Podcasts about volodine

Antoine Volodine is the primary pseudonym of a French-Russian writer of many books. The meditative, postapocalyptic noir Mevlido's Dreams, translated by Gina M. Stamm, is an urgent communiqué from a far-future reality of irreversible environmental damage and civilizational collapse that asks what it means to love and care for others at the end of the world. Here, Stamm is joined in conversation with Joshua Armstrong about translating this key work in Volodine's post-exotic fictional universe.Gina M. Stamm is assistant professor of French at the University of Alabama.Joshua Armstrong is associate professor of French at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.Mevlido's Dreams: A Post-Exotic Novel is available from University of Minnesota Press.“Translator Stamm does an admirable job of rendering Volodine's serpentine prose in English, and the noirish, surrealist story turns into an unlikely romp as it riffs on the absurdity of 20th-century political institutions and pop culture.” —Publishers Weekly“Certainly the strangest and arguably one of the most accomplished contemporary writers of fiction in French, Antoine Volodine has created a vast and perplexing universe of bad dreams in several dozen works under a variety of pseudonyms over the past forty years. Mevlido's Dreams provides a new pathway into Volodine's labyrinth, which for all the horrors it recounts is always cast in stylishly crafted prose.” —David Bellos, Princeton University

Rencontre animée par Pierre Benetti Depuis plus de trente ans, Antoine Volodine et ses hétéronymes (Lutz Bassmann, Manuela Draeger ou Eli Kronauer pour ne citer qu'eux), bâtissent le “post-exotisme”, un ensemble de récits littéraires de “rêves et de prisons”, étrangers “aux traditions du monde officiel”. Cet édifice dissident comptera, comme annoncé, quarante-neuf volumes, du nombre de jours d'errance entre la mort et la réincarnation selon les bouddhistes. Vivre dans le feu est le quarante-septième opus de cette entreprise sans précédent et c'est le dernier signé par Antoine Volodine. On y suit Sam, un soldat qui va être enveloppé dans les flammes quelques fractions de seconde plus tard, quelques fractions de seconde que dure ce livre, fait de souvenirs et de rêveries. Un roman dont la beauté est forcément, nécessairement, incandescente. À lire – Antoine Volodine, Vivre dans le feu, Seuil, 2024.

En Californie, cet écrivain américain, mormon excommunié en raison de la puissante ambiguïté de sa littérature, mise sur « l'espoir » né de la contestation anti-Trump pour réformer la société en profondeur.« J'écris de plus en plus sur le changement climatique, l'effondrement et les désastres causés par l'homme. Dans mon roman Immobility(2012), déjà, des personnages essayaient de survivre dans un monde en ruines. Et je vais continuer, en passant de paysages typiquement post-apocalyptiques… à la séquence que nous sommes en train de vivre. Mon prochain recueil de nouvelles, The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, prévu pour août 2021, ne parlera que de ça. Nous détruisons la planète en ne faisant quasiment rien pour empêcher cette catastrophe. Cela me hante. Pour le dire vite, le monde et les autres espèces s'en sortiraient mieux si les humains n'existaient pas. Mais nous ne pouvons pas souhaiter notre propre disparition. Nous sommes piégés. »Né dans une famille mormone depuis six générations, Brian Evenson enseigna l'écriture à l'université religieuse de Brigham Young, Utah, jusqu'à la parution, en 1994, de son premier recueil de nouvelles, La langue d'Altmann. (Un étudiant envoya une lettre anonyme laquelle il prétendait que l'écrivain était « en faveur de l'existentialisme, de la violence et du cannibalisme » et que son travail faisait « l'apologie du mal ». Pressions, menaces d'excommunication : Evenson fut contraint de rompre avec l'Église, la faculté et sa famille.) Miracle, les critiques furent vite élogieuses – parmi lesquelles, en France, le philosophe Gilles Deleuze – au sujet de sa littérature remplie de faux prophètes, de sectaires pédophiles et d'esprits manipulés, priant parfois les démons de l'épouvante pure.Professeur de littérature à l'Institut Californien des Arts de Valencia, traducteur vers l'anglais d'œuvres de Flaubert, Volodine, Claro ou Chevillard, Brian Evenson, 54 ans, mise sur « l'espoir » né de la contestation anti-Trump pour réformer en profondeur la société.« Ça commence tout juste. La manière dont la police a été défiée sur le terrain de sa propre brutalité, comment les gens ont réagi face aux meurtres des personnes noires et racisées… la façon dont ilsse lient pour les choses changent... Nous pouvons rêver d'une société plus inclusive. Sauf peut-être pour les riches ! Même si ça serait bien qu'ils abandonnent une petite part de leurs millions pour améliorer un peu le sort de quelques-uns.Si Biden est élu, ce sera un soulagement, mais il ne faudra pas oublier où nous en étions juste avant l'élection, dans ce combat pour d'authentiques changements en termes d'assurance santé ou de reconnaissance basique des droits humains sur lesquels nous aurions dû veiller depuis longtemps. J'espère que toutes ces choses continueront. »Réalisation : Juste Bruyat.Pour écouter la précédente utopie de Brian Evenson, c'est là : https://www.nova.fr/podcast/larche-de-nova/brian-evenson-12-demain-le-confinement-nous-fera-vivre-de-micro-utopies?fbclid=IwAR3FjsCubO9MXzga-fPwsPlz80ZpD8MmS6EunIiVqAKVaMXodTj6ig_NO6kImage : Joe Biden & Kamala Harris, caricaturés par Jim Carrey et Maya Rudolph dans le Saturday Night Live (2020). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

