The Worst Century

Ian Hasn't Seen a Movie: Alameddine, Erdrich, Everett, Palahniuk, Patchett


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Ian and Page, your two favorite store-brand English professors, have put together a syllabus for reading our way to an understanding of the 21st Century.

Life continues to disrupt, but God's two favorite little soldiers power on. This episode, we get into the critical darlings of 2001: Bel Canto* by Anne Patchett; I, the Divine* by Rabih Alameddine; The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse* by Louise Erdrich; Erasure* by Percival Everett; Choke* by Chuck Palahniuk. The discussion ranges from what these 2001 books were saying about women and Queers to the resonating call for a return to small community and new literary lenses.

Links:

  • Page: BlueSky, Letterboxd
  • Ian: Substack, BlueSky, Letterboxd
  • Other Links: Namwali Serpell “New Literalism,” Ross Barkan “New Romanticism
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    Our thanks to Chris Delano for editing support. Music: "MTV (Pop, Britney Spears)" from BigBadBeats.

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    The Worst CenturyBy Ian Gillham