READ: https://blast2mag.substack.com/p/blast-2-manifesto?utm_source=activity_item

FULL HOUR on Philip II, Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes, Go Down Moses by Faulkner, The Venerable Bede, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, eviction, BLAST 2 TENETS: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

HAROLD ROGERS and SEAN THOR CONROE on 31 JULY 2025 in NYC.

Part 3 in my trilogy about my monthlong trip to Japan for The Places Review: https://substack.com/home/post/p-168879828

Part 2: https://theplacesreview.com/p/japan-part-2-sean-thor-conroe?r=2jic0e

Part 1: https://theplacesreview.com/p/japan-part-1-funeral-family-travel-history?r=2jic0e

Andrew Boryga came thru to talk about his novel Victim (2024). Bonus hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Referenced: Malcolm Lowry, Junot Diaz, The Venerable Bede, Ernesto Quiñonez, Bolaño, Manuel Mujica Lainez.

On Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry, Hieronymus Bosch, James Elkins, travel in Europe, Drake, Justin Bieber, and what makes a thing avant garde.

Bonues hour &c: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Read along: https://theplacesreview.com/p/japan-part-2-sean-thor-conroe?r=n1xg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Part 1: https://theplacesreview.com/p/japan-part-1-funeral-family-travel-history?r=n1xg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Patrick McGraw comes by to talk the new issue (6) of Heavy Traffic. Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/1storypod

With Matthew Gasda, author of the novel Sleepers and the play Dimes Square, full ep: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Part one of our pod with Adelaide Faith, author of Happiness Forever, out now from FSG.

https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Sean returned from Japan, Harold read Schattenfroh (Deep Vellum, August 2025) by Michael Lentz, tr. Max Lawton. Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod