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Two Month Review

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Each “season” of Two Month Review highlights a different new and amazing work of world literature, reading it slowly over the course of eight to nine episodes. Featuring a rotating set of literary guests—from authors to booksellers, critics, and translators—the individual episodes recap a short section of the book and use that as a springboard for a fun (and often irreverent) discussion about literature in a general sense, pop culture, reading approaches, and much more. Talking about great books doesn't need to be deadly serious, and the levity of 2MR makes it accessible to everyone (even if y...

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TMR 16.4: "Ramon Llull and His Fantastic Machine" [2666] 29.10.2021 1:09:48

This two-part episode opens with Katie, Brian, and Chad talking about madness, the pursuit of knowledge, what great authors "struggle against," and much more. Then, Chad and Katie are joined by Emily Hall ( The Longcut ) to discuss the art works on the covers of the three-volume edition of 2666 , along with Duchamp, Amalfitano's "readymade," and more. Here are links to a number of the artworks t...