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Short Letter, Long Farewell with Joshua Jones
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Length:
74 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Writer and artist Joshua Jones joins us to discuss Peter Handke's Short Letter, Long Farewell. We disassemble the machinery of American mythmaking, drift through the empty avenues of modern alienation, and wonder why Europeans are so weird about the Land of the Free. If you're anti-spoiler, we recommend saving this episode until you've had a chance to read the book.
More about our guest:
Joshua Jones is a queer, autistic writer and artist from South Wales, now residing in Cardiff. He is the Director of Dyddiau Du, a DIY community library and art/literature space in Cardiff. He released a collaborative pamphlet of cut-up poetry and art with Caitlin Flood-Molyneux in 2022, and his debut short story collection, Local Fires, will be published by Parthian Books, September 2023.
References:
Dubliners by James JoyceUnder Milk Wood by Dylan ThomasThe Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff DyerWim WendersWings of DesireThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty KickEdward HopperCrash by J. G. BallardAlice in the CitiesJohn FordAmerica and Simulacra and Simulation by Jean BaudrillardDon DeLilloApocalypse NowThe Fundamentals of CaringParis, TexasAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreFyodor DostoevskyA Dream Play by August StrindbergHenrik IbsenIngmar BergmanGreen Henry by Gottfried KellerMark FisherYoung Mr. Lincoln How Green Was My ValleyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldUlyssesThe Odyssey by HomerAnton ChekhovThe Wizard of OzShe Wore a Yellow RibbonPersuasion by Jane AustenTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Iron Horse
To purchase books we've covered and browse some of Dylan & Kassia's favorites, please visit our digital bookshop at https://bookshop.org/shop/unburiedbooks. Buying them here helps to support the show.
More about our guest:
Joshua Jones is a queer, autistic writer and artist from South Wales, now residing in Cardiff. He is the Director of Dyddiau Du, a DIY community library and art/literature space in Cardiff. He released a collaborative pamphlet of cut-up poetry and art with Caitlin Flood-Molyneux in 2022, and his debut short story collection, Local Fires, will be published by Parthian Books, September 2023.
References:
Dubliners by James JoyceUnder Milk Wood by Dylan ThomasThe Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff DyerWim WendersWings of DesireThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty KickEdward HopperCrash by J. G. BallardAlice in the CitiesJohn FordAmerica and Simulacra and Simulation by Jean BaudrillardDon DeLilloApocalypse NowThe Fundamentals of CaringParis, TexasAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreFyodor DostoevskyA Dream Play by August StrindbergHenrik IbsenIngmar BergmanGreen Henry by Gottfried KellerMark FisherYoung Mr. Lincoln How Green Was My ValleyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldUlyssesThe Odyssey by HomerAnton ChekhovThe Wizard of OzShe Wore a Yellow RibbonPersuasion by Jane AustenTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Iron Horse
To purchase books we've covered and browse some of Dylan & Kassia's favorites, please visit our digital bookshop at https://bookshop.org/shop/unburiedbooks. Buying them here helps to support the show.
Released:
Feb 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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