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

BUY ITHERE: https://bit.ly/3rNx2Kv

Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 1994

Paperback & Hardcover, 446 pages

ISBN: 9781564780669

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3Yc1vOi

Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3YaXPfR

TodayEpisode in Audio: PENDING

Today’sEpisode in Text: PENDING

ArnoSchmidt 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!

Readingsfrom p. 23, 50, 80, 136, 170

Secondary Resources:

  1. NYT - John Woods Dies at 80: https://bit.ly/3qcvdq0

  2. An Interview with John EWoods: https://bit.ly/3OzXu2U

  3. Mining the DalkeyArchive: 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 ItsOwn 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 – YouGive Me Fever: https://bit.ly/3KkMGTI

  11. Melancholia OpeningScene: https://bit.ly/3Kl9piN

  12. Arno Schmidt Stiftung: https://bit.ly/3OcDXEo

  13. David Foster WallaceInterview, 2003: https://bit.ly/3OcILJZ

  14. Axel Gelfert – We Are theEnd of the World: https://bit.ly/3qcvuJy

  15. The Congress for CulturalFreedom: 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

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EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com

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Music: “IHate That” by ThisKidsNoGood

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Arno Schmidt: Evening Edged in Gold

Published by MarionBoyars, 1980

Hardcover, 215 pages

ISBN: 9780714527192

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3OByfgX

Arno Schmidt (Vol 1): Collected Novellas

Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 1994

Paperback &Hardcover, 446 pages

ISBN: 9781564780669

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3Yc1vOi

Arno Schmidt (Vol 2): Nobodaddy’s Children

Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 1995

Paperback &Hardcover, 256 pages

ISBN: 9781564780904

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rMFR7c

Arno Schmidt (Vol 3): Collected Stories

Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 1996

Paperback &Hardcover, 328 pages

ISBN: 9781564781345

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4750vzL

Arno Schmidt (Vol 4): Two Novels

Published by DalkeyArchive Press, 1997

Paperback &Hardcover, 432 pages

ISBN: 9781564786623

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rOLpOw

Arno Schmidt: Bottom’s Dream

Published by DalkeyArchive 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 StartingPoints

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, LookingForward

Secondary Resources:

  1. NoOne Reads Arno Schmidt: https://bit.ly/43Pp9BB

  2. TheLife & CV of Arno Schmidt: https://bit.ly/44MCawY

  3. ArnoSchmidt – Die freie Enzyklopadie: https://bit.ly/47cB0ML

  4. ArnoSchmidt – Writing Style and Personal Philosphy: https://bit.ly/3rUm85o

  5. ComicCommentators on the Book of Mormon: https://bit.ly/457J4MZ

  6. TheLast Interview with John E Woods: https://bit.ly/3OeXJz5

  7. ArnoSchmidt’s Prose: https://bit.ly/3OcDXEo

  8. Zettel’sTraum – An Analysis: https://bit.ly/3OAJ6HG

  9. Reviewof Contemporary Fiction – Arno Schmidt Number: https://bit.ly/47cBt1t

  10. NewYork Times - A Translator Takes on a Nearly Impossible Project: https://bit.ly/47ekags

  11. HowDoes This Get Read: https://bit.ly/44SmHeY

  12. TheWord Count of 175 Favourite Novels: https://bit.ly/3KiTO3b

  13. LongestWord Count Ranking: https://bit.ly/3rRHAZ3

  14. Announcingthe Relaunch of Dalkey Archive: https://bit.ly/3DzmLUD

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“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

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“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/

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Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood

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“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

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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

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“Blinding” by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter

BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3w9OUxr

First published by Editura Humanitas, 1996

Published by Archipelago, 2013

Paperback, 464 pages

ISBN: 1935744844

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3shxjTm

Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3yCXojN

Today Episode in Video: PENDING

Today’s Episode in Text: PENDING

Sections:

00:00 Prelude

02:17 Preamble and Context

04:39 Cărtărescu’s Opus

08:05 Publication History

11:24 Translation

17:08 The Tyranny of Plot

23:08 Structural Conceit

33:04 Memory & Imaginative Construction

45:45 A New Religion

54:18 End Notes

Readings from p. 22, 40, 43, 74, 88, 128, 252, 284, 309, 339, 311, 313, 338, 462

Secondary Resources:

  1. WWB – An Interview with Mircea Cărtărescu: https://bit.ly/3wcJuC1

  2. Mircea Cărtărescu by Ella Veres: https://bit.ly/3M0GUFT

  3. Music & Lit – In Conversation with Mircea Cărtărescu: https://bit.ly/3yqq27y

  4. Humanitas (Publishing House): https://bit.ly/3vYrnRj

  5. CATranslation – Sean Cotter Interview: https://bit.ly/3KYOhfu

  6. Archipelago Books - About: https://archipelagobooks.org/about/

  7. Archipelago Books: https://bit.ly/3Ft8d9o

  8. EuroLit Network – From BLINDING: https://bit.ly/3M49ING

  9. Archipelago – Translator Sean Cotter: https://bit.ly/38bjNd9

  10. Open Letter Books: https://www.openletterbooks.org/

  11. HuffPost – Sean Cotter on Translating Blinding: https://bit.ly/3wiX2fh

  12. KCRW Bookworm – David Foster Wallace 1996: https://kcrw.co/38ku2M1

  13. Anca Balcanu – Real & Fantastic Bucharest (2007): https://bit.ly/3vV2m9F

  14. KROnline - We Are All the Result of Chaos: https://bit.ly/3yoAsEu

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Music: “Reading Music Vol. 2” by Christopher Charles Robinson

