Storyological

By E.G. Cosh & Chris KammerudArts

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June 19, 2018Storyological 3.07 - WRESTLING WITH A HIPPO
Storyological 3x07 - WRESTLING WITH A HIPPO
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In which we discuss,
1. “Vox Clamantis in Deserto” by Curtis Sittenfeld, You Think It, I’ll Say It, Random House, 2018.
2. “The Empty, The Empty, The Empty” by Jenny Zhang, Diagram, Vol. 9.4, 2009. (read online)

along with, among other things…
Yuja Wang. Because we got to see her perform at the Barbican.
The essay David Foster Wallace wrote about Roger Federer.
Reading interviews with writers, and other sorts of artists, in the hopes of figuring out what it means to be an artist
Episode 1.18 in which we talked about one of Alan Bennet’s Talking Heads stories called “Bed Among the Lentils”.
Episode 3.01 in which we talked about that “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian.
Pocket Interview No. 8 in which we talked with Alyssa Wong.
Ulysses by James Joyce
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The stories of George Saunders. We talked about one of those in that episode where we talked about that one Alan Bennet’s story.
The films of John Hughes. Chris was probably thinking about the films of John Hughes because he wrote this review of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
The difference between the right word and the wrong word.
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
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Happy reading.
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June 05, 2018Pocket Interview No. 8 - Alyssa Wong
Pocket Interview No. 8 - ALYSSA WONG
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In which we chat with writer Alyssa Wong about, among other things…
Sex
Guilt
Fear
Confidence
Bible Monsters
Junji Ito
Growing up in the desert
Seeing beauty in what others call ugly
The many tiers of horror
If you enjoy reading interviews more than listening to them, you can click here and read a footnoted version of the interview.
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If you enjoyed this episode, please consider:
Leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space.
Supporting us on Patreon. If you pledge $3/month then you can receive a monthly newsletter from Chris in which he reviews everything, more or less.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
p.s. Here’s a link to that one past episode in which we discussed Alyssa’s story “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers."
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May 23, 2018(archive) Storyological 1.03 - GORGEOUSLY HORRIBLE AND TERRIFICALLY POIGNANT
(archive) Storyological #3 - Gorgeously Horrible and Terrifically Poignant
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In which we discuss
1. "Demon in Aisle 6" by Matthew Kressel, Nightmare Magazine

2. "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong, Nightmare Magazine

Along with, among other things...
Eternal recurrence

What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: "This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more; and there will be nothing new in it, but every pain and every joy, and every thought and sigh and everything unutterably small or great in your life will have to return to you, all in the same succession and sequence? -- even this spider and this moonlight between the trees, and even this moment and I myself. The eternal hourglass of existence is turned upside down again and again, and you with it, a speck of dust!"
Death & The Dangers of Metaphors
”There are no metaphors, or everything is a metaphor”
“Metaphors are dangerous, Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.” - Milan Kundera
“The Cloud and Other Dangerous Metaphors”
“The Perils of Metaphorical Thinking”
“Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath
Love & Scarcity
“Lessons in Love, By Way of Economics”
”Maybe love is just an economy based on resource scarcity” - Father John Misty
Other things
That film Orange County, with Colin Hanks and Kevin Kline. Also, Jack Black.
Lynda Barry
As I Lay Dying
The Haunting of Hill House

'Her little cup,' the mother was explaining, smiling apologetically at the waitress, who was thunderstruck at the thought that the mill's good country milk was not rich enough for the little girl. 'It has stars in the bottom, and she always drinks her milk from it at home. She calls it her cup of stars because she can see the stars while she drinks her milk.'

