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EP 4: Systems, Scandals, and Literary Hoaxes (w/Alex Shephard)
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Nov 7, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
We continue our journey "Beyond the Zero," covering Gravity's Rainbow, Part 1, Chapters 14-17.
And: Alex Shephard (The New Republic) joins us to talk about literary hoaxes, Pynchonian mysteries, how Gravity's Rainbow scandalized the hoity-toity world of arts and letters.
Other topics include: S&M, prosthetic vaginas, church ceremonies, "The Book," by Pavlov, Thomas Pynchon's jump-shot.
Read Proverbs For Paranoids, John's guide to Gravity's Rainbow.
E-mail us your questions, queries, and crackpot theories: slowlearnerspod@gmail.com
And: Alex Shephard (The New Republic) joins us to talk about literary hoaxes, Pynchonian mysteries, how Gravity's Rainbow scandalized the hoity-toity world of arts and letters.
Other topics include: S&M, prosthetic vaginas, church ceremonies, "The Book," by Pavlov, Thomas Pynchon's jump-shot.
Read Proverbs For Paranoids, John's guide to Gravity's Rainbow.
E-mail us your questions, queries, and crackpot theories: slowlearnerspod@gmail.com
Released:
Nov 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (18)
EP 1: Who is Thomas Pynchon, And Why Are We Talking About His Book? by Slow Learners