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BookReview #BookAnalysis #Postmodernism #PostmodernLit #LeafByLeaf #BetterThanFood #MirceaCartarescu #MirceaCărtărescu #TranslatedLit #BookerPrize #TranslatedLiterature #RomanianLiterature #ArchipelagoBooks #SherdsTube #Literature #Translators #Romania #EuropeanLiterature #SeanCotter #EugeneIonesco #MirceaEliade #HertaMüller

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“You Bright and Risen Angels” by William T. Vollmann

BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3KXV7lO

First published by Andre Deutsch, 1987

Published by Penguin Books, 1988

Paperback, 635 pages

ISBN: 0140110879

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/37EJ3HS

Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3itWTiB

Sections:

00:00 Preamble

04:06 VOLLMANNIA

05:47 The Programmer

12:14 Angels at a Glance

18:00 The Cartoon

23:54 Source Code

30:08 The Eternal Winner

34:46 A Bug’s Life

41:30 Paging Dr Dodger

49:36 Cowboys and Indians

65:33 A Response to the Critics

74:04 Recommendations

77:19 End Notes

Readings from p. 4, 9, 12, 15, 17, 34, 65, 111, 153, 173, 195, 266, 345, 407/8, 409, 632

Today’s Episode in Text: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/publish/post/50779512

Secondary Resources:

  1. VOLLMANNIA Podcast: https://vollmannia.buzzsprout.com/

  2. Talking Writing with William T Vollmann: https://bit.ly/3ioeCrN

  3. William T Vollmann: https://nyti.ms/3L67g8i

  4. You Are Now Entering […]: https://bit.ly/3JvcytH

  5. Why the Phrase ‘Late Capitalism’ […]: https://bit.ly/3L7Y6sd

  6. The Dispassionate Chronicler: https://lat.ms/3N9QFm5

  7. KCRW Bookworm Interview: https://kcrw.co/3ItlsGX

  8. William T Vollmann Critical Companion: https://bit.ly/3Ju97nd

  9. Kirkus Review: https://bit.ly/3D3zBK0

  10. ReadWatchGame Review: https://bit.ly/3N85FRj

  11. Gordseller Review: https://bit.ly/3isiE25

  12. FBI Suspect William T Vollmann […]: https://n.pr/3iqAsL7

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Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood

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WilliamTVollmann #WilliamVollmann #YouBrightAndRisenAngels #EuropeCentral #Vollmann #BookReview #BookAnalysis #Postmodernism #PostmodernLit #ThomasPynchon #Pynchon #GravitysRainbow #WilliamSBurroughs #LeafByLeaf #BetterThanFood

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“Animal Money” by Michael Cisco

BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3goKGe7

Published by Lazy Fascist Press

Paperback, 780 pages

ISBN: 1621052125

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3oog8gM

Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3LbNtW0

Today’s episode is also available on:

Video – YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooayiZ9AYis&ab_channel=WASTEMailingList)

Text – SubStack (https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/p/animal-money-book-review)

Sections

00:00 Intro

00:57 Gratitude, Updates, Plans

03:38 Finding Animal Money

05:30 Who the Hell is Michael Cisco?

07:33 Lazy Fascist Press

09:41 Outline and Structure

11:46 Plot…?

17:47 (In)visible Hands

20:35 Economic Mysticism

26:07 /r/AntiWork, A Novel Reading of Animal Money

31:15 Genre & Influence

38:16 Cover Art

40:01 The Human Cost

46:00 You Owe Me a Bird

51:25 End Notes

Readings from p. 16, 20, 27, 105, 110, 111, 114, 115, 171, 483, 502, 536, 537, 635, 765, 770

Secondary Resources:

  1. Michael Cisco – Biography: https://bit.ly/3GwPJDQ

  2. Introduction to The DivinityStudent: https://bit.ly/3GwPJDQ

  3. Michael Cisco – Bibliography: https://bit.ly/3grmfN1

  4. Michael Cisco on Kafka’s Kurau Aphorisms: https://bit.ly/3rqjRfH

  5. Farewell to Lazy Fascist Press: https://bit.ly/3skxLzh

  6. Invisible Hand: https://bit.ly/3rwEQxE

  7. Economic Mysticism - Why People Believe […]: https://bit.ly/3gouzwY

  8. AntiWork: https://bit.ly/3uBNsoi

  9. An Interview with Michael Cisco: https://bit.ly/3LbGQTI

  10. Weird Fiction Review Interview: https://bit.ly/3gruFE1

  11. Lazy Fascist Press announces “Animal Money”: https://bit.ly/3Hw9DQJ

  12. Mat Brown – “Anthropic History”: https://arthur.io/art/mat-brown/anthropic-history?crtr=1

  13. Toribio Romo González: https://bit.ly/3B2X10I

  14. Shunryū Suzuki: https://bit.ly/3otipHE

  15. The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side: https://bit.ly/3uuATLF

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