Best Sean McTiernan Podcasts (2025)

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Sean McTiernan of SFULTRA 6:10:03

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I spoke to Sean McTiernan about the work of criticism and the internet for a few hours. Then, months later, I spoke to Sean about the work of criticism, the internet, and our lives for a few hours. This episode is the culmination of those two conversations. https://allunits.libsyn.com/ patreon.com/sfultra ckunzelman.com rangedtouch.com…

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what is describe world? 4:33

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I had to create an episode to introduce the series and also to make the RSS feed go live so here it is. ckunzelman.com rangedtouch.comBy cmrn knzlmn

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A Meal of Thorns 30 – STONE OF FAREWELL with Karlo Yeager Rodríguez 1:14:23

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Guest: Karlo Yeager Rodríguez Title: Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough Transcribers: Kate Dollarhyde and John WM Thompson References: Kim Stanley Robinson’s Aurora, and our episode on it K.J. Parker's Making H…

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A Meal of Thorns 29 – Readercon & Lovestruck 52:11

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Featuring interviews with: Rae Borman @ Readercon Riley @ Lovestruck Books Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough T…

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Right Where You Are Sitting Now #2 - Routine Excercise 6:27:22

26d ago6:27:22

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"You can't have feelings alone" - William Burroughs, Naked Lunch

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Right Where You Are Sitting Now #2 - Routine Excercise 6:27:22

26d ago6:27:22

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"You can't have feelings alone" - William Burroughs, Naked Lunch

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A Meal of Thorns 28 – EXCESSION with Abigail Nussbaum 1:08:43

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Abigail Nussbaum Title: Excession by Iain M. Banks Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough Transcribers: Kate…

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Right Where You Are Sitting Now #1 - My Past, Like A Terrible River 3:43:46

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Works covered: And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks Junky: The Definitve Text Of Junk Queer Yage Redux

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Right Where You Are Sitting Now #1 - My Past, Like A Terrible River 3:43:46

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Works covered: And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks Junky: The Definitve Text Of Junk Queer Yage Redux

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A Meal of Thorns 27 – 40,000 IN GEHENNA with Arkady Martine (and a 4th Street Fantasy Report) 1:20:47

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Arkady Martine Title: 40,000 in Gehenna by C.J. Cherryh Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough Transcribers:…

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A Meal of Thorns 26 – DEATH OF THE AUTHOR with andré m. carrington 1:14:06

2M ago1:14:06

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: andré m. carrington Title: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough Tran…

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SFULTRA #35 - Beasts - John Crowley 1:20:04

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"The elementary unit of language — the statement — is the order-word. Rather than common sense, a faculty for the centralization of information, we must define an abominable faculty consisting in emitting, receiving, and transmitting order-words. Language is made not to be believed but to be obeyed, and to compel obedience...Words are not tools, bu…

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SFULTRA #35 - Beasts - John Crowley 1:20:04

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"The elementary unit of language — the statement — is the order-word. Rather than common sense, a faculty for the centralization of information, we must define an abominable faculty consisting in emitting, receiving, and transmitting order-words. Language is made not to be believed but to be obeyed, and to compel obedience...Words are not tools, bu…

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A Meal of Thorns 25 – THE HUGO NOVELS & NOVELLAS with Roseanna Pendlebury 1:27:46

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Roseanna Pendlebury Titles: The 2025 Hugo Novel & Novella List Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough Transc…

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The Black Pool with Tim MacGabhann 2:03:04

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To celebrate the release of his memoir The Black Pool on May 22nd, I spent 2 hours boring my close friend Tim MacGabhann into unconsciousness. Book launch details: 6pm, May 22nd in Hodges Figgis Dublin. Click here to read an extract that became the opening chapter: https://thedublinreview.com/article/the-black-pool/ Link to preorder or buy The Blac…

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The Black Pool with Tim MacGabhann 2:03:04

