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Arno Schmidt: Collected Novellas (Collected Early Fiction Vol 1)

Arno Schmidt: Collected Novellas (Collected Early Fiction Vol 1) BUY IT HERE: https://bit.ly/3rNx2Kv   Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 1994 Paperback & Hardcover, 446 pages ISBN: 9781564780669 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3Yc1vOi Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3YaXPfR   Today Episode in Audio: PENDING Today’s Episode in Text: PENDING Arno Schmidt Primer Episode: https://youtu.be/7rNngCEwCdY   Join us on /r/Arno_Schmidt: https://www.reddit.com/r/Arno_Schmidt/   Sections: 00:00 Intro 05:18 Publication and Survey of Contents 11:42 Translation, Compensation, and Impossibility 19:31 Reclaiming a Stolen Language 24:16 Fascism and Antiquity 41:31 Notecard and Photographs 61:47 Legacy and Melancholy 76:47 End Notes 79:11 Centaurs and Cold Wars and Sci-Ops, Oh My!   Readings from p. 23, 50, 80, 136, 170   Secondary Resources: 1.     NYT - John Woods Dies at 80: https://bit.ly/3qcvdq0 2.     An Interview with John E Woods: https://bit.ly/3OzXu2U 3.     Mining the Dalkey Archive: https://bit.ly/44SmHeY 4.     Umberto Eco – Ur Fascism (NYRB): https://bit.ly/3YfaDS9 5.     14 Signs of Fascism: https://bit.ly/44OWxJS 6.     Ryan Kerr – Writing Its Own Wrunes: https://bit.ly/3qbuLrY 7.     Arno and Alice Schmidt – Photo 77 […]: https://bit.ly/47cDkU8 8.     Arno Schmidt – Calculations I: https://bit.ly/478s1w5 9.     Zettelarchiv: https://bit.ly/3KlF0Rc 10.  Klaus Theweleit – You Give Me Fever: https://bit.ly/3KkMGTI 11.  Melancholia Opening Scene: https://bit.ly/3Kl9piN 12.  Arno Schmidt Stiftung: https://bit.ly/3OcDXEo 13.  David Foster Wallace Interview, 2003: https://bit.ly/3OcILJZ 14.  Axel Gelfert – We Are the End of the World: https://bit.ly/3qcvuJy 15.  The Congress for Cultural Freedom: https://bit.ly/3OyYjce   Schmidt-related Twitter Tangents: 1. Enthymesis: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1638827603330232321 2. Leviathan: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639194683229495296 3. Gadir: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639549358931853312 4. Alexander: https://twitter.com/wastemailing/status/1639832587119259648   INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/wastemailinglist.bsky.social THREADS: https://www.threads.net/@wastemailinglist EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist   Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood

Arno Schmidt Primer (An Introduction)