En Californie, cet écrivain américain, ex-prêtre mormon excommunié en raison de la puissante ambiguïté de sa littérature, propose de répondre aux réclusions préventives par la tendre observation de nos refuges intimes.« J'écris de plus en plus sur le changement climatique, l'effondrement et les désastres causés par l'homme. Dans mon roman Immobility (2012), déjà, des personnages essayaient de survivre dans un monde en ruines. Et je vais continuer, en passant de paysages typiquement post-apocalyptiques… à la séquence que nous sommes en train de vivre. Mon prochain recueil de nouvelles, The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, prévu pour août 2021, ne parlera que de ça. Nous détruisons la planète en ne faisant quasiment rien pour empêcher cette catastrophe. Cela me hante. Pour le dire vite, le monde et les autres espèces s'en sortiraient mieux si les humains n'existaient pas. Mais nous ne pouvons pas souhaiter notre propre disparition. Nous sommes piégés. »Né dans une famille mormone depuis six générations, Brian Evenson fut prêtre et enseigna à l'université religieuse de Brigham Young, Utah, jusqu'à la parution, en 1996, de son premier recueil de nouvelles, La langue d'Altmann. (Un étudiant envoya une lettre anonyme laquelle il prétendait que l'écrivain était « en faveur de l'existentialisme,de la violence et du cannibalisme » et que son travail faisait « l'apologie du mal ». Pressions, menaces d'excommunication : Evenson est contraint de rompre avec l'Église, la faculté et sa famille.) Miracle : les critiques sont vite élogieuses – parmi lesquelles compta, en France, le philosophe Gilles Deleuze – au sujet de sa littérature remplie de faux prophètes, de sectaires pédophiles et d'esprits manipulés, priant parfois les démons de l'épouvante pure.Francophone, traducteur vers l'anglais d'œuvres de Flaubert, Claro, Volodine ou Chevillard, Brian Evenson, 54 ans, nous propose de répondre aux réclusions préventives imposées par la pandémie mondiale par la tendre observation de nos refuges intimes. « L'oiseau-mouche de notre jardin vient vérifier si tout va bien pour nous. Il y a aussi deux lézards qui nous regardent et accomplissent d'étranges petites tractions, avant de s'en aller… Et tout ceci finit par composer une sorte de micro-utopie, de petits monticules de repos, de plaisir, de paix… qui permettent de tenir le coup. »Image : Captain Fantastic, de Matt Ross (2016). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The new season of the Two Month Review kicks off with a pretty wide-ranging discussion. Sure, there is a bit about Sjón (pronounced SYOHN, which is not how Chad says it) and a few things about his earlier books and CoDex 1962, but a good part of this introductory episode is about patterns in narrative, cinematic realism, the imaginative nature of international literature, boxes and small rooms, Game of Thrones, and Iceland. As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will focus on pages 1-57 (chapters 1-6 of "Thine Eyes Did See My Substance: A Love Story") and will be an audio only release. (Chad's graduate students will be the guests.) Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for more thoughts on Sjón and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast.  