The Nobel speech where William Faulkner mentioned “the heart in conflict with itself…”

Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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May 08, 2018Storyological 3.06 - DANCING ETYMOLOGIES
Storyological 3x06 - DANCING ETYMOLOGIES
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In which we discuss,
1. “The Dancing Master” by Alexandra Kleeman. Intimations, 2016. (read online)
2. “Last” by Ali Smith, Public Library, 2015.(read online)

along with, among other things…
That one film Amelie
That one Richard Ford quote from his interview with the Paris Review in which he talks about characters not having character
I certainly think we have histories. And based on them we can purport to have characters—invent or allege character, in a sense. And sometimes histories predict what people will do. Though often not. But character is just one of those human pseudo-essences that is often used detrimentally. Certainly a lot of modern fiction derives its drama from the conflict between assumed character and some specific action that deviates from it.
That one other film Marie Antoinette.
The origin of ballet.
One of Alexandra’s other stories, “Fake Blood.”
Stories of wild children
Alice Hoffman is the person who said, “Books may well be the only true magic.”
That one episode of Storyological in which we discussed “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
That one interview in which we talked with Sofia Samatar.
That essay from which that quote from George Saunders about gas stations. (pdf)
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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April 24, 2018Storyological 3.05 - THE PARABOLA PARABLE
Storyological 3.05 - THE PARABOLA PARABLE
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In which we discuss,
1. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Welcome to the Monkey House, 1961. (read online)
2. “The Darkness Box” by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, 1975.

along with, among other things…
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
NPR, on the day of his death, in April 2007.
John Green talking about Slaughterhouse Five for Crash Course (YouTube)
Kurt Vonnegut on the shapes of stories (YouTube)
Ursula K. Le Guin
NPR, on the day of her death in January of this year.
In conversation about the nature of novels at UC Berkeley (YouTube)
Profile in the New Yorker by Julie Phillips.
Things of an otherwise nature
Wes Anderson’s Worlds, an article by Michael Chabon from the New York Review of Books in 2013.
Where’s Waldo? is what we in North America call a British series of puzzle books known there as Where’s Wally?
A nice New Yorker type long profile of Voltaire which you can read in the New Yorker.
An article from the Oxonian Review, Jane Austen and Satire, by Paula Byrne
George Saunders wrote an article about his love of Vonnegut in his book Braindead Megaphone (pdf).
“Sea Oak”, a story by George Saunders first published in the New Yorker and collected in his collection, Pastorlia
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, a book about George Saunders in which size-related shenanigans
“Solitude and the Fortresses of Youth, an op-ed by Michael Chabon in the New York Times, in which he writes of idealism and cynicism.
That one episode of Storyological, STORY WITH A HOLE, in which we talked about Bring Your Own Spoon by Saad Hossain.
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
40 min
April 09, 2018Storyological 3.04 - ON THE NATURE OF THINGS RELATED TO RIVERS AND SITCOM PORNOS
Storyological 3.04 - ON THE NATURE OF THINGS RELATED TO RIVERS AND SITCOM PORNOS
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In which we discuss,
1. “A Strange Tale from Down by the River”
Banana Yoshimoto (translated by Ann Sharif), Lizard, 1995. (read online here @electriclit)

source: https://giphy.com/byame
2. “Darla!”
Jillian Tamaki, Boundless, 2017. (read online @hazlitt)

along with, among other things…
Banana Yoshimo
An interview with Banana Yoshimoto by Rowan Riley in Bookslut.
Here is a profile by Cassie Wong in The Culture Trip.
Jillian Tamaki
A profile by Marta Bausells of Jillian Tamaki in the Guardian.
An interview with Chris Randle in The Comics Journal.
Things of an otherwise nature
Call Me by Your Name, film and book
Akira
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Crash Course Literature
The Best Worst Movie
Troll 2
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
39 min
March 27, 2018Pocket Interview No. 7 - SOFIA SAMATAR
Pocket Interview No. 7 - SOFIA SAMATAR
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In which we chat with writer Sofia Samatar about, among other things…
Jazz
Identity
Belonging
Enid Blyton’s Noddy books
Getting lost in life and stories
What it means to have a voice
How we might use language to remember, and build, home.
If you enjoy reading interviews more than listening to them, you can click here and read a footnoted version of the interview.
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, please consider:
Leaving us a review on iTunes. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space.
Supporting us on Patreon. If you pledge $3/month then you can receive a monthly newsletter from Chris in which he reviews everything, more or less.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
p.s. Here’s a link to past episodes in which we discussed Sofia’s stories.
1 hr 2 min
March 13, 2018Storyological 3.03 - A MOST ENJOYABLE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Storyological 3.03 - A MOST ENJOYABLE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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In which we discuss,
1. Dance Card by Roberto Bolaño, Last Evenings on Earth.
2. A Kiss with Teeth by Max Gladstone, Tor, 2014.

