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Have you ever been abducted by aliens? Do you think we have free will? Do you collect torture devices? Then join us as we discuss Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five".
Have you ever died? Ever been lying in a grave with a stranger? Do you ever eat tortilla after tortilla? Then join us as we discuss Juan Rulfo's "Pedro Páramo".
Do you know any good jokes? What would you go through to get good blackberries? Do you believe in ghosts? Then join us as we discuss Toni Morrison's "Beloved".
Do you ever listen to Mama's Gun with your friends? Do you sometimes wet the bed? Are you sad as hell? Then join us as we discuss Kaveh Akbar's "Martyr!".
Have you ever been hypnotized? Have you ever inhaled glowing particles from a plant? Do you have a name? Then join us as we discuss Jeff VanderMeer's "Annihilation."
Do you just love a river? You ever just go a lil crazy? Then join us as we discuss Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
Do you like songs in books? Can you handle a "main character" that's not altogether good? Did you ever frequent an LA theatre in the 70's? Then join us as we discuss Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow."
Do you think British candy is disgusting?? Does a special kind of plastic make you feel a very special kind of way? Is your partner sick of hearing you talk about bizarre passages from a confounding book? Then join us as we discuss the first half of Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow."
In a characteristically succinct and focused episode we answer questions written in from our listeners.
In this episode we look back on the six books that we read in Season 2 (Moby Dick, The Old Man and the Sea, Libra, The Metamorphosis, Ficciones, and As I Lay Dying.)
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