Few philosophical or artistic movements have been debated quite like postmodernism, yet despite the ongoing debate about what postmodernism really is, the phrase was probably one most weren't familiar with until public figures like Jordan Peterson warned everyone about the "postmodern neo-marxists!"

Some people seem to think that postmodern writers like Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, and David Foster Wallace are brilliant writers and thinkers, while others have called their books sophomoric, juvenile, or just plain nonsensical.

In today's episode we are joined by our friend Seth aka WASTE Mailing List on social media, who is, in our opinion, one of the most interesting figures on book social, having read some extremely experimental works of some of the most progressive writers, as well as put together some of the most in depth reviews of those works.

Together we attempt to answer the question "what is postmodern literature?"

You can follow Seth on social media at:

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Here are the books mentioned in today's episode:

The Crying of Lot 49 Thomas Pynchon

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060...

The Voyeur’s Motel Gay Talese

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802...

12 Rules for Life Jordan Peterson

Eden Eden Eden Pierre Guyotat

https://amzn.to/3BoHf4L

The Ticket that Exploded William Burroughs

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802...

New Selected Poems and Translations Ezra Pound

https://amzn.to/47MW9xY

The Pound Era Hugh Kenner

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780520...

Herscht 07769 Laszlo Krasznahorkai

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811...

The Dying Grass William T. Vollmann

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143...

Butcher’s Crossing John Williams

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590...

My Search for Warren Harding Robert Plunket

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811...

The Red Handler Johan Harstad

https://amzn.to/3N2AU1m

Lemon Kwon Yeo-Sun

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781635...

In a Lonely Place Dorothy B. Hughes

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681...

Che Jon Lee Anderson

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802...

White Noise Don Delillo

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143...

Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781439...

Ulysses James Joyce

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9798880...

The Wasteland T.S. Eliot

https://amzn.to/3N50oLH

The Cantos of Ezra Pound

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811...

Finnegan’s Wake James Joyce

https://amzn.to/3TLpB1c

The Making of Americans Gertrude Stein

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781087...

The Human Age Wyndham Lewis

https://amzn.to/47H9rMk

The Maximus Poems Charles Olson

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780520...

Postmodernist Fiction Brian Mchale

https://amzn.to/3XWPZb8

2666 Roberto Bolaño

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312...

JR William Gaddis

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681...

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