Storyological

Storyological - ON THE WAY TO WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT

In which we discuss, 1. "Sweet on the Tongue" by Roxane Gay, Ayiti, 2017 (read online in LitHub) 2. "Parakeets" by Kevin Brockemeier, View from the Seventh Layer (read online in Granta) Along with, among other things... That one book, Grief Works by Julia Samuel That one film, Take This Waltz And that other film, The Abyss Also, Safety Not Guaranteed and I’m a Cyborg but That's Okay A discussion from the episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer called "Lie to Me" (a YouTube clip of that discussion) That one bookstore Pages of Hackney, a most excellent indie bookstore in London which you should visit A poem quoted in Before Sunrise by W.H. Auden, “As I Walked Out One Evening” An interview with Kevin Brockmeier did with Chris for The Yalobusha Review Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang along with among other things: Pauline Kael and her book, Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang Lethal Weapon series Breaking the Fourth Wall and the French New Wave by Tiffany Chan That one comedy starring Val Kilmer from before, Top Secret! (trailer) Hot Shots, Part Deux! The sad sack hero. For example. Arthur Dent. Bridge Jones. Any number of noir detectives. People who care more than than they have the capability with which to deal Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss the classic holiday film, In Bruges, along with among other things The Belcourt Cinema in Nashville Pride and Prejudice and Assassins (a not real thing unfortunately) The entirely arbitrary but important seeming distinction between cruelty and meanness Titles beginning with prepositions The planes of Star Wars That one episode of Storyological Past in which we talked about the Daphne du Maurier story, “Don’t Look Now.” The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Love as a recognition of one’s own failings and someone else’s possibility Our interview with Amal El-Mohtar Innsbruck, a city not in Germany so much as Austria Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss, among other things, such things as these Episodes of Storyological Past Storyological 3.01 - Lick It Justin Bieber, in which we talked about “Report on the Thing” by Clarice Lispector and “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian Storyological 3.11 - The Triumph of Uncertainty, in which we discussed the book Mixed-race Superman by Will Harris Storyological 3.07 - Wrestling with a Hippo, in which we discussed Jenny Zhang's “The Empty, The Empty, The Empty” Storyological 3.04 - On the Nature of Things Related to Rivers and Sitcom Pornos, in which we crossed over with Electric Literature and discussed Banana Yoshimoto's “Strange Tale from Down by the River.” Storyological 3.09 - Stranger Things 2, in which we crossed over with Strange Horizons and discussed “Directions” by Judy Budnitz and “Fisherman” by Nalo Hopkinson Storyological 2.04 - That Daniela Romo Moment, in which we discussed “The Boy Who Never Cried for Me” by Julia Delgado Ephemera Sorry to Bother You An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green Mandy, that one film starring Nicholas Cage That one Japanese Breakfast gig what Chris went to see and wrote a review of which you can read here. Elizabeth Bowen Marc Maron and his podcast WTF, in particular this one interview with Jason Reitman and a bit about aiming towards true Fred Armisen Atlanta, which Chris wrote about here. Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer Philip Roth, on reality outpacing fiction That one thing Kafka said Marvelous Mrs. Maisel I Love Lucy Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss, 1. "When We Were Happy We Had Other Names" by Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 2018. 2. "Don't Look Now" by Daphne du Maurier, Not After Midnight, 1971. along with, among other things... Gandalf's magical walking stick, a reddit discussion Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz discussing British slang, Youtube That one episode of Storyological where we discussed Stuart Dybek's story, "Pet Milk" The Human Stain by Philip Roth, a review The Artist's Way, thought over many years after its publication The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, a blog by litbitch about it (also, recently, a Netflix thing) That one other Daphne du Maurier short story, "The Birds" Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss, Mixed-Race Superman by Will Harris, Peninsula Press, 2018. along with, among other things... Inception, that one film by the super dreamy Christopher Nolan The notion of the bildunsgroman Crash Course: Literature The Photographer's Gallery What it means to be British according to Emma's mum Superheroes and how knowing yourself involves hiding behind a mask That one speech from Sense8 Marc Maron’s, WTF Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our [Patreon page][13] where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider [leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts][14]. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss, 1. “Dusk Before the Fireworks" by Dorothy Parker 2. "Big Blonde" by Dorothy Parker (read online) along with, among other things... Shelf Heroes: Volume H, an issue of that indie film magazine in which E.G. and Chris both appear. Commercials for country time lemonade An overabundance of perspective Mike Birbiglia The quotable Dorothy Parker Curtis Sittenfeld, You Think It, I’ll Say It (we discussed her story, “Vox Clamantis in Deserto,” previously on the podcast here, in episode 3x07.) Stories of just two people talking Before Sunrise "Hills Like Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway (read online) "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates (read online) The mysteries of Isaac Asimov The theatrics of Anna Karenina, as directed by Joe Wright Hannibal Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which, along with a new intro discussion, we pull from our archives discussions of, 1. "Directions" by Judy Budnitz, Flying Leap 2. "Fisherman" by Nalo Hopkinson, Skin Folk along with, among other things Aimee Bender That one story by Aimee Bender with a family in a house and weird stuff happens “Americca”; not to be confused with Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie That one story by Aimee Bender where the dad has a hole in his stomach “Marzipan.” The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake In the uncharted backwaters… That one setting for photography—HDR, which is actually not high-dynamic-resolution but, of course, HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGING.Silly words. The importance of CHORUSES, as explained by Chuck Pahlianuk Edgar Allen Poe and his SINGLE EFFECT Fingersmith by Sarah Waters “The Fuzzy Genre Set” by Sessily Watt

