http://www.edrants.com/segundo A cultural podcast in tenebrous standing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:37:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rebecca Solnit is most recently the author of A Paradise Built in Hell. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Finding hostility within legitimate clarification. Author: Rebecca Solnit Subjects Discussed: William James's second treatise on pragmatism, the alternative notion which means the same as a preexisting notion, General Funston's martial response to the 1906 earthquake vs. ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/rebecca-solnit-bss-312/ Marjorie Rosen is most recently the author of Boom Town: How Wal-Mart Transformed an All-American Town Into an International Community. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Kicked out of bed. Author: Marjorie Rosen Subjects Discussed: The white and non-Hispanic white majority in Bentonville, Arkansas, numerous houses of worship, multiculturalism, the largest population of Marshall Island ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/marjorie-rosen-bss-311/ Nicholas Meyer is perhaps best known for his work on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He is most recently the author of The View from the Bridge. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Ah, listener my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/nicholas-meyer-bss-310/ Brian Evenson is most recently the author of Fugue State and Last Days. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Latching onto toccata. Author: Brian Evenson Subjects Discussed: Knowing when a story concept has legs, ideas that never come to anything, the origins of "A Pursuit," The Open Curtain, maintaining surprise, text sources vs. personal experience, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/brian-evenson-bss-309/ Lawrence Block is most recently the author of Step by Step. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Ruminating upon a life of exquisite indolence. Author: Lawrence Block Subjects Discussed: Step by Step as an anti-memoir, exploring childhood experience in print, randomness and finding connections, writing with a greater degree of freedom, Random Walk, concerns about ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/lawrence-block-bss-308/ Michael Muhammad Knight is most recently the author of Impossible Man and Osama Van Halen. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Expressing forceful words about his distinct identity. Author: Michael Muhammad Knight Subjects Discussed: Knight's powers of prescience, Muslim punk, fictional suicide as a form of personal critique, the fictional character Mike Knight vs. the ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/michael-muhammad-knight-bss-307/ Laurie Sandell is the author of The Impostor's Daughter. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering if the coalminer was an impostor. Author: Laurie Sandell Subjects Discussed: Chicken recipes, the quest for truth within memoir, how narrative shapes and stretches truth, subjective vs. objective accounts, the essay written anonymously for Esquire, memory vs. concrete evidence, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/laurie-sandell-bss-306/ Dick Cavett's column, "Talk Show," regularly appears at the New York Times. (PROGRAM NOTE: During the course of our conversation, a "Professor Robert Castelli from John Jay College" -- who apparently has a background in law enforcement -- pushed in Mr. Cavett's chair, causing Mr. Cavett to accost him. This ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/dick-cavett-bss-305/ Maggie Estep is most recently the author of Alice Fantastic. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Hoping to see Alice at the next opportunity. Author: Maggie Estep Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming; lots of nutty topics, including speculation on Uma Thurman's activities in Woodstock] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Estep: "Our love of animals is directly proportionate to our indifference ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/maggie-estep-bss-304/ Philip Alcabes is most recently the author of Dread. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Attempting to understand the certainty of certain dread, and the dread of dreadful certainty. Author: Philip Alcabes Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming, but here is a fun-filled conversation on plague, perception, scientific ethics, linguistics, balancing public response with science, and attempts ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/philip-alcabes-bss-303/ Lizzie Skurnick is most recently the author of Shelf Discovery. She previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #13. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Sacrificing his manhood to fight the patriarchal overlords. Author: Lizzie Skurnick Subjects Discussed: Bridge to Terabithia and class distinctions, the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary, issues surrounding mothers working, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/lizzie-skurnick-ii-bss-302/ Richard Russo is most recently the author of That Old Cape Magic. He previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #152. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Shoving Cape Cod mackerel down his throat. Author: Richard Russo Subjects Discussed: Signs with unusual spacing, drawing from the sign at The Silver Lounge Restaurant in North ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/richard-russo-ii-bss-301/ J. Robert Lennon is most recently the author of Castle and Pieces for the Left Hand. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Contemplating his surprising longevity after 300 shows. Author: J. Robert Lennon Subjects Discussed: Ending sentences with nouns, how location affects character description, objects and places as the territory of a story, how the ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/j-robert-lennon-bss-300/ Douglas Rushkoff is the author of Life, Inc. