The Radio Free Brooklyn stream picks up an alternate universe, in which Colb reads a selection of his recent essays. Topics include a 2012 trip to the Museum of Modern Art to see 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me on the big screen, what Nick Pinkerton's book on Goodbye, Dragon Inn gets right about visits to the cinema and the life of the street, the unexpected fact that Norman Mailer and Joan Didion saw eye to eye on how the American West ought to be depicted in literature, some stray thoughts about Emma Cline's new novel, The Guest, and more.

Clear the Dance Floor airs every Sunday afternoon at 4 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.org or on the RFB mobile app.