TMR 22.8: "Madder Than White Heat" [Praiseworthy]
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Little discussion of Priaseworthy in this episode. Instead there's a longer discussion about publishing, art, sales, how do these books get made?, favorite lines, future games, and much more. It's a 20,000 foot view of book culture with an emphasis on success, investment, and more. Enjoy! This week's music is "" from Aussie musical savant Courtney Barnett. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our and you can support us at and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please subcribe and rate...
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TMR 22.7: "@CheapIllegalPeopleSmuggler" [Praiseworthy]
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Talk of Australian cartoons—and not just Bluey—morphs into a look at several specific passages in Wright's Praiseworthy, discussion what makes the book "difficult" to read, the style of humor, what pushes us away from the text and then re-grabs out attention, and much more. This week's music is "" from The Avalanches. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our and you can support us at and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please subcribe and rate us on , , or wherever you get...
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TMR 22.6: "Nuisance Bugger Donkeys" [Praiseworthy]
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Chad and Kaija make up this week's panel as they play the "Slang Game," then discuss the elliptical meta-structure of the book and how this impacts their reading and the book's effectiveness. They also discuss Sam Rutter's New York Times review of the novel, addressing the difficulties of discussing the workings of the text itself given the burden of having to contextualize so much for a foreign audience. This week's music is "" from The Church, one of Australia's most widely known bands. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our and you can support us at and get bonus...
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TMR 22.5: "Maximum Superhero Cop-God" [Praiseworthy]
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"Who's Stronger?" is the game of the week in this episode about the Maximum Superhero Cop-God's arrival in Praiseworthy to quell the frantic search for Aboriginal Sovereignty. There are lots of moths, discussion about acknowledging the land which we occupy as a good first step, and more about the difficult reality of life in this part of the country even without government interventions. This week's music is "" from the New Zealand band The Naked and Famous. (I thought they were Australian!) And if you want to see the Norm Macdonald bit, you can find it . You can find all...
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TMR 22.4: "Devotion to Off-Grid Religions" [Praiseworthy]
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Emmett Stinson () joins Chad W. Post and Kaija Straumanis this week to educate us about Australian culture and literature and things we should keep in mind while reading Praiseworthy. He also participates in a round of the world-famous trivia game: "Australian Baseball Player or Indigenous Australian Writer?" There is, of course, Bluey talk and cuck jokes, along with analysis of the end of "The Censer." This week's music is "," the original intro music to Bluey, by Custard, fronted by David McCormack who you might know as the voice of Bandit. For more of Emmett, check out . If...
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TMR 22.3: "Tommyhawk!" [Praiseworthy]
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This episode could be titled, "Dead Bodies in Water," as Chad and Brian talk about the unfortunate situation in Rochester and the juxtaposition of Absolute Sovereignity trying to drown himself while his brother, Tommyhawk!, watches, doing nothing to save him. There's also more talk about Bluey, but also the tone of the book, the nature of the life challenges Tommyhawk! and First Nations children face, his perceptions and the influence of media on that, and much more. This week's music is "" by Australian band, Middle Kids. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our and...
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TMR 22.2: "God Donkey" [Praiseworthy]
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From discussion of Ohio and disturbing news about everyone's favorite Australian export, this episode skirts talking too deeply about Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy (, , ) to discuss challenges of getting into particular books, what the purpose of this podcast is in trying to assist in that and get whatever it is we get out of finishing something we might otherwise give up on. (We're not giving up on this book! Just a meta-commentary.) Also: The University of Rochester's wifi was all screwed up during the recording. Most of the big gaps have been erased, but it is a bit choppy at...
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TMR 22.1: "Kick the Haze in its Guts" [Praiseworthy]
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The first episode of the new season of the Two Month Review—covering Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy (, , )—start off with Chad crapping on golf, then rolls on into book design and books as objects, the pacing and rhythms of Wright's work, its humor, its orality, what ancillary information is beneficial, and how the introduction of the two children really snap the first section into place as a reading experience. This week's music is "" by Al-Qasar. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our and you can support us at and get bonus content before anyone else, along with...
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TMR 21.8: "MOON IS A MENACE" [Same Bed Different Dreams]
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We've reached the end which, in Chad and Brian's opinion, Ed Park totally lands. There's Friday the 13th talk. Reagan makes an appearance. The structure of the book is revisited. As are all the ideas of mirrors and patrimony, assassins and conspiracy theories. Note: Information about the "Opening the Channel" translation and creative flow retreat being organized by former co-host Katie Whittemore discussed on this episode is available . This week's music is from Jodie Foster's Army. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our and you can support us at and get bonus content...
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TMR 21.7: "Taro Tsujimoto" [Same Bed Different Dreams]
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The threads all come together in this week's section as the book barrels toward its conclusion. On this episode, Chad describes his visualization of the book's structure, Tim Hortons and Dunkin Donuts get crapped on, 2333 gets a new meaning, the Moonies make an appearance, as does Ronald Reagan (boo, hiss), Philip Roth, and PDK. Also, a Sleeper Awakes. Just remember, dreams are everything that's not online. Note: Information about the "Opening the Channel" translation and creative flow retreat being organized by former co-host Katie Whittemore discussed on this episode is available . This...
info_outlineTo celebrate the first-ever English-language publication of Raymond Queneau's Sally Mara's Intimate Journal, and the reissue of Pierrot Mon Ami as a Dalkey Essential, Chris Clarke (whose retranslation of Queneau's The Skin of Dreams is forthcoming from NYRB) and Daniel Levin Becker (infamous member of Mujeres Encinta, member of the Oulipo, and author of Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature) joined Chad to talk all things Queneau. They discuss the books, the two major divisions of Oulipian writing, the process of retranslation, the joy of reading these books, and much more.
The music on this episode is "À la pêche des cœurs (inédit)" by Queneau's good friend, Boris Vian.
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