along with, among other things…
Roberto Bolano
Some reviews of 2666 & Savage Detectives
A User’s Guide to Bolano, from The New Yorker
Max Gladstone
“4 Reasons to Read Max Gladstone’s Craft Sequence.”
Reviewed by Amal El-Mohtar at NPR
Things of an otherwise nature
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, all that sadcom jazz.
That one thing, from The Atlantic, in which the amazing Jenny Zhang wrote about “Dance Card.”
That one episode of Storyological in which we talked about “The Woman Who Lived in a Restaurant” by Leone Ross.
That one story, “Inventory” by Carmen Maria Machado..
We talked about Carmen’s story “The Husband Stitch” here.
That one author Adam Ehrlich Sachs, who we interviewed here and discussed some of his stories here.
That one episode of Storyological in which we talked about a story by Clarice Lispector.
That one book The New Voices of Fantasy, ed. Peter S. Beagle.
That one song “A Kiss With a Fist” by Florence and the Machine.
That other supernatural couple featuring vampire hunter and vampire, Buffy and Angel.
Bradbury’s stories of the Elliot family.
That one episode of Storyological where we discussed the story, “Cat Person.”
Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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February 27, 2018Storyological 3.02 - LOVE MAKES MONSTERS OF US ALL
Storyological 3.02 - LOVE MAKES MONSTERS OF US ALL
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In which we discuss,
1. The Woman Who Lived in a Restaurant by Leone Ross, Barcelona Review.
2. The Daughters of the Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield, 1920. (pdf)

along with, among other things…
Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield Society
An introduction to Katherine Mansfield’s short stories
Leone Ross
Guardian review of her first story collection
On the Twitter.
Things of an otherwise nature
“Chivalry” by Neil Gaiman, read here by LeVar Burton in his podcast LeVar Burton Reads
“The Bog Girl” by Karen Russell, discussed on Storyological here.
The Fellowship of the Ring, in which Gandalf says: “Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
Murakami on withholding judgement: “I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world.”
That episode where I quoted, at length, from “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel.
“Sea Oak” by George Saunders, the one with the Aunt (also in Barcelona Review)
That one song from The National called “Demons” in which the words: “I am secretly in love with everyone I grew up with”
Radiohead’s, OK Computer
Monty Hall, Let’s Make a Deal (“the middle one is clearly the door with the car behind it”)
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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February 13, 2018Storyological 3.01 - LICK IT JUSTIN BIEBER
Storyological 3.01 - LICK IT JUSTIN BIEBER
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In which we discuss,
1. Report on the Thing by Clarice Lispector, Vice, June 2015.
2. Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian, New Yorker, December 2017.

along with, among other things…
Clarice Lispector
“The True Glamour of Clarice Lispector” by Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker
“Not the Word, but the Thing Itself”, a profile in The Nation by Ava Kofman
Kristen Roupenian
Kristen Roupenian on the Self-Deceptions of Dating, an interview in The New Yorker.
@Kroupernian on Twitter
Time and Music and Other such
A Sveglia clock
A tribute to that one character Lorne, from Angel
Carmen Maria Machado, in our Pocket Interview No. 4
The Silence in Doctor Who
This quote from Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre: “Things are divorced from their names. They are there, grotesque, headstrong, gigantic, and it seems ridiculous
The song, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (youtube), and a review from Spin of the album’s 20th anniversary.
The Flower Sermon, in which is communicated the nature of suchness, and to which Chris is probably referring when he’s attempting to remember what Buddha said about flowers.
Black Mirrors
“Ten Years Later, the ‘Sopranos’ Finale is Still Revolutionary” from The Ringer
The Speculative Dread of ‘Black Mirror’ by Giles Harvey in The New Yorker
Mallory Ortberg’s review, in the form of a tweet, of Black Mirror
That one episode of Storyological in which we discussed “The Jewish Hunter” by Lorrie Moore
A review of season two of The Crown, in which that one super sexy episode.
The Most Human Human
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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