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Surprised to discover someone more contentious than he is. Author: Douglas Rushkoff Subjects Discussed: The wage labor system established in Portugal in 1253, Daily Life in Portugal in the Late Middle Ages, whether the day laborer can stand up, children and ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/douglas-rushkoff-bss-299/ China Mieville is most recently the author of The City & The City. He previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #105. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Searching for the Mieville and the Mieville. Author: China Mieville Subjects Discussed: When The City & The City was written, speculating on the novel's setting, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/china-mieville-ii-bss-298/ Ellen Ruppel Shell is most recently the author of Cheap. On the main text-based site, the book was also featured in an in-depth five-part discussion with several thoughtful people, which you can investigate here: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, and Part Five. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Bargain ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/ellen-ruppel-shell-bss-297/ Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #296. Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan are most recently the authors of Beyond Heaving Bosoms. They are also the proprietors of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. Subjects Discussed; Kathleen Woodwiss's The Flame and the Flower, the beginnings of original paperback romance, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/sarah-wendell-and-candy-tan-bss-296/ Percival Everett appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #295. Percival Everett is most recently the author of I Am Not Sidney Poitier. [For related links, check out Percival Everett Week over at Emerging Writers Network, as well as my specific thoughts about Everett's most recent novel.] Condition of Mr. Segundo: He is not ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/percival-everett-bss-295/ Hal Niedzviecki most recently appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #294. Hal Niedzviecki is most recently the author of The Peep Diaries. He previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #47. [PROGRAM NOTE: At the 24:03 mark, a woman with a laptop demanded that Our Correspondent talk with less vivacity, suggesting that ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/hal-niedzviecki-ii-bss-294/ Guy Maddin is most recently the author of My Winnipeg, a book version of the film of the same name. For listeners who are fans of reading and watching films, this conversation accounts for all experiences and contains more than a few prevarications. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Reconsidering the veracity ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/guy-maddin-bss-293/ Mark Kurlansky recently appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #292. Mark Kurlansky is most recently the translator of Emile Zola's The Belly of Paris and the editor of The Food of a Younger Land. He previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #220. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Pushing past the patois ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/mark-kurlansky-ii-bss-292/ Laila Lalami is most recently the author of Secret Son. She previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #11. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Unpersuaded by fictive convictions. Author: Laila Lalami Subjects Discussed: Interviewing enthusiasm, similarities between Secret Son and Richard Wright's Native Son, Invisible Man, the original title of The Outsider, Ayelet ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/laila-lalami-bss-291/ Kathleen Collins is most recently the author of Watching What We Eat. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Contending with traumatic cooking show associations. Author: Kathleen Collins Subjects Discussed: Understandable fears of Rachael Ray, shifting from the extremes of quiet 1940s home economists to Food Network bombast, Graham Kerr and The Galloping Gourmet, Julia ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/kathleen-collins-bss-290/ Javier Calvo is the author of Wonderful World. Mara Faye Lethem is the translator. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Considering the unseen cantaloupe. Guests: Javier Calvo and Mara Faye Lethem Subjects Discussed: The pleasures and challenges of having an in-house translator, Pandora in the Congo, the paucity of foreign ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/javier-calvo-and-mara-faye-lethem-bss-289/ Arthur Phillips is most recently the author of The Song is You. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Reconsidering the playlists and those who play him. Author: Arthur Phillips Subjects Discussed: Characters who are enslaved to culture, partisan positions in relation to hoarding facts, being in denial about larger arguments within novels, Nabokov's Lectures on ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/arthur-phillips-bss-288/ Sarah Waters is most recently the author of The Little Stranger. To listen to our previous interview with Sarah Waters, check out The Bat Segundo Show #37. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Creeping into the dark shadows of fabricated identities. Author: Sarah Waters Subjects Discussed: Research involving poltergeists, country doctors, and other topics, ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/sarah-waters-ii-bss-287/ Michelle Goldberg is most recently the author of The Means of Reproduction. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering if there's any fate in what we make. Author: Michelle Goldberg Subjects Discussed: Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb, the proper response to reproductive rights issues, the damage of hyperbolic predictions, European birth rates, parental leave and ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/michelle-goldberg-bss-286/ Nelson George appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #285. Nelson George is most recently the author of City Kid. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Drowning in the inevitable tide of gentrification. Author: Nