Happy Halloween everyone! Once again, for our special October episodes, we have summoned the illustrious ghosts, or should I say hosts! Of the Horror Vanguard! Jon and Ash join me to chat about China Miéville's Perdido Street Station! It was a wonderful chat about fascist regimes, aesthetics, the politization of art, resistance and class struggle, socialist journalism and the immense power of Dialectical Materialism. We hope you enjoy lsitening just as much as we enjoyed reading and chatting abo...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 60
Hello everyone!! For this special birthday month (and day, as it turns out!) for Frank, we have a two-for-one episode on The Witcher books! They are also joined by their friend and co-host of Here Be Media, Leon! Together we dive into the two short story collections by Andrzej Sapkowski of The Witcher: The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny . We talk about The Witcher's relationship to fantasy and folklore, the idea of the hypercompetent character, moral philosophy, and more! Have fun! Please suppor...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 59
Welcome everyone! To the first episode of Here Be Media!! Our newest show on a variety of media, especially videogames! Enjoy our first episode on Supergiant's Hades! As Frank and Leon think about mythology, representation and the multitude of relationships that make this game really stand out on all counts! Enjoy! Please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro Music: The Planets, op. 32: Jupi...
Sep 03, 2022•1 hr 37 min
Hello everyone! For this month's episode I, shamelessly, dive back into Le Guin's fiction, but not only that, and not alone! I am joined by the excellent Chase from Faith and Capital and Mass Struggle, so we can talk about utopias, utopianism and two different short stories: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas , by Le Guin, and The Ones Who Stay and Fight , by N. K. Jemisin. From the titles you can already tell the latter is connected to or commenting on the former, and we draw on that. On the im...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 58
Hello everyone! In this second episode with a Kyle, albeit a different one (long live the Kylessaince!), this time Kyle Winkler, academic, writer and fellow podcaster joins me to talk about his latest book Boris Says the Words! It is a fascinating chat on how to think and represent illnesses and misery, the potential power and danger of words, and a lot of sadness. Yet, as I always do, we tend to find some moments of hope, of possibility, in sadness that is not yet bleak. A different kind of cha...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 57
Hello everyone! In this episode I am once again joined by Labor Kyle! As we dive into the magnificent world, or solar system, of Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 ! We talk of Utopia, History, Xenogenders, Liberation and Emancipation! This special almost double-length episode is certainly one you do not want to miss! Enjoy! Check out and support Kyle's work! Twitter: https://twitter.com/laborkyle Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/laborkyle/videos AGAB Pod: https://soundcloud.com/agabpod Profane Illum...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 56
Hello veryone! This is a very special Writer's Desk, as it was originally closed, but now I release it to all, along with the companion piece on the Reading Corner It is, after all, a conversation on the question of the Death of the Author, what it is, and how to think is alongside ethics. In it I both present the concept and try to engage with how to engage in contemporary capitalism and any possibility for ethics or, at the very least, avoiding blatantly unethical actions. It is not an easy no...
Jun 04, 2022•35 min
Hello everyone! In this month's episode I chatted, once again, with the excellent Dr. Valeria Villegas Lindvall! As we approach Jenny Hvall's Girls Against God, we chat a lot about art, religion, the notions of blasphemy and hate, and how to create something truly radical. It was a wonderful chat on quite a weird book, but a worthwile one regardless, enjoy! If you can, please support us on Patreon, where you can find our Reading Corners and Writer's Desks! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro ...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 55
Hello everyone!! In this new episode of the show I dive into some of the intricacies of how we can approach, understand, and even reconsider the ideas of genre in fiction. Both on their potential and their limitations to criticism and breaking apart gatekeeping efforts and the walls that harm our attempts at writing, reading, and understanding. That's the reason for the provocative title of this episode! On the necessary attitudes to question and think anew these ideas of genre and how we can cr...
Apr 18, 2022•46 min•Ep. 54
Hello everyone! Today I bring you another wonderful story from Ursula K. Le Guin. Word for World is Forest, from 1972, a story of violence, imperialism and colonialism. We go a bit heavier on those, but I still end up considering other points, such as communication, always present in Le Guin. Enjoy! And if you can, please support us on Patreon, where you can find our Reading Corners and Writer's Desks! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro & Background music: Claude Debussy, Suite bergamasq...
