THE ANNALS OF HAROLD

HERE IS THE FULL AUDIO OF BOTH PARTS OF MY NOTES TOWARD AN AVANTGARDE MANIFESTO. . . AND A LIST OF THE 63 BOOKS POSITIVELY MENTIONED. . . BOOKS MENTIONED: The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Venerable Bede (731) Summa Theologica , Thomas Aquinas (1265–1274) Tristram Shandy , Laurence Sterne (1759) Journals , Lewis & Clark (1806) Moby-Dick , Herman Melville (1851) Through the Looking-...

NOTES TOWARD AN AVANTGARDE MANIFESTO 2. . . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

NOTES TOWARD AN AVANTGARDE MANIFESTO. . . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL. . . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

DRUNK TRAVOLOGUE AND READING OF A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO ANNELIESE (2025) BY JAMES ELKINS, JOEY CHESTNUT, THE PAINTER ANGELES SANTOS This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

ON WEAK IN COMPARISON TO DREAMS (2023) BY JAMES ELKINS: REVIEW ON SUBSTACK. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

READ MY STORY IN THE METROPOLITAN REVIEW . AND HERE IS MY POST ABOUT REVISING THE STORY: HOW I REVISED I WON :) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

ON ART VS LOVE READ THE WHOLE POST ON SUBSTACK This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

ON MATHIAS ENARD'S ZONE (2008) COMPASS (2015) THE ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE GRAVEDIGGERS' GUILD (2023) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

I DID AN ALASKAN CRUISE WITH MY FAMILY. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

REVIEWS OF THE SLEEPERS BY MATTHEW GASDA VIA ÁPIA BY GEOVANI MARTINS (TR. JULIA SANCHES) HAPPINESS FOREVER BY ADELAIDE FAITH THE DESERTERS BY MATHIAS ÉNARD (TR. CHARLOTTE MANDELL) EVERY LIVING THING BY JASON ROBERTS This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

1. NARCOLEPTIC FAUVISM PART 1 It was just a regular, bum-ass, bad vibes, midweek open mic. The most ubiquitous part of being a fledgling comedian in the big city. There was a dude in the front row wearing a suit. He was locked in, smiling sprightly even when the comics on the stage were clowning him for nothing more than wearing a suit; he was so bushy-eyed & bright-tailed I thought he must be a n...

THE DEVIL IS OTHER PPL. . . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

ON THE MRS. DALLOWAY CENTENNIAL This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

SCHATTENFROH This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

GABY & ME BE ROMPING This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

YEAH I'M A BOXING COACH, WHAT'S IT TO YA? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

1. GABY GONE Gaby was off to the International Conference of Handsome Young Professionals in Mexico City. Of course I was skeptical of the ICHYP whose website brags, there is not a greater agglomeration of handsome ambitious young men with money in the entire world! I asked her, “you’re going to network? in Mexico?” She responded, while hastily cramming her best outfits into a suitcase, “you never...

* NOT EVERYONE CAN GO TO THE MOON We are living in a Doofdom. There is a type that doesn’t seem to exist anymore: let’s call him the Serious Man . Men have abdicated their responsibility to the preservation of our (the culture’s) intellectual patrimony. The reasons for this may be myriad and difficult to pin down, but the truth of it is hard to argue. Find me a man who really knows something; most...

AN EXCERPT FROM MY DAD'S BOOK I, BOOKIE This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

BENEVOLENCE CERTAINLY HAS ITS LIMITS. . . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

AN EARLY DRAFT OF WHAT WILL BECOME DOM PEDRO & THE CARAVELS (2029). . . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

THE HUMPTY DUMPTY MANIFESTO HUMPTY DUMPTY (FSG 2026) BY HAROLD. . . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

MY 28 FAVORITE NOVELS This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com

AN ALL-TIME HAROLD CLASSIC: NANA'S FUNERAL :( This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haroldrogers.substack.com