Chad and Brian finish off Radiant Terminus and talk about possible interpretation of the ending, whether anyone came out of this book OK, the balance between humor and horror, written vs. oral culture, possible readings or approaches to the novel, and a desire for a "Post-Exotic" journal. They also revisit Volodine's two-part series, "Post-Exotic Novels, Novelles, and Novelists" from The New Inquiry, and mention McKenzie Wark's "The October Revolution of Antoine Volodine." As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. Season Eight will launch in mid-April (details TK) and will focus on Sjón's CoDex 1962. Get your copy now! Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Rachel Crawford for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "A Mellow Mood for Maidenhair."

Chad and Brian finish off Radiant Terminus and talk about possible interpretation of the ending, whether anyone came out of this book OK, the balance between humor and horror, written vs. oral culture, possible readings or approaches to the novel, and a desire for a "Post-Exotic" journal.  They also revisit Volodine's two-part series, "Post-Exotic Novels, Novelles, and Novelists" from The New Inquiry, and mention McKenzie Wark's "The October Revolution of Antoine Volodine." As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form.  Season Eight will launch in mid-April (details TK) and will focus on Sjón's CoDex 1962. Get your copy now!  Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Rachel Crawford for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "A Mellow Mood for Maidenhair."

This is a jam-packed episode as Rachel Crawford joins Brian and Chad to talk about Kronauer's "trial," Hannko and Samiya in the Taiga, the lasting impact of PTSD, the post-post-apocalyptic world, Russian literature and French minimalism, New Jersey, and more. This is the penultimate episode of season seven, and sets up a lot of things to talk about next week, including these two articles by Volodine.  As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, March 20. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Rachel Crawford for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "You Don't Have to Walk a Begonia."

This is a jam-packed episode as Rachel Crawford joins Brian and Chad to talk about Kronauer's "trial," Hannko and Samiya in the Taiga, the lasting impact of PTSD, the post-post-apocalyptic world, Russian literature and French minimalism, New Jersey, and more. This is the penultimate episode of season seven, and sets up a lot of things to talk about next week, including these two articles by Volodine.  As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, March 20. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Rachel Crawford for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "You Don't Have to Walk a Begonia."

Chad and Brian go it alone through Kronauer's "night of amok" as he attempt to murder Solovyei for his myriad crimes. Then they enter into part four of the book, "Taiga," which is a collection of "narracts" set some seven hundred (or a thousand?) years in the future. Hannko is recreating the feminist post-exotic texts from before, along with her dad's crazy ramblings; Kronauer is living in oil, suffering the thousand-plus year punishment Solovyei promised him. Plus, Chad had another Volodine inspired dream . . . as did Brian! As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, March 5. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood, and for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Swingin' Spathiphyllums."

Chad and Brian go it alone through Kronauer's "night of amok" as he attempt to murder Solovyei for his myriad crimes. Then they enter into part four of the book, "Taiga," which is a collection of "narracts" set some seven hundred (or a thousand?) years in the future. Hannko is recreating the feminist post-exotic texts from before, along with her dad's crazy ramblings; Kronauer is living in oil, suffering the thousand-plus year punishment Solovyei promised him. Plus, Chad had another Volodine inspired dream . . . as did Brian!  As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, March 5. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood, and for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Swingin' Spathiphyllums."