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To celebrate the release of his memoir The Black Pool on May 22nd, I spent 2 hours boring my close friend Tim MacGabhann into unconsciousness. Book launch details: 6pm, May 22nd in Hodges Figgis Dublin. Click here to read an extract that became the opening chapter: https://thedublinreview.com/article/the-black-pool/ Link to preorder or buy The Blac…

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A Meal of Thorns 24 – THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU with Maia Gil′Adí 1:00:59

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Maia Gil′Adí Title: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough R…

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SFULTRA #34 - Holy Lacrimony - Michael DeForge 1:28:56

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"You get under my skin I don't find it irritating, You always play to win but I won't need rehabilitating oh no" - Another Girl Another Planet, The Only Ones

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SFULTRA #34 - Holy Lacrimony - Michael DeForge 1:28:56

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"You get under my skin I don't find it irritating, You always play to win but I won't need rehabilitating oh no" - Another Girl Another Planet, The Only Ones

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A Meal of Thorns 23 – DREAMS OF AMPUTATION with Sean McTiernan 1:06:18

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Sean McTiernan Title: Dreams of Amputation by Gary J. Shipley Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough Transcr…

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DUBLIN EVENT MAY 10th - Barbaric Genius Extended Cut Screening/ Director Q+A/ Vsevolod Plotkin Noise Set 10:16

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Full details of the event are here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/event-dublin-may-127442825

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DUBLIN EVENT MAY 10th - Barbaric Genius Extended Cut Screening/ Director Q+A/ Vsevolod Plotkin Noise Set 10:16

4M ago10:16

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Full details of the event are here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/event-dublin-may-127442825

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A Meal of Thorns 22 – THE TERRA IS A FORMER MISTRESS with Christian P. Haines 1:29:49

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Christian P. Haines Titles: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein, and The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Open…

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A Meal of Thorns 21 – LUD-IN-THE-MIST with Marita Arvaniti 1:21:14

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Marita Arvaniti Title: Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough References: A…

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Deep Territory #12 - Front Toward Enemy 2:14:20

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“Thank god skin-patch is nearly gone And the impress of fingers dead Have disappeared and left me alone That one night I did not put jackboots on Don't want to end Reflection It's still there, though I am gone” - The Fall, Bremen Nacht

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Deep Territory #12 - Front Toward Enemy 2:14:20

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“Thank god skin-patch is nearly gone And the impress of fingers dead Have disappeared and left me alone That one night I did not put jackboots on Don't want to end Reflection It's still there, though I am gone” - The Fall, Bremen Nacht

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A Meal of Thorns 20 – AMONG OTHERS with Archita Mittra 57:02

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Archita Mittra Title: Among Others by Jo Walton Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough References: Eliza Cha…

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A Meal of Thorns 19 – HEIR TO THE EMPIRE with Dan Hartland 1:22:36

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Dan Hartland Title: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough References: Ga…

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Deep Territory #9 - Lanark - Alasdair Gray 6:36:39

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"My friends, you should not live like this." - Chekhov, when asked what his plays were supposed to convey. "For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." - II Corinthians, 5:1 NKJV

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Deep Territory #9 - Lanark - Alasdair Gray 6:36:39

6M ago6:36:39

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"My friends, you should not live like this." - Chekhov, when asked what his plays were supposed to convey. "For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." - II Corinthians, 5:1 NKJV

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A Meal of Thorns 18 – THE SILMARILLION with Eden Kupermintz 1:19:17

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Eden Kupermintz Title: The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough References:…

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A Meal of Thorns 17 – FIRE LOGIC with Benjamin Rosenbaum 1:22:52

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Benjamin Rosenbaum Title: Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough References: B…

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Deep Territory #8 - The Erstwhile - Brian Catling 1:27:40

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‘Blake is always unexpected. If you think you know all the works, you’re wrong. There’s always something that comes up; if it’s not a new work, then an old work will appear in a different kind of way. There are certain works I’m completely obsessed by and I don’t know how he made them. I don’t know how he made them at that time because there’s noth…

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Deep Territory #8 - The Erstwhile - Brian Catling 1:27:40

