The Unseen Book Club
Anarchist novels, communist poetry, uncategorizable anticolonial texts, unapologetically utopian science fiction. Close readings of stories of collective resistance and research into their contexts. A search for narratives of "we" instead of "I," observing the becoming of political subjects. A conversation between two curious non-experts and the occasional guest. It's not necessary to read the books to enjoy the show, but they're worth reading for their own sake.
Podcasting since 2021 • 35 episodes
The Unseen Book Club
Latest Episodes
Event Factory by Renee Gladman
Event Factory is the first in a cycle of novellas by Renee Gladman. An unnamed linguist-traveler arrives in the city-state of Ravicka, whose inhabitants speak a uniquel...
•
Episode 29
•
1:17:22
Publishing The Commune, w/ Mitch Anzuoni of Inpatient Press
Mitch Anzuoni of Inpatient Press on discovering Marios Chakkas and finding a translator who would do justice to Chakkas’ unique voice.Review of ...
•
Episode 28
•
29:28
The Commune by Marios Chakkas, w/ translator Chloe Tsolakoglou
Marios Chakkas wrote The Commune in 1972 shortly before his death of cancer at the age of 41. Chakkas was a prolific Greek writer who lived through decades of hope, aspiration, repression and ultimately defeat for the country’s Left. A...
•
Episode 28
•
1:23:41
Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko
Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo author and prominent figure in the first of wave of the Native American Renaissance, spent ten year crafting Almanac of the Dead, published in 1991. Almanac is a sprawling, prophetic, epic no...
•
Episode 27
•
1:40:29
Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error, by French historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, is a landmark work of social history first published in 1974. Le Roy Ladurie reconstructs the lives, relationships, and theological worldview of every...
•
Episode 26
•
1:27:28