. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. In two weeks, we'll be back with a singular podcast on Joytime Killbox, and then in November-December, we'll be talking about Confidence-Man by Hermann Melville and Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán.  Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

Today's episode features Mark Haber talking about his brand new novel, Lesser Ruins, his influence, the Bernhard thing, going from bookselling to publishing, and much more. It's a fun conversation that goes deep into the book, but also explains the publishing landscape to some degree—in part because this conversation was recorded as part of Chad's "Intro to Literary Publishing" class.  Couple other notes about this episode: In addition to Lesser Ruins, Mark talks about Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán, and True Failure by Alex Higley. And for anyone who'd like to listen to "Marcel's Mix" while reading Lesser Ruins, you can find it here. The music on this episode is "Momma, It's a Long Journey" by Felipe Gordon. (Also found on Marcel's Mix.) If you don't already subscribe to the Three Percent Podcast you can find us on iTunes, Spotify, and other places. And follow Open Letter and Chad W. Post on Twitter/X for more info about upcoming episodes and guests.

Además, Matías Rivas, Arturo Fontaine y Sofía García-Huidobro recomendaron "Frases subsidiarias" de Constanza Opazo, "Las tres hijas" de Azazel Jacobs y "La nostalgia es un oficio solitario"  de Pablo Azócar.

Además, Matías Rivas, Arturo Fontaine y Sofía García-Huidobro recomendaron "Frases subsidiarias" de Constanza Opazo, "Las tres hijas" de Azazel Jacobs y "La nostalgia es un oficio solitario"  de Pablo Azócar.

El escritor argentino Rodrigo Fresán nos recibe en su casa de Vallvidrera, Barcelona, para desayunar y hablar de su último libro "El estilo de los elementos", 700 páginas de una novela maravillosa que en pocos días ha agotado la primera edición. Rodrigo nos ha contado su infancia entre Buenos Aires y Caracas, con unos padres tan permisivos que no se enteraron que durante 2 años no fue al cole. Compartió juegos e incluso escenario con Andrés Calamaro. Pero el gran hit fue subir a cantar al escenario con Bob Dylan, al que luego vio en calzoncillos en su habitación de hotel. 

Hoy nos lo hemos pasado muy bien en la Biblioteca de Antonio Martínez Asensio de Hoy por Hoy con la lectura de "Tres enigmas para la Organización" de Eduardo Mendoza (Seix Barral) . La literatura también es diversión, surrealismo y humor que son los ingredientes de esta última novela del escritor barcelonés que ha sido entrevistado por Àngels Barceló y Martínez Asensio. Barcelona vuelve a ser la protagonista de una novela de Eduardo Mendoza que juega con el género detectivesco a través de una organización que trata de  dar soluciones globales a la resolución de casos a los que no llegan los diferentes cuerpos de seguridad por sus limitadas competencias. Todo es muy loco, los casos, los personajes , el lenguaje y el desenlace. Lectura ideal para desconectar que también es necesario. Además de "Tres enigmas para la Organización", Antonio Martínez Asensio nos ha recomendado , al hilo de la actualidad, "América" de Manuel Vilas (Círculo de Tiza) y "Las leyes de la frontera" de Javier Cercas (Random House) . Eduardo Mendoza también ha donado a nuestra biblioteca dos obras ajenas , el ensayo "La guerra que mató a Aquiles"  de Caroline Alexander (Acantilado) y el thriler japonés "La devoción del sospechoso" de Keigo Higashino (Ediciones B) . Han entrado además dos novedades "El estilo de los elementos" del argentino Rodrigo Fresán (Random House)  y "Perro negro" del malagueño Miguel Ángel Oeste (Tusquets). Pascual Donate ha rescatado un libro perdido en la redacción de la SER, "Cuentos escogidos" de Josep Conrad (De Bolsillo)., 2024 es el año del centenario de la muerte del novelista polaco. Anunciamos "un libro, una hora", el programa de Antonio Martínez Asensio que se dedicará a otro clásico "El gran cuaderno" de Agota Kristoff (Seix Barral) y por último los oyentes donaron "La vida del autostopista galáctico" de Douglas Adams (Anagrama) y "El señor de Bembibre" de Enrique Gil y Carrasco (Cátedra) 