Arno Schmidt: Evening Edged in Gold  Published by Marion Boyars, 1980 Hardcover, 215 pages ISBN: 9780714527192 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3OByfgX   Arno Schmidt (Vol 1): Collected Novellas Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 1994 Paperback & Hardcover, 446 pages ISBN: 9781564780669 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3Yc1vOi   Arno Schmidt (Vol 2): Nobodaddy’s Children Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 1995 Paperback & Hardcover, 256 pages ISBN: 9781564780904 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rMFR7c   Arno Schmidt (Vol 3): Collected Stories Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 1996 Paperback & Hardcover, 328 pages ISBN: 9781564781345 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4750vzL   Arno Schmidt (Vol 4): Two Novels Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 1997 Paperback & Hardcover, 432 pages ISBN: 9781564786623 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rOLpOw   Arno Schmidt: Bottom’s Dream Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 2016 Paperback & Hardcover, 1496 pages ISBN: 9781628971590 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rP2FTU   Today Episode in VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7rNngCEwCdY Today’s Episode in Text: PENDING   Join us on /r/Arno_Schmidt: https://www.reddit.com/r/Arno_Schmidt/   Sections: 00:00 Intro 04:33 Arno Schmidt – A Post Mortem 10:21 In the Wake of the Wake 15:14 What the Hell am I Looking At? 26:16 Etym Theory – Uneartheing the Subconscious 30:14 John E Woods and the Dalkey Archive 36:33 Bibliographic Survey and Proposed Starting Points 43:08 The Elephant in the Room 45:34 Flex 46:44 The Elephant in the Room (Cont’d) 50:43 The Schmidtaissance, /r/Arno_Schmidt, Looking Forward   Secondary Resources: 1.     No One Reads Arno Schmidt: https://bit.ly/43Pp9BB 2.     The Life & CV of Arno Schmidt: https://bit.ly/44MCawY 3.     Arno Schmidt – Die freie Enzyklopadie: https://bit.ly/47cB0ML 4.     Arno Schmidt – Writing Style and Personal Philosphy: https://bit.ly/3rUm85o 5.     Comic Commentators on the Book of Mormon: https://bit.ly/457J4MZ 6.     The Last Interview with John E Woods: https://bit.ly/3OeXJz5 7.     Arno Schmidt’s Prose: https://bit.ly/3OcDXEo 8.     Zettel’s Traum – An Analysis: https://bit.ly/3OAJ6HG 9.     Review of Contemporary Fiction – Arno Schmidt Number: https://bit.ly/47cBt1t 10.  New York Times - A Translator Takes on a Nearly Impossible Project: https://bit.ly/47ekags 11.  How Does This Get Read: https://bit.ly/44SmHeY 12.  The Word Count of 175 Favourite Novels: https://bit.ly/3KiTO3b 13.  Longest Word Count Ranking: https://bit.ly/3rRHAZ3 14.  Announcing the Relaunch of Dalkey Archive: https://bit.ly/3DzmLUD   INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/wastemailinglist.bsky.social THREADS: https://www.threads.net/@wastemailinglist EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist   Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood

Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu | BOOK REVIEW

“Solenoid” by Mircea Cărtărescu Translated by Sean Cotter BUY IT HERE: http://bit.ly/3AaRh6b First published by Humanitas, 2015 Published by Deep Vellum, 2022 Paperback, 672 pages ISBN: 0140110879 Goodreads: http://bit.ly/3hGF7M1 Storygraph: http://bit.ly/3TwKU3R Today Episode in Video: PENDING Today’s Episode in Text: PENDING Sections: 00:00 Intro & Preamble 03:19 The Find 06:16 Publication and Translation 11:51 The Fall 19:58 The Exhumed Reality: Taxonomic Considerations 33:04 The Borina Solenoid (Plot) 39:02 Flatland and the Fourth Dimension: An Intertextual Investigation 01:00:50 Mail Call 01:02:30 The Other Side 01:16:49 Iron and Crystal 01:34:10 Diaries, Dreams, and Departures 01:54:31 Afterword Readings from p. 1, 32, 37, 39, 42, 70, 71, 79, 98, 107, 108, 156, 164, 209, 212, 356, 378, 379, 434, 445, 456, 487, 492, 596, 673, 675, ∞ Secondary Resources: 1. Solenoid – The Untranslated Review: http://bit.ly/3UAYxAa 2. Blinding Vol 1 – Video Review: http://bit.ly/3UUx6RJ 3. Poesia esencial: http://bit.ly/3tsGpwD 4. Romanian Literature Now – Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3tt28Ve 5. Nicolae Manolescu: http://bit.ly/3GdUR3h 6. De Reactor Interview via The Untranslated: http://bit.ly/3AeML6t 7. The Dimensions of Solenoid (II): http://bit.ly/3EDQTjj 8. Your Surrealist Literature Starter Kit: http://bit.ly/3tvtNF3 9. Maica Domnului Google Pin: http://bit.ly/3UWnGW3 10. Solenoid Coil: http://bit.ly/3hECxWJ 11. Smale-Williams Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3E8f0oH 12. Edwin Abbott – Flatland .pdf: http://bit.ly/3Epul4v 13. Il Manifesto Interview: http://bit.ly/3Gi1KjU 14. Arnolfini Portrait: http://bit.ly/3UQuuEu 15. Trompe l’Oeil: http://bit.ly/3O0GQb3 16. Escaping Criticism: http://bit.ly/3txmv3m 17. Blackwood – A Victim of Higher Space .pdf: http://bit.ly/3WRPHQa 18. A Victim of Higher Space Review: http://bit.ly/3AcUoue 19. The Poetics of the Hypercycle: http://bit.ly/3E2GhZD 20. Seeking the Doom of Self-Annihilation: http://bit.ly/3Gj29Tr 21. From Blinding to Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3hJq6IY 22. Socialist Paradise or Tower of Total Surveillance: http://bit.ly/3huAnZw 23. Hinton Cubes: http://bit.ly/3WYGUvZ 24. DeWitt – Moral Authority: http://bit.ly/3E1XhPE 25. Balcanu – Real and fantastic Bucharest: http://bit.ly/3g5p21O

The Logos by Mark De Silva | BOOK REVIEW (feat. Mark De Silva)

“The Logos” by Mark De Silva BUY IT HERE (Splice UK): https://bit.ly/3Sueh7D PRE-ORDER IT HERE (Clash Books USA): https://bit.ly/3QX2DAp First published by Splice, 2022 Published (pending) by Clash Books, 2022 Paperback, 1036 pages ISBN: 1919639829 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3QmxGp5 Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3SuRSab Today's Episode in Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZAZmzj4CkU&ab_channel=WASTEMailingList Sections: 00:00 Intro 02:31 The Problem with Big Books 07:35 Plot 13:14 Prose Style 17:53 In Conversation with Mark De Silva 01:14:05 Cabinet of Curiosities 01:21:46 The Utility of Mystery Readings from p. 1, 104, 106, 161, 329/30, 343, 360/1, 411, 636, 637 Secondary Resources: 1. Mark De Silva on Beyond the Zero: https://bit.ly/3K86NTS 2. In Defence of Writing Books […]: https://bit.ly/3wjkXfn 3. Indie Splice Snaps Up De Silva […]: https://bit.ly/3QX2DAp Thank you to Daniel Davis Wood for the ARC and thank you to Mark De Silva for your time in participating in today’s episode. Daniel Davis Wood Twitter: https://twitter.com/danieldaviswood Mark De Silva Twitter: https://twitter.com/markdesilva1?lang=en You can find more of Mark’s work on his website: https://mark-de-silva.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood

Their Four Hearts - Vladimir Sorokin (Feat. Max Lawton)

“Their Four Hearts” by Vladimir Sorokin, translated by Max Lawton BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3OlMvaX First published until the title Сердца Четырех by Конец Века, 1994 First published in English by Dalkey Archive Press, 2022 Paperback, 209 pages ISBN: 9781628973969 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3A5k1Ov Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3NkVsA6 Sections: 00:00 Preamble 03:29 Vladimir Sorokin: A Brief History 07:38 Publication History 09:13 Plot & Satirical Intent 14:59 The Russian De Sade (feat. Max Lawton) 01:07:44 On Violence and Libido 01:15:21 The Aesthetics of Resistance 01:21:59 End Notes Readings from p. 72, 116 Secondary Resources: 1. Vladimir Sorokin: https://bit.ly/3u1HlZI 2. The Shock Jock of Russian Letters: https://bit.ly/3OKtD5o 3. Moscow Conceptualists: https://bit.ly/3niUHNi 4. He Envisioned a Nightmare […] Living in One: https://nyti.ms/3ndQx9v 5. Vladimir Sorokin – Сердца Четырех: https://bit.ly/3AlbY0b 6. Socialist Realism: https://bit.ly/3NmN0jB 7. Interview with Max Lawton: https://bit.ly/3uq7oKj 8. Vladimir Putin […] Power: https://bit.ly/3xXMmmY 9. Camille Paglia – Sexual Personae: https://bit.ly/3HZOxeA 10. Long Live Socialist Realism: https://bit.ly/3NrbqZb My thanks to Dalkey Archive Press for the review copy, and to Max Lawton for his time and attention. Max Lawton on Beyond the Zero: https://bit.ly/3NnyaJQ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist MY BEYOND THE ZERO INTERVIEW: https://bit.ly/36vqoyd Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood #VladimirSorokin #RussianLiterature #TheirFourHearts #Telluria #DayOfTheOprichnik #PostSovietLiterature #SocialistRealism #Satire #TransaltedLiterature #BookReview #BookAnalysis #Postmodernism #PostmodernLit #FyodorDostoyevsky #Dostoyevsky #LeoTolstoy #NikolaiGogol #LeafByLeaf #BetterThanFood #SherdsTube #TravelThroughStories