Storyological 3.08 - A CINDERELLA STORY

In which we discuss, 1. “Gerd, the Girl with Too Many Arms” by Zachary Doss, Paper Darts, 2016 (read online). 2. “The Thankless Child” by Daniel Mallory Ortberg, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, 2018. along with, among other things… The stories of Aimee Bender Dolly Parton and her “Coat of Many Colors” (video) Star wars, myth, and fairy tales Linear regression and the function of stories Disney’s Cinderella (video) That one interview we did with Alyssa Wong Magical trees and bushes and Cinderella Naomi Novik’s, Spinning Silver Hegemony, one definition of Magic vacuum cleaners (I couldn’t find a link for this but rest assured we do talk about it) Fairy tale logic is, among other things, a poem by A.E. Stallings Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss, 1. “Vox Clamantis in Deserto” by Curtis Sittenfeld, You Think It, I’ll Say It, Penguin Random House, 2018. 2. “The Empty, The Empty, The Empty” by Jenny Zhang, Diagram, Vol. 9.4, 2009. along with, among other things… Yuja Wang. Because we got to see her perform at the Barbican. The essay David Foster Wallace wrote about Roger Federer. Reading interviews with writers, and other sorts of artists, in the hopes of figuring out what it means to be an artist Episode 1.18 in which we talked about one of Alan Bennet’s Talking Heads stories called “Bed Among the Lentils”. Episode 3.01 in which we talked about that “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian. Pocket Interview No. 8 in which we talked with Alyssa Wong. Ulysses by James Joyce Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace The stories of George Saunders. We talked about one of those in that episode where we talked about that one Alan Bennet’s story. The films of John Hughes. Chris was probably thinking about the films of John Hughes because he wrote this review of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The difference between the right word and the wrong word. Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss, 1. “Vox Clamantis in Deserto” by Curtis Sittenfeld, You Think It, I’ll Say It, Random House, 2018. 2. “The Empty, The Empty, The Empty” by Jenny Zhang, Diagram, Vol. 9.4, 2009. (read online) along with, among other things… Yuja Wang. Because we got to see her perform at the Barbican. The essay David Foster Wallace wrote about Roger Federer. Reading interviews with writers, and other sorts of artists, in the hopes of figuring out what it means to be an artist Episode 1.18 in which we talked about one of Alan Bennet’s Talking Heads stories called “Bed Among the Lentils”. Episode 3.01 in which we talked about that “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian. Pocket Interview No. 8 in which we talked with Alyssa Wong. Ulysses by James Joyce Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace The stories of George Saunders. We talked about one of those in that episode where we talked about that one Alan Bennet’s story. The films of John Hughes. Chris was probably thinking about the films of John Hughes because he wrote this review of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The difference between the right word and the wrong word. Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

illustration by @egcosh In which we chat with writer Alyssa Wong about, among other things… Sex Guilt Fear Confidence Bible Monsters Junji Ito Growing up in the desert Seeing beauty in what others call ugly The many tiers of horror If you enjoy reading interviews more than listening to them, you can click here and read a footnoted version of the interview. Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: Leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Supporting us on Patreon. If you pledge $3/month then you can receive a monthly newsletter from Chris in which he reviews everything, more or less. Thanks for listening. Happy reading. p.s. Here’s a link to that one past episode in which we discussed Alyssa’s story “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers."

