Is Our Podcast Elitist?
Western Thought
English - September 25, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBBooks Arts literature philosophy writing publishing lighthearted failure Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Jonah and Will discuss the writer Harold Brodkey's collection of non-fiction: SEA BATTLES ON DRY LAND. The title of this one says it all. The answer? Yeah, we probably are.
Brodkey has a very slash and burn (solipsistic might be another word for it) writing style that very much attracted Jonah when he was younger. The idea of being absolutely free when creating your art. Perhaps Jonah has grown up a little since then. Don't start with Brodkey's non-fiction. His short stories are where all the magic is.
I'd promise that one day I'll get the audio consistent, but I'd be lying.