La escritora gallega Berta Dávila nos presenta La herida imaginaria (Ed. Destino), brevísima y estimulante novela en la que explora qué ocurre cuando los vínculos afectivos entre hermanas no funcionan y ha de buscarse consuelo en lugares insospechados. Luego, Javier Lostalé nos lee unos versos de Mi casa de nadie (Ed. Difácil), el primer libro de poesía de la joven vallisoletana Violeta González Alegre, que se inspira en su experiencia como inquilina en un ático desvencijado de su ciudad. En su sección, Ignacio Elguero pone otros títulos sobre la mesa:  El estilo de los elementos (Ed. Literatura Random House), la nueva novela de Rodrigo Fresán, todo un desafío lector por su longitud y la heterodoxia de su planteamiento, y Las siete edades (Ed. Visor), poemario de la Premio Nobel recién desaparecida Louise Glück que podemos leer aquí en una traducción de Andrés Catalán. Además, Sergio C. Fanjul nos habla de Fortuna (Ed. Anagrama), la novela con la que Hernán Díaz ganó un Premio Pulitzer y que tanto dio que hablar el año pasado gracias al enfoque de su tema (cómo se amasa una riqueza) y a su trabajo formal, que conjuga géneros, narradores, estilos y tiempos muy distintos.  Ponemos el broche al programa Desmontando el poema con la ayuda de Mariano Peyrou, que hoy nos propone la lectura de Platón y asalariados (Ed. Pre-Textos), el nuevo libro de Pablo López Carballo, un poeta contrario siempre a los discursos artísticos autoritarios que ofrece una gran libertad al lector. Escuchar audio

'La seca' de Txani Rodríguez, 'El estilo de los elementos' de Rodrigo Fresán, 'Röd i Snön' de Linhart con Javi Alonso y la Escuela Helenísitica de España.Escuchar audio

'La seca' de Txani Rodríguez, 'El estilo de los elementos' de Rodrigo Fresán, 'Röd i Snön' de Linhart con Javi Alonso y la Escuela Helenísitica de España.Escuchar audio

"Todos los niños crecen menos uno”. La verdadera historia del niño que no podía o no queria crecer comienza un dia de 1897 en los jardines de Kensigton donde James Mathew Barrie (1860-1937) vivía, como yo lo hice años después. Un jardin inglés en el que jugaban los niños Llewelyn Davies con los que “por frotáción ” el autor prendería la mecha de Peter Pan ajeno a sus dramáticos destinos. Un síndrome con mala prensa, unos dibujos animados de Disney, un vuelo sin motor con Campanilla y Garfio en pos del rebelde geniecillo de las puntiagudas orejas. El s. XXI, el de los mayores longevos a la par que del edadismo.Quizás el momento de conocer a Barrie. Déjate sorprender junto a Silvia Herreros y Rodrigo Fresán. La BSO más que volar, te arrebatará. Puedes hacerte socio del Club Babel y apoyar este podcast: mundobabel.com/club Si te gusta Mundo Babel puedes colaborar a que llegue a más oyentes compartiendo en tus redes sociales y dejar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o un comentario en Ivoox. Para anunciarte en este podcast, ponte en contacto con: mundobabelpodcast@gmail.com.

Brian returns to help breakdown the ending to Rodrigo Fresán's "Part Triptych." Is it earned? Is it sincere?? Is this all a Jacob's Ladder scenario??? Chad and Brian debate that along with concepts of time in fiction, the Karmas, the wetness of Latvian meat, Melvill and Mulligan Stew. Fun is had as this long, amazing Fresán journey comes to a close . . . This week's music is "Big Sky" by The Kinks—a throwback to TMR season one. Stay tuned for the Mulligan Stew schedule, which will drop this weekend. And get the book now! You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts! Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

Brian returns to help breakdown the ending to Rodrigo Fresán's "Part Triptych." Is it earned? Is it sincere?? Is this all a Jacob's Ladder scenario??? Chad and Brian debate that along with concepts of time in fiction, the Karmas, the wetness of Latvian meat, Melvill and Mulligan Stew. Fun is had as this long, amazing Fresán journey comes to a close . . .  This week's music is "Big Sky" by The Kinks—a throwback to TMR season one. Stay tuned for the Mulligan Stew schedule, which will drop this weekend. And get the book now! You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts! Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on The Remembered Part. Here are the show notes from the original airing: Rodrigo Fresán himself joins Chad and Brian to talk about phones, Riverdale, Ada or Ardor, Dracula, the world-building in Fresán's oeuvre, the overall structure and focus of the triptych, what to read and watch in quarantine, and much more! You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel aaand you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts! Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on The Remembered Part. Here are the show notes from the original airing: In this week's preview episode for Season 11 of the Two Month Review--featuring The Dreamed Part by Rodrigo Fresán and Will Vanderhyden--Chad and Brian try their best to recall details from the plot of The Invented Part, the first book in the trilogy. They do . . . well, question mark? As cracked out as their descriptions might seem, you're in for a really fun season and a really fun book from one of the best Spanish writers of his generation.  This week's music is "My Friend" by Dan Deacon. (In part because Chad thought the lyrics were "I'm alive, I'm dreaming," but he was wrong.) If you'd prefer to watch the conversation, you can find it on YouTube along with all our past episodes. You can watch March 18th episode (covering pages 1-57) here. And you can discuss this book at the reactivated Goodreads Two Month Review Discussion Group. You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel aaand you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts! Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on The Remembered Part. Here are the show notes from the original airing: As a special bonus episode, both Rodrigo Fresán and Will Vanderhyden joined Chad and Brian to talk about The Invented Part as a whole, the first season of the Two Month Review, what's next in the trilogy, technology's revenge on Rodrigo, David Lynch, and, how to write jacket copy.  You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel aaand you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts! Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.  

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on The Remembered Part. Here are the show notes from the original airing: We did it! After two months, eleven episodes, and a half dozen different guests, Brian and Chad finished their discussion of Rodrigo Fresán's The Invented Part! Joining them this week to wrap things up is Valerie Miles, translator, publisher, co-founder of Granta en Español, and editor of A Thousand Forests in One Acorn. She's also friends with Rodrigo and offers amazing insight into this wild, stuffed chapter in which we return to the beginning ("How to end. Or better: How to end?") while The Writer flies through the skies, revisiting all the rants he made at a recent conference, and the spectacular attack from his archnemesis IKEA. There's a lot more to this section though—especially how it relates to the structure of the overall book. You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel aaand you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts! Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on The Remembered Part. Here are the show notes from the original airing: This week, Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn, Chronic City) joins Chad and Brian to talk about The Writer's trip to a hospital, where he assumes something horrible is happening, which is countered by a gushing forth of new story ideas. Jonathan tells of his own experience coming up with one of his most famous books while recovering from an operation, tells of how he first met and bonded with Rodrigo Fresán, and talks about Believeniks!. This is a really meaty, fascinating episode about being a writer, mortality, Fresán's incredible talent, and much more. You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off.   You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel aaand you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!  Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. 

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on The Remembered Part. Here are the show notes from the original airing: This week, Speculative Fiction in Translation founder and Best Translated Book Award judge Rachel Cordasco joins Chad and Brian to talk about the nature of time, deals with the devil, conflagrations, and writerly desires, or, in other words, the third part of "The Place Where the Sea Ends So the Forest Can Begin" in Rodrigo Fresán's The Invented Part. A very elegant section of the book following the wild, giant green cow bit that came before, the three hosts enthusiastically break down some of the plot clues included in this section, and what makes this book so damn good. (Stay till the very end to hear Rachel's enthusiasm take her over!) You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off.   You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel aaand you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!  Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. 

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on The Remembered Part. Here are the show notes from the original airing: This week, Jeremy Garber from Powells Books joins Chad and Brian to discuss the first section of Rodrigo Fresán's The Invented Part. This section, entitled "The Real Character," introduces us to the main character of the book--known here as The Boy, and later as The Writer--as well as some of the major themes of the novel. Wide-ranging and very fun, the discussion touches on The Boy's epic list of thoughts and ideas (such as "It Jell-O animal, vegetal, mineral, or interplanetary?"), on the two versions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night, Gerald and Sara Murphy, the idea of "the invented part," turning off our cell phones, and much more. You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off.   You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel aaand you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!  Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. 

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on The Remembered Part. Here are the show notes from the original airing: This week, author and journalist Mark Binelli joins Chad and Brian to discuss the first part of the second section of Rodrigo Fresán's The Invented Part. In "The Place Where the Seas Ends So the Forest Can Begin," we meet The Young Man and The Young Woman, who are making a movie about The Writer after his disappearance/death/whatever. From discussion of "irreal realism" to writing classes to the idea of a sitcom about writers, this week's discussion delights in The Writer's ideas about writing and reading, and the hints this chapter contains about the rest of the book. You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off.   You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel aaand you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!  Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. 

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on The Remembered Part. This was our first actual TMR episode (not counting the one that introduced the concept), and wow man wow we've come a long way!  Here are the show notes from the original airing: Translator Will Vanderhyden joins Chad and Brian to provide an overview of Rodrigo Fresán's work--especially The Invented Part. They discuss some of his earlier works (including Kensington Gardens, which is available in an English translation), different pop culture touchstones running throughout his oeuvre, related authors, and ways to approach The Invented Part. You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off.   You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel aaand you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!  Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. 

The final episode of this season focuses on The Unmapped Country: Stories and Fragments, focusing on the titular story/unfinished novel, along with a few other shorter pieces. The gang looks back at all of Ann Quin's books, speculate on what her career might have been had she lived another couple decades, whether of not she should be taught in a creative writing class, and more. This week's music is "Web in Front" by Archers of Loaf. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and stay tuned for information about Season 19 on The Remembered Part by Rodrigo Fresán. And you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And visit Kaija's website for info on her translations, photography, and more! All of Ann Quin's books are available through Bookshop.org, or at better bookstores everywhere. Be sure to order Brian's book, Joytime Killbox, which is available at better bookstores everywhere thanks to BOA Editions.