With just Chad and Brian on this week's episode, the show turns almost full superhero. We get Chad's weirdly specific—and unnerving—Volodine-influenced dream. We get to see Samiya Schmidt transform into a raging version of Captain Marvel/Banshee. We get to see Kronauer assume his role as the one chosen to take down Solovyei. Brian and Chad also talk about the influence of language and ideologies on the characters, "cock's language" and "to rut," and speculate about just who is dreaming the dreamer. As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, March 5. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood, and for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Rhapsody in Green."

With just Chad and Brian on this week's episode, the show turns almost full superhero. We get Chad's weirdly specific—and unnerving—Volodine-influenced dream. We get to see Samiya Schmidt transform into a raging version of Captain Marvel/Banshee. We get to see Kronauer assume his role as the one chosen to take down Solovyei. Brian and Chad also talk about the influence of language and ideologies on the characters, "cock's language" and "to rut," and speculate about just who is dreaming the dreamer. As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, March 5. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood, and for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Rhapsody in Green."

Tobias Carroll (Transitory, Reel) joins Chad and Brian to talk about the latest installment of Radiant Terminus. These three chapters get wild, as Schulhoff (who mysteriously disappeared shortly after his marriage to Hannko, Solovyei's daughter) returns and tries to get Ilyushenko to kill him. And then the never-ending train finds Radiant Terminus and Solovyei launches a poetic attack . . . They also talk about the numbers in the book, angels, Chad's dreams of suing the government, and much more. As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, February 20. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Tobias Carroll for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Concerto For Philodendron & Pothos."

Tobias Carroll (Transitory, Reel) joins Chad and Brian to talk about the latest installment of Radiant Terminus. These three chapters get wild, as Schulhoff (who mysteriously disappeared shortly after his marriage to Hannko, Solovyei's daughter) returns and tries to get Ilyushenko to kill him. And then the never-ending train finds Radiant Terminus and Solovyei launches a poetic attack . . . They also talk about the numbers in the book, angels, Chad's dreams of suing the government, and much more. As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, February 20. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Tobias Carroll for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Concerto For Philodendron & Pothos."

Rhett McNeil joins Chad Post and pinch-hitter Kaija Straumanis to talk about the first half of part two of Radiant Terminus, "Ode to the Camps." From recounting Chad's latest Volodine-inflected dream to a discussion of the ways various ideologies (fairy tales, anarcho-capitalism, Marxism-Leninism) play out in the novel, to the connection between these ideologies and male violence and the way in which the characters are almost like shadows in the novel, this is a wide-ranging, very dialed in episode. As always, there is laughter and a lengthy recap, but it also goes very deep into the novel and Volodine's overall game. As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, February 20. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, Kaija Straumanis, and Rhett McNeil, for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Ode to an African Violet."

Rhett McNeil joins Chad Post and pinch-hitter Kaija Straumanis to talk about the first half of part two of Radiant Terminus, "Ode to the Camps." From recounting Chad's latest Volodine-inflected dream to a discussion of the ways various ideologies (fairy tales, anarcho-capitalism, Marxism-Leninism) play out in the novel, to the connection between these ideologies and male violence and the way in which the characters are almost like shadows in the novel, this is a wide-ranging, very dialed in episode. As always, there is laughter and a lengthy recap, but it also goes very deep into the novel and Volodine's overall game. As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, February 20. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, Kaija Straumanis, and Rhett McNeil, for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Ode to an African Violet."

This week, former TMR guest Rachel Cardasco returns to talk about speculative fiction in translation, various allegories for Radiant Terminus (current political climate, The Tempest, The Bible), who dreams the dreamer, the patriarchy and Maria Kwoll's feminist post-exotic texts, steampunk technology, spider dreams, and much more. This is the college course you wish you'd taken--fun and smart and funny all at once, and featuring a genuinely interesting book. With a series of detailed recaps and call backs to earlier chapters, you can enjoy this without having read a page of Volodine. And should.  As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, February 13 Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Rachel Cordasco, for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Baby's Tears Blues." 

From Tarkovsky to Jessica Jones, this week's episode covers a lot of ground. Anthony and Chad are joined by Hailey Dezort to walk through the first three chapters of Antoine Volodine's Radiant Terminus. There's a lot to unpack, from the plant names, to the nature of men, to horrible fathers, to the humor found in Gramma Ugdul talking to the core of a failed nuclear reactor. Given how plotted this novel is, you can definitely follow along, even if you haven't read the section yet. Also, we get to find out who Hailey thinks Khrili Gompo is, and we officially changed this season's contest: Whoever sends in the best drawing of one of the imaginary plants found in Radiant Terminus will receive copies of both of his previous published Open Letter titles AND all forthcoming ones. If you want to get one of these t-shirts, email Open Letter and let us know! As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live the evening of Wednesday, February 6th. You can also get 30% off Radiant Terminus, or any other Volodine book, by using the code VOLODINE at checkout from the Open Letter website. (Offer is only good until midnight Eastern on 1/31.) Feel free to comment on this episode—or on the book in general—either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, Anthony Blake, and Hailey Dezort for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Symphony for a Spider Plant." (A very Volodine title.)

From Tarkovsky to Jessica Jones, this week's episode covers a lot of ground. Anthony and Chad are joined by Hailey Dezort to walk through the first three chapters of Antoine Volodine's Radiant Terminus. There's a lot to unpack, from the plant names, to the nature of men, to horrible fathers, to the humor found in Gramma Ugdul talking to the core of a failed nuclear reactor. Given how plotted this novel is, you can definitely follow along, even if you haven't read the section yet. Also, we get to find out who Hailey thinks Khrili Gompo is, and we officially changed this season's contest: Whoever sends in the best drawing of one of the imaginary plants found in Radiant Terminus will receive copies of both of his previous published Open Letter titles AND all forthcoming ones.  If you want to get one of these t-shirts, email Open Letter and let us know! As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live the evening of Wednesday, February 6th. You can also get 30% off Radiant Terminus, or any other Volodine book, by using the code VOLODINE at checkout from the Open Letter website. (Offer is only good until midnight Eastern on 1/31.) Feel free to comment on this episode—or on the book in general—either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, Anthony Blake, and Hailey Dezort for more thoughts on Volodine and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear "Symphony for a Spider Plant." (A very Volodine title.) 

We’re back! . . . And a few days late. Chad explains why on the podcast itself, but suffice it to say that last week was a bit, um, stressful. But Brian and Chad finally got together to talk about Antoine Volodine in general, post-exoticism, Brian Evenson’s introduction to Radiant Terminus, similarities between Evenson’s writing and Volodine’s, this season's game (SEND US YOUR DREAMS!), Volodine's essay in The New Inquiry, and much more. As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, January 30th at 11am Eastern. You can also get 30% off Radiant Terminus, or any other Volodine book, by using the code VOLODINE at checkout from the Open Letter website. (Offer is only good until midnight Eastern on 1/31.) Feel free to comment on this episode—or on the book in general—either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for more thoughts on Pessoa and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear the opening track from the album, "Plantasia."

We’re back! . . . And a few days late. Chad explains why on the podcast itself, but suffice it to say that last week was a bit, um, stressful. But Brian and Chad finally got together to talk about Antoine Volodine in general, post-exoticism, Brian Evenson’s introduction to Radiant Terminus, similarities between Evenson’s writing and Volodine’s, this season's game (SEND US YOUR DREAMS!), Volodine's essay in The New Inquiry, and much more. As always, you can watch these episodes live on our YouTube channel the day before they’re released in podcast form. The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday, January 30th at 11am Eastern. You can also get 30% off Radiant Terminus, or any other Volodine book, by using the code VOLODINE at checkout from the Open Letter website. (Offer is only good until midnight Eastern on 1/31.) Feel free to comment on this episode—or on the book in general—either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group. Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for more thoughts on Pessoa and literature in general, and for information about upcoming guests. You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast. This season's music is all from Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson, which is Moog music for plants. This week you can hear the opening track from the album, "Plantasia."