The God Setebos

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The God Setebos episodes

January 08, 2020 1: On Albert Camus' The Fall
In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss Camus' most intriguing, but also most baffling, novel, The Fall.
1 hr 6 min
December 14, 2019 10: On My Year of Rest and Relaxation and The Suffering Channel
In this episode, Chris, Hans, and I discuss Ottessa Moshfegh's novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation and David Foster Wallace's short novella The Suffering Channel. Check it out.
1 hr 22 min
December 03, 2019 9: On Marilynne Robinson's Gilead
In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss Gilead, the famous epistolary novel by Marilynne Robinson.
1 hr 2 min
October 29, 2019 8: On Patrick Barney's Misfit the Wanderer
In this episode, Hans and Chris interview me on the topic of Xi Draconis Books' most recent publication, my novella Misfit the Wanderer. The novella follows all-around loser Misfit as he tries to escape a city-wide fire.
55 min
October 08, 2019 7: On Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch
In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss The Goldfinch, an intriguing take on the crime novel.
1 hr 15 min
September 23, 2019 6: On Marlon James' A Brief History of Seven Killings
In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss A Brief History of Seven Killings, a novel by Jamaican author Marlon James. The novel is disturbing, harrowing, and inventive.
1 hr 14 min
August 26, 2019 5: On Toril Moi's Revolution of the Ordinary
In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss a nonfiction work that explores how Wittgenstein's philosophy of language can be useful for literary critics.
1 hr 24 min
August 01, 2019 4: On Robert Browning's Caliban Upon Setebos
In this episode, Hans and I discuss the quite devilish and engaging Caliban Upon Setebos, a poem that has had personal significance to us for at least a decade.
45 min
July 25, 2019 3: On Robert Coover's Gerald's Party
In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss a raunchy, satirical novel that explores sex, death, and Freud. Enjoy.
1 hr 28 min
June 12, 2019 2: On Fran Ross's Oreo
In this episode, Chris, Hans, and I explore Fran Ross's devilishly cunning novel Oreo. The novel tells the story of sixteen-year-old youth Christine as she leaves her grandmother, who is black, in search of her father, who is Jewish. With links to the myth of Theseus, the novel explores race and identity.
48 min

About The God Setebos

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In The God Setebos podcast, the editors of Xi Draconis Books (Patrick Barney, Chris Malmberg, and Hans Burger) review and discuss novels, short story collections, poetry, and other forms of literature. They also explore literary criticism and philosophy to some extent, as well as the occasional episode on music.