Mar 18, 2022•37 min•Ep. 53
Hello everyone!! It's been 3 years since I've started the show with Bruno!! As a special treat, I look back on the show and its many episodes so far. It was a fun recollection as I think back episode by episode, and behind the scenes stuff, thinking over the show and what has been so interesting and fun to do! Hopefully this is also fun to listen to as I think over these 3 years, some of my favourite times and episodes you might want to look over again too! Thanks again to all our listeners, Pat...
Feb 15, 2022•56 min•Ep. 52
Hello everyone!! We're nearly 3 years old as a pod! And while this isn't the celebration proper, I wanted to make this month's episode just as good. As such, I chat on one of my favourite reads from last year, a collection of short stories by Argentinian writer, Silvina Ocampo. They are weird, fantastic, horrific and amazing stories, and yet very unique. As such, I also make it a point to reflect on and question the category of "Magical Realism" and its many issues. Quite a dense and varied epis...
Feb 07, 2022•44 min•Ep. 51
Hello everyone! Welcome to The Left Page in 2022! For this episode I chat a bit about some work I've had to do with Literary Theory, my frustrations and issues. But also some of the positive aspects and good experiences I learned from it. So the usual form of criticism, but also nice things too! And how we can learn, with care and consideration, to also make the theory work for us! Enjoy! If you can, please support us on Patreon, where you can find our Reading Corners and Writer's Desks! https:/...
Jan 18, 2022•41 min•Ep. 50
Hello everyone! In this special solo episode, I dive back into detective stories and make a hell of a journey through them, as I piece back some of the genre's history, what it executes, and its nuances. From Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile", through Andrea Camilleri's Salvo Montalbano, Friedrich Dürrenmatt "The Promise" and even Lucas Pope's videogame "The Return of the Obra Dinn"! It is quite a varied and fun episode nevertheless, as I chat on some of the detective story's intricacies, wh...
Dec 20, 2021•52 min•Ep. 49
In this episode I have on Daniel Pietersen, editor of the collection "I am Stone", part of the British Library Tales of the Weird series. In this series of tales by R. Murray Gilchrist, we talked about the editing process, this fascinating author and his quite weird and fun tales, along with questions of writing, violence and relating to place and time. It was a brilliantly fun and in-depth chat, on an author I had frankly never heard of, but I am better off knowing now, I hope you enjoy it and ...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 48
For this year's Halloween episode (a bit early, but hey, you deserve it!) I bring in an expert team and we create something unholy and magnificent. This was nothing short of a masterpiece, as, joined by Jon and Ash of the Horror Vanguard and Labor Kyle from, among many things, AGAB Pod, join me in talking, for the very first time: of Clive Barker!!! We chat, with Mr. B Gone, of gay demons, of love and secrets, or writing and videogames, of possibility, creativity, horror, and how we love Clive B...
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 47
Hello everyone! September was my birthday month, so I played around with Science Fiction a lot, as I can! And in this, unlocked Writers' Desk episode I chat about the relationship between creating a Future, and our own views and understanding of Past and Present. It was really fun, and really cool too, enjoy! If you can, please support us on Patreon, where you can find our Reading Corners and the other Writer's Desks! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro, background and outro music from Aviato...
Sep 30, 2021•22 min
Hello everyone! Hope you've been looking forward to this month's full release episode! This time, Solarpunk! In this episode I have an excellent interview and conversation with Justine Norton-Kertson, Editor-in-chief of Solarpunk Magazine. We had a wonderful chat on imagining the future, solarpunk literature, hope, and how writing a different, better future, is just as good and important, along with being a welcome breath of fresh air. Enjoy! If you can, please support us on Patreon, where you c...
Sep 22, 2021•47 min•Ep. 46
A brief announcement on a few changes I'm going to make for my own health and care, while preserving the show and making sure it keeps going good and interestingly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 02, 2021•6 min
In this episode I delve into the Cyberpunk genre for the first time, talking about William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer in particularly! I explore quite bit over how there is much more to Cyberpunk than pure aesthetics. In terms of critique, genre, and possibility, there is more to it being done, and that can be done with it, along with elaborating these questions of the genre and how we can think and critique it. I don't go over everything there is in it, but I certainly go over some of the ...