In which we discuss 1. "Demon in Aisle 6" by Matthew Kressel, Nightmare Magazine   2. "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong, Nightmare Magazine Along with, among other things... Eternal recurrence What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: "This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more; and there will be nothing new in it, but every pain and every joy, and every thought and sigh and everything unutterably small or great in your life will have to return to you, all in the same succession and sequence? -- even this spider and this moonlight between the trees, and even this moment and I myself. The eternal hourglass of existence is turned upside down again and again, and you with it, a speck of dust!" Death & The Dangers of Metaphors ”There are no metaphors, or everything is a metaphor” “Metaphors are dangerous, Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.” - Milan Kundera “The Cloud and Other Dangerous Metaphors” “The Perils of Metaphorical Thinking” “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath Love & Scarcity “Lessons in Love, By Way of Economics” ”Maybe love is just an economy based on resource scarcity” - Father John Misty Other things That film Orange County, with Colin Hanks and Kevin Kline. Also, Jack Black. Lynda Barry As I Lay Dying The Haunting of Hill House 'Her little cup,' the mother was explaining, smiling apologetically at the waitress, who was thunderstruck at the thought that the mill's good country milk was not rich enough for the little girl. 'It has stars in the bottom, and she always drinks her milk from it at home. She calls it her cup of stars because she can see the stars while she drinks her milk.' The Nobel speech where William Faulkner mentioned “the heart in conflict with itself…” Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss, 1. “The Dancing Master” by Alexandra Kleeman. Intimations, 2016. (read online) 2. “Last” by Ali Smith, Public Library, 2015.(read online) along with, among other things… That one film Amelie That one Richard Ford quote from his interview with the Paris Review in which he talks about characters not having character I certainly think we have histories. And based on them we can purport to have characters—invent or allege character, in a sense. And sometimes histories predict what people will do. Though often not. But character is just one of those human pseudo-essences that is often used detrimentally. Certainly a lot of modern fiction derives its drama from the conflict between assumed character and some specific action that deviates from it. That one other film Marie Antoinette. The origin of ballet. One of Alexandra’s other stories, “Fake Blood.” Stories of wild children Alice Hoffman is the person who said, “Books may well be the only true magic.” That one episode of Storyological in which we discussed “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. That one interview in which we talked with Sofia Samatar. That essay from which that quote from George Saunders about gas stations. (pdf) Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss, 1. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Welcome to the Monkey House, 1961. (read online) 2. “The Darkness Box” by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, 1975. along with, among other things… Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. NPR, on the day of his death, in April 2007. John Green talking about Slaughterhouse Five for Crash Course (YouTube) Kurt Vonnegut on the shapes of stories (YouTube) Ursula K. Le Guin NPR, on the day of her death in January of this year. In conversation about the nature of novels at UC Berkeley (YouTube) Profile in the New Yorker by Julie Phillips. Things of an otherwise nature Wes Anderson’s Worlds, an article by Michael Chabon from the New York Review of Books in 2013. Where’s Waldo? is what we in North America call a British series of puzzle books known there as Where’s Wally? A nice New Yorker type long profile of Voltaire which you can read in the New Yorker. An article from the Oxonian Review, Jane Austen and Satire, by Paula Byrne George Saunders wrote an article about his love of Vonnegut in his book Braindead Megaphone (pdf). “Sea Oak”, a story by George Saunders first published in the New Yorker and collected in his collection, Pastorlia The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, a book about George Saunders in which size-related shenanigans “Solitude and the Fortresses of Youth, an op-ed by Michael Chabon in the New York Times, in which he writes of idealism and cynicism. That one episode of Storyological, STORY WITH A HOLE, in which we talked about Bring Your Own Spoon by Saad Hossain. Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

In which we discuss, 1. “A Strange Tale from Down by the River” Banana Yoshimoto (translated by Ann Sharif), Lizard, 1995. (read online here @electriclit from Wednesday) source: https://giphy.com/byame 2. “Darla!” Jillian Tamaki, Boundless, 2017. (read online @hazlit) along with, among other things… Banana Yoshimo An interview with Banana Yoshimoto by Rowan Riley in Bookslut. Here is a profile by Cassie Wong in The Culture Trip. Jillian Tamaki A profile by Marta Bausells of Jillian Tamaki in the Guardian. An interview with Chris Randle in The Comics Journal. Things of an otherwise nature Call Me by Your Name, film and book Akira Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Gabriel Garcia Marquez Crash Course Literature The Best Worst Movie Troll 2 Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.

illustration by @egcosh In which we chat with writer Sofia Samatar about, among other things… Jazz Identity Belonging Enid Blyton’s Naughty books Getting lost in life and stories What it means to have a voice How we might use language to remember, and build, home. If you enjoy reading interviews more than listening to them, you can click here and read a footnoted version of the interview. Also. Also. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: Leaving us a review on iTunes. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Supporting us on Patreon. If you pledge $3/month then you can receive a monthly newsletter from Chris in which he reviews everything, more or less. Thanks for listening. Happy reading. p.s. Here’s a link to past episodes in which we discussed Sofia’s stories.

In which we discuss, 1. Dance Card by Roberto Bolaño, Last Evenings on Earth. 2. A Kiss with Teeth by Max Gladstone, Tor, 2014. along with, among other things… Roberto Bolano Some reviews of 2666 & Savage Detectives A User’s Guide to Bolano, from The New Yorker Max Gladstone “4 Reasons to Read Max Gladstone’s Craft Sequence.” Reviewed by Amal El-Mohtar at NPR Things of an otherwise nature Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, all that sadcom jazz. That one thing, from The Atlantic, in which the amazing Jenny Zhang wrote about “Dance Card.” That one episode of Storyological in which we talked about “The Woman Who Lived in a Restaurant” by Leone Ross. That one story, “Inventory” by Carmen Maria Machado.. We talked about Carmen’s story “The Husband Stitch” here. That one author Adam Ehrlich Sachs, who we interviewed here and discussed some of his stories here. That one episode of Storyological in which we talked about a story by Clarice Lispector. That one book The New Voices of Fantasy, ed. Peter S. Beagle. That one song “A Kiss With a Fist” by Florence and the Machine. That other supernatural couple featuring vampire hunter and vampire, Buffy and Angel. Bradbury’s stories of the Elliot family. That one episode of Storyological where we discussed the story, “Cat Person.” Also. If you enjoyed this episode, two things. 1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews everything. 2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool. Thanks for listening. Happy reading.