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The Domestication of the Literary Outsider with Alex Perez
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Length:
90 minutes
Released:
May 6, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Fiction writer and cultural critic Alex Perez joins Outsider Theory to discuss a mutual favorite writer, Roberto Bolaño, and in particular his short story "Labyrinth." We also cover the contemporary literary prestige economy, the professionalization of literature, the propagandification of culture in the Trump era, and the prospects for literary outsiders today.
Read Bolaño's "Labyrinth" here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/23/labyrinth-roberto-bolano
https://im1776.com/2021/04/27/the-new-literary-bad-boys/
https://twitter.com/Perez_Writes
https://alexperez.substack.com/p/coming-soon
Read Bolaño's "Labyrinth" here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/23/labyrinth-roberto-bolano
https://im1776.com/2021/04/27/the-new-literary-bad-boys/
https://twitter.com/Perez_Writes
https://alexperez.substack.com/p/coming-soon
Released:
May 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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