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This week, we're looking at Gustav Meyrink's The Golem, a strange novel of occultism, Kabbalah and psychological terror in early 20th century Prague's Jewish ghetto. Joining us on this journey is none other than Brad Kelly, host of the wonderful Method and Madness podcast.

Follow Brad on X: https://x.com/bradkelly?lang=en

Method and Madness pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/4AQR8tram18P2PBYdhKiQN

Music: Danse Macabre, Op. 40, R. 171, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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This week, a big episode discussing a slim novel. We're joined by a couple of our favourite Southerners (Kalob Petty and Banjer Jack) and our favourite Montanan (Ryan Simón) to chat about Carson McCullers' classic Southern Gothic novel about repressed eros and dark desires, Reflections in a Golden Eye. 

We talk about the Southern Gothic tradition, why Southerners are so chill, why Carson McCullers was likely a f@g hag, horse girls, music, and much more.

This episode quickly turns into a rollicking bull session, full of hilarious tales, forbidden confessions, and...banjo. Lots of banjo.

Music:

Southern Blood, Kalob Petty

Sammie Where You Been So Long, Banjer Jack

Links to Kalob's music: https://linktr.ee/kalobdpetty

Ryan's American Vulgaria: https://americanvulgaria.com/

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Jasper Ceylon, author of the hoax poetry journal Echolalia Review, has been unmasked as Aaron Barry. Aaron joins us to talk about what's been happening in his life since he revealed himself in The Free Press, his new novel "£, flesh", the internet novel, writing under pseudonyms and much more.

Listen to Jasper/Aaron's previous episode with us here:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/poetic-license-feat-jasper-ceylon/id1571854866?i=1000708925885

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1P4B3h4tBfuHPq5UGrWIXi

Order Aaron's novel here: https://mcbussypublishing.org/product/flesh-by-aaron-barry-ebook/

Read more about Jasper/Aaron's hoax here: https://www.thefp.com/p/white-man-who-pretended-to-be-black-poet

Outro: The Pest, John Cooper Clarke

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Jack Norman is the author of the new short story collection Sleep Capricorn, coming in October from Bonfire Books. Like Fresta and Sini, he also grew up in North Queensland. This episode features three northerners yarning about Jack's fiction, as well as fatherhood, Australian fiction in general, The Honourable Member for Kennedy Bob Katter, craft discussions on narration, and writing literary fiction as a gamer/Tolkien fan.

Pre-order Jack incredible collection from Bonfire Books here: https://bonfirebooks.org/product/sleep-capricorn-by-jack-norman-pre-order/

Follow Jack on X: https://x.com/Thingol2006

Music: The N.W.R.A (Live), The Fall

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We talk about The Independent article about men "performatively reading", as well as Fresta's realisation that he is "Unc" now after a night out.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/performative-male-trends-books-matcha-pilates-attention-b2811124.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1756101761

Music:

To Die Among Strangers - Rome

Can't Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes

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This episode, we are joined by the best book YouTuber around, Mr Cliff Sargent. Cliff hosts the popular channel "Better Than Food," where he reviews everything from classics to difficult postmodern tomes and sci fi. Truly a great discussion from one of the best in the game right now. We talk about how he makes his book content, developing a reading practice, filmmaking, as well as a long digression on black metal. Run it up!

Follow Cliff's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

Music: Beholding the Throne of Might, Darkthrone

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This week we are joined by Passage Prize winner Michael Button to discuss Alice Munro's short story cycle, Who Do You Think You Are? (aka The Beggar Maid in the US).

Follow Michael on X: https://x.com/Michaelknife1

Music: Time Fades Away by Neil Young

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This week Fresta talks to Will Samson about Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Bend Sinister and the Fall record of the same name. As Fresta and Will are both avant-garde music-spazz’s the conversation ends up in a discussion about other artists such as The Country Teasers, Lana Del Rey, Kanye, Pere Ubu, The Melvins, Townes Van Zandt, Oasis, Throbbing Gristle, Roky Erickson and The Kinks.

Note: there are a couple of audio issues on Will's end with this one, but we prefer to think of it as authentic lo-fi experimentation.

Music: Living Too Late by The Fall, Get Lost by Kanye West

Will’s Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/samsonwill93/?hl=en 

Will’s recent appearance on Bistro Californium: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-117-my-name-w-133687985?l=es 

Will’s essays: 

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2021/05/12/war-at-33-1-3-throbbing-gristle-public-enemy-datapanik/ 

https://safetypropaganda.substack.com/p/life-stinks-cuz-i-like-the-kink-by

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2024/05/21/paradise-stands-in-the-shadow-of-swords/

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Bigmac McCarthy joins Fresta (who is hosting solo this ep) to talk about Haruki Murakami’s surrealistic tome The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle as well as some music nerd talk at the end.

Mac’s Twitter: https://x.com/bigmac_mccarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 

Mac’s music, Heavy Body: https://heavybody.bandcamp.com/

Country Teasers episode with Fresta on Mac's podcast, Nice: https://open.spotify.com/episode/55AYAetKj51f4gFyWusZ8B?si=QVokpdTEQ1yw1SGsq81a1g

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Zach Langley Chi Chi joins us once again to talk about William Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest, as well as Julie Taymor's 2010 film adaptation starring Helen Mirren as a gender-swapped Prospero. 

Subscribe to Zach's wonderful podcast, I'm So Popular: https://www.patreon.com/imsopopular

And for a special episode of Back Matter where a lot of tea is spilled, subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit

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