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‘Blake is always unexpected. If you think you know all the works, you’re wrong. There’s always something that comes up; if it’s not a new work, then an old work will appear in a different kind of way. There are certain works I’m completely obsessed by and I don’t know how he made them. I don’t know how he made them at that time because there’s noth…

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A Meal of Thorns 16 – AURORA with Hilary Strang 1:22:39

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Hilary Strang Title: Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough References: Maroo…

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A Meal of Thorns 15 – MISTRESS OF MISTRESSES with Jared Pechaček 1:11:12

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Jared Pechaček Title: Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. Eddison Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough Referenc…

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A Meal of Thorns 14 – 2024 Wrap-Up with Roseanna Pendlebury 1:39:26

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Roseanna Pendlebury Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough In Memoriam: Alan Jeffrey & Cameron Estrich-Watso…

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Deep Territory #5 - Crash - J.G. Ballard 5:15:42

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“So many great books have drowned in respect” - Iain Sinclair, Crash “Vaughn never been a duck-and-diver He spit on the mic, yuck, saliva Hold it like a truck driver hold a CB on a sharp turn Still clutchin' his chest from the heartburn…” - Viktor Vaughn, Saliva "Into the thundering cannon and into the murdering gun" - William Blake, Jerusalem…

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Deep Territory #5 - Crash - J.G. Ballard 5:15:42

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“So many great books have drowned in respect” - Iain Sinclair, Crash “Vaughn never been a duck-and-diver He spit on the mic, yuck, saliva Hold it like a truck driver hold a CB on a sharp turn Still clutchin' his chest from the heartburn…” - Viktor Vaughn, Saliva "Into the thundering cannon and into the murdering gun" - William Blake, Jerusalem…

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Deep Territory #4 - Passion Of New Eve - Angela Carter 3:01:42

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"And in Hell beneath & a mighty & awful change threatend the Earth. The American War began. All its dark horrors passed before my face..." - William Blake, Letter to John Flaxman September 12 1800 I'm joined on this episode by fellow Live At The Death Factory host and writer Astrid Rose, whose work you can find here: https://astridannerose.gumroad.…

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Deep Territory #4 - Passion Of New Eve - Angela Carter 3:01:42

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"And in Hell beneath & a mighty & awful change threatend the Earth. The American War began. All its dark horrors passed before my face..." - William Blake, Letter to John Flaxman September 12 1800 I'm joined on this episode by fellow Live At The Death Factory host and writer Astrid Rose, whose work you can find here: https://astridannerose.gumroad.…

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A Meal of Thorns 13 – THE THIS with Anna McFarlane 1:16:00

8M ago1:16:00

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Anna McFarlane Title: The This by Adam Roberts Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough References: Anna's boo…

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#25 - I feel my vertebrae extending and I feel my heart expand 1:56:26

9M ago1:56:26

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Projector's broken, welcome to season 2. This episode's book is Heart-Beast by Tanith Lee

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A Meal of Thorns 12 – MELMOTH with Jon Greenaway 1:06:08

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Jon Greenaway Title: Melmoth by Sarah Perry Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough References: Jon's latest …

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Deep Territory #2 - The Vorrh - B Catling 2:34:44

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"...writing could provide me with the means of so radically outwitting myself that I could bring my hidden experiences, my unadmitted self into view." - Raymond Roussel

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Deep Territory #2 - The Vorrh - B Catling 2:34:44

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"...writing could provide me with the means of so radically outwitting myself that I could bring my hidden experiences, my unadmitted self into view." - Raymond Roussel

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A Meal of Thorns 11 – THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM with Garrett Bridger Gilmore 1:11:16

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More podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Garrett Bridger Gilmore Title: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by Joh…

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SFULTRA #33 - UXA.GOV - Blake Butler 1:27:21

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"The Stumbling Block is an ark of extinction. A bouillon hive of the murdered past, frozen dry to a mass. Something has warmed its corner, the oxoed grit bleeds a vein of contagion, virulent in its passion to embrace and swim in human tides" - Brian Catling, The Stumbling Block