Here is the audio for our second session on Obreht's Inland:

Class audio:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/83xxe31gki62ztn/GMT20200428-140853_Brilliant-.m4a?dl=0

Check back, as I'll be supplementing this post with interviews and reviews.

Here is a link to the audio recording for our discussion of Inland, Session 1, 4/21 (looks like the email and announcement linked to the full video ...)

Inland, Session 1, 4/21

Tea Obreht’s novel is challenging to read. It can be both realistic and hallucinogenic, with a postmodern take on the genre fiction of immigration and the Western. I’ll present some background issues that can help prepare you take on the book, or finish it. This time I really have to mind the spoilers!

Here's a link to and audio recording of our discussion:

Sunday Q&A - 4/19 - Inland

Here are audio recordings of our recent discussions of Flannery O'Connor:

Sunday Q&A - 4/12

Session 2 - 4/14

Here's a link to this morning's class:

Topic: Brilliant Minds, Section 001
Date: Apr 7,2020 9:37 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Audio Only-1(41 MB)
Flannery O'Connor Session 1

And here is a link to the New Yorker article, from 2001, that I mentioned:
This Lonesome Place

Here's a link to the audio recording:

Topic: Sunday Q&A - Southern Gothic
Date:Apr 5,2020 3:42 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Audio Only-1(28 MB)
Sunday Q&A - Southern Gothic

Wikipedia entry referenced in the recording:
Southern Gothic

While I'm recommending to read all the stories collected in Everything That Rises Must Converge, here is the "not to miss list":

Well, this morning I forgot to start the recording button on Zoom. However, I have an audio recording of my side of the session. Regrettably, questions won't be audible, but my response should be.... By the way, the image is from Dostoevsky's notebook for Book 5.