we’re kicking off our first “suck shit, sufjan stevens” module by heading down to louisiana for a three-book season, kicking off with the moviegoer by walker percy. after tulsa establishes his obsession with four loko (and joey shares his history adjacent to it), tulsa makes an assertion that he gets wrong and joey surprises tulsa with his reaction to this book. we talk about how the moviegoer kind of swerves (at least based on its title), the role geography plays within the novel, and how it’s a great example of accessing stuff through what it’s not (and how to find love for a region by leaving that region). we explore the novel’s pro-suicide slant and talk about how our modules shape the way we read things. we plan lottery pod field trips and define what a moviegoer is. we also learn that the world has spoken — and it wants more bowel movements.

reading list for season four
the moviegoer by walker percy
all the king’s men by robert penn warren
a confederacy of dunces by john kennedy toole