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Episodes: 143
Mar 22, 2021
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James, Sam, and Eyad get together every week to review and discuss a book in-depth. Books are chosen as part of a thematic miniseries (Contemporary Japanese Fiction, Transhumanist Sci-Fi). Join us as we work toward building a more inclusive, contemporary canon.
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Can You Create a New Canon?
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Why Is Everyone Talking About The Multiverse?
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Hidden Subtexts of Never Let Me Go
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Is Never Let Me Go Science Fiction?
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Review: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Rodham: New Timeline, Same Hillary
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Rodham: Feminism Without Politics
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Review: Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Ghosts + History = Lincoln in the Bardo
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Has George Saunders Changed?
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Review: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Realist Literature under Communism: Herta Müller, László Krasznahorkai, and Mo Yan
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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The Garlic Ballads: Are we too harsh on Mo Yan’s politics?
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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The Garlic Ballads: Can you trust Mo Yan?
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Review: The Garlic Ballads by Mo Yan
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Why is Satantango So Hard to Read?
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Decoding Krasznahorkai’s Satantango
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Review: Satantango by László Krasznahorkai
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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Herta Müller and Feminism
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Herta Müller: A German home in Romania?
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Review: The Passport by Herta Müller
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Power in literature: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Abdulrazak Gurnah, and Yun Ko-Eun
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Abdulrazak Gurnah and the Justice of Colonialism
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Abdulrazak Gurnah—Who can understand Paradise?
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Review: Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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The Politics of Race in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Mini-Review: Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Duality and Divided Existence in Nguyen’s The Sympathizer
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Review: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Korea vs. Capitalism: The Disaster Tourist, Parasite, and Squid Game
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Man versus Nature: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko Eun
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Review: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Mini-Review: When We Cease To Understand The World by Benjamín Labatut
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May 31, 2022 |
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A Look at Experimental Forms: Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046 and The Novel in Stories
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May 28, 2022 |
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What does Russia look like to American eyes? The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
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May 21, 2022 |
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Is Knowledge of Russian History Key for Understanding The Tsar of Love and Techno?
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May 13, 2022 |
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Review: The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
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May 07, 2022 |
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Different Ways of Understanding There But For The by Ali Smith
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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There but for the: Quietly about the refugee crisis?
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Mini-Review: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Review: There But For The by Ali Smith
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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A Visit from the Goon Squad: Can form be content?
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Decoding the Narrative of A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Review: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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On the Impossibility of Utopias in Fiction
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Mini-Review: Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: Is anarchism still relevant?
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Just How Radical is Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed?
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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Review: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Postcolonial Africa in Mike Resnick’s Kirinyaga
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Problematizing the Fable in Resnick’s Kirinyaga
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Review: Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Toni Morrison’s Paradise and Critical Race Theory
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Toni Morrison’s Paradise and the Supernatural
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Review: Paradise by Toni Morrison
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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A Good Adaptation?! Murakami’s Drive My Car and Structuralism
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Bad Adaptation: Discussing As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Review: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Bad Adaptation: Discussing The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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Review: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Bad Adaptation: Discussing High-Rise by J.G. Ballard
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Review: High Rise by J.G. Ballard
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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Apocalypse Soon! A Series Review
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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Apocalypse Soon! Discussing Weather by Jenny Offill
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Review: Weather by Jenny Offill
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Apocalypse Soon! Discussing The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Review: The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Apocalypse Soon! Discussing A Children‘s Bible by Lydia Millet
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Review: A Children‘s Bible by Lydia Millet
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Contemporary Nigerian Fiction: A Series Review
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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Contemporary Nigerian Fiction: Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Review: Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Contemporary Nigerian Fiction: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Review: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Contemporary Nigerian Fiction: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Review: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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The Im/possibility of a New Home: A Series Review
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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The Im/possibility of a New Home: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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Review: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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The Im/possibility of a New Home: Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Review: Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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The Im/possibility of a New Home: Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Review: Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Afrofuturism: A Series Review
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Afrofuturism: Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Review: Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Afrofuturism: The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Episode 50
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Review: The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
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May 28, 2021 |
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Afrofuturism: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
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May 22, 2021 |
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Review: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
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May 15, 2021 |
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Obsession! A Series Review
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May 08, 2021 |
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Obsession! Novels from around the World: The Lime Works by Thomas Bernhard
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Review: The Lime Works by Thomas Bernhard
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Obsession! A Discussion of Novels from around the World: The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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Bonus Episode! Interview with Michael X. Wang, author of Further News of Defeat and winner of the PEN/Bingham prize!
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Review: The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Obsession! Novels from around the World: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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Review: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Contemporary Chinese Sci-Fi Series Review
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Contemporary Chinese Sci-Fi Discussion: The Fat Years by Chan Koonchung
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Review: The Fat Years by Chan Koonchung
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Contemporary Chinese Sci-Fi Discussion: Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Review: Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Contemporary Chinese Sci-Fi Discussion: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Review: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Transhumanist Sci-Fi Series Review
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Transhumanist Sci-Fi Discussion: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Review: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Transhumanist Sci-Fi Discussion: A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Review: A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Transhumanist Sci-Fi Discussion: Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Review: Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Postmodern Novels of the South Review
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Postmodern Novels of the South Discussion: The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Review: The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Postmodern Novels of the South Discussion: Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Review: Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Postmodern Novels of the South Discussion: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Review: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Campus Novels Series Review
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Campus Novels Discussion: The Human Stain by Philip Roth
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Review: The Human Stain by Philip Roth
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Campus Novels Discussion: Stoner by John Williams
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Review: Stoner by John Williams
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Campus Novels Discussion: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Review: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Race in Contemporary America Series Review
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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Race in Contemporary America Discussion: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Review: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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Race in Contemporary America Discussion: There There by Tommy Orange
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Review: There There by Tommy Orange
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Race in Contemporary America Discussion: Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Review: Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Pandemic Literature Series Review
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Pandemic Literature: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Pandemic Literature: Blindness by Jose Saramago
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Pandemic Literature: Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Postmodern Japanese Fiction Series Review
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Postmodern Japanese Fiction: The Emissary by Yoko Tawada
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Postmodern Japanese Fiction: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami - Part Two
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Postmodern Japanese Fiction: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami - Part One
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Postmodern Japanese Fiction: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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Jun 03, 2020 |