Aug 20, 2021•44 min•Ep. 45
In this incredible episode and collaboration, me and Brett, from Revolutionary Left Radio chat about the Don DeLillo novel "White Noise". We talked about some of its many questions of life, death, along with both the reflections it brings and its issues. We even dive into its genre as a "postmodern novel", matters of climate disaster and on irony as an effective tool, or not, to communication and literature now. It was a great time and episode, with an amazing comrade and one of the best podcast...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 44
Just a few words on the disasters and the crimes and the losses of Brazilian culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 29, 2021•10 min
Hello listeners! In this new episode I have an interesting chat about the 1958 Italian novel, "The Leopard", by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa! I make considerations on aristocracy, changes and power, along with some of my own questions of how to do historical interpretation and analysis of fiction. It's a good chat on a good novel too, and hopefully I shared some interesting elements of those questions, allowing further deep dives and considerations. Enjoy! If you can, please support us on Patreo...
Jul 23, 2021•34 min•Ep. 43
In this episode I am joined by the excellent Alessandra Pino to talk about the 1958 short story by Isak Dineson (Karen Blixen), Babette's Feast! We talk about food, gothic food, its power as a means of memory and communication, along with the larger matter of the Paris Commune, some of its history and the relationship with food, both in the story and in reality. It's a lot of fun! Enjoy! You can find and support our guest, here: https://unbound.com/books/a-gothic-cookbook/ https://twitter.com/fo...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 42
Hello everyone! In this episode I am joined by the incredible scholar Maeva Chargros to talk about the fascinating Nordic Noir, both as a genre and some of its histories and properly diving into not one example, but two! As we talk about Henning Mankell's Before the Frost and Stieg Larsson's first book of the Millenium series! CW for violence, mutilation, sexual assault, rape, animal cruelty Do take care with the warnings, but it is still a very good and interesting episode that we hope you enjo...
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 41
Hello all! This is my trial run at the new Patreon content I've been cooking up, The Writer's Desk! Simply put, I want to think about the relationship between fiction and politics from the point of view of a writer well... writing it! It is a question or a larger field that I reflect on a lot, and might be something interesting to work on and share here too! Do let me know what you think and find of it if you can! This will be replacing the Poetry Club as our $5 tier bonus, and I hope you enjoy ...
Jun 26, 2021•23 min
In this fantastic episode me and Nadjah O. Art Historian, Archivist and fellow podcaster joins me to talk about Jenny Odell's incredible book "How to do Nothing. Resisting the attention economy". It was a wonderful chat on the lies of productivity, social media, brands and how work and capitalism are in dire need of being destroyed! Do check out and support Nadjah's work if you can! https://imaginariumpod.libsyn.com/website https://www.patreon.com/nadjah https://ko-fi.com/softnadjah https://twit...
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 40
Hello everyone!! Today we have an incredibly interesting and in-depth episode on imperialism, poetry and capitalism as we delve into and through Dominick Knowles and Mathilda Cullen's recently launched poetry book "stanzas for four hands: an ophanim"! A really good conversation on imagination, creating and writing poetry, and how this "business" or dimension in the US has been so controlled and dominated by private enterprises and their money. Check out their publisher woe eroa: https://www.woee...
May 28, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 39
Hello everyone! Hope you're doing okay in these times! This week, due to some personal issues I could not prepare a larger episode which was an excellent collab and should be up soon. In the mean time, though, not wanting to leave a gap, I talked a bit about the Scifi market in Brazil, its limitations and lack of diversity, along with the obnoxious focus on dystopias to boot. Adding to it, I talk some more about my issues with them and how there's a lot more interesting Scifi than that that alre...
May 14, 2021•39 min•Ep. 38
Hello friends! I'm joined in this episode by the excellent Icy Sedgwick of the Fabulous Folklore Podcast as we talk about her book "Black Dog & other gothic tales", a really fun collection of stories with folklore creatures both old and new! We delve into writing folklore, understanding it, how to consider it both creatively and historically and the question of respecting other cultures and avoiding appropriation! A lighter episode from last time, but an important and fun one all the same! P...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 37
