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Books of Some Substance

The unofficial podcast of literary misfits everywhere who want to engage with books of "substance" (

Episodes

Total: 108

68 - Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace: Volume 1
2021/3/12

David, Eric, and Nick discuss Volume 1 of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace in the first of four episodes

67 - Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses (Guest: George Salis)
2021/2/28

George Salis, author of Sea Above, Sun Below joins David to discuss The Satanic Verses, the controve

66 - Amy Hempel's Collected Stories (Guest: Alfred Brown IV)
2021/2/11

Meet Alfred Brown IV, educator and vocalist of the LA hardcore punk band Dangers. He’s into Amy Hemp

65 - Kōbō Abe's The Box Man
2021/1/23

Dear World, Kōbō Abe sees your absurdity and raises you one box! A box to live in, specifically. And

64 - Clarice Lispector's The Chandelier
2021/1/5

Clarice Lispector’s 1946 novel The Chandelier is the topic of fervent discussion for David, Nathan,

63 - Thomas Bernhard's Old Masters (Guest: João Reis)
2020/12/17

On this episode of the podcast, David is joined by author and translator João Reis, author of The Tr

62 - Jean Cocteau's The Holy Terrors (Guest: Alexis Marshall of Daughters)
2020/12/3

In this episode of the Books of Some Substance podcast, Nick chats with Alexis Marshall, vocalist of

61 - Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves Examined
2020/11/17

Twenty years ago, Mark Z. Danielewski unleashed the labyrinthine horror novel House of Leaves, a wor

60 - M. John Harrison's Viriconium (Guest: Brett Campbell of Pallbearer
2020/11/2

In this episode of the Books of Some Substance Podcast, Nick chats with Brett Campbell of the Arkans

59 - J.G. Ballard's High-Rise (Guest: Alex Edkins of METZ)
2020/10/20

In this episode of the Books of Some Substance podcast, Nick chats with Alex Edkins of the Toronto p

58 - Hubert Selby Jr.'s The Room (Guest: Michael Berdan of Uniform)
2020/10/7

In this episode of the Books of Some Substance podcast, Nick chats with Michael Berdan from the New

57 - John Steinbeck's East of Eden Examined
2020/9/23

Hey you there, you listener of substance! All full of the choice whether to listen to this podcast a

56 - Ted Hughes' Crow Examined (Guest: Steve Von Till of Neurosis)
2020/9/10

In this episode of the Books of Some Substance podcast, Nick is joined by Steve Von Till of the semi

55 - Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich Examined (Guest: Dylan Desmond of Bell Witch)
2020/8/17

In this episode of the Books of Some Substance podcast, Nick is joined by Dylan Desmond of the Seatt

54 - John Steinbeck's Cannery Row Examined
2020/8/1

What’s that you say? Didn’t read Steinbeck in high school? Well then welcome to the safe space of Ca

53 - Milan Kundera's The Joke Examined
2020/7/21

What do you call it when a cynical intellectual, a loyal party member, and a Moravian folklorist wal

52 - William H. Gass' Omensetter's Luck Examined
2020/6/13

Good luck summarizing this one, nerds! Listen in as we examine William H. Gass’ holy casket of hellf

51 - Erecting Words: William H. Gass' Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife
2020/5/12

Obsessions! Cacophony! Typography! Listen in as we dissect William H. Gass’ post-modern cult classic

50 - Death by Abstraction: Albert Camus' The Plague
2020/4/23

They say that reading Albert Camus’ The Plague in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic is trendy. Wel

49 - Hell Yeah, Sex Week: Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness
2020/3/29

What do you get when you create a society with no fixed gender, a whole hell of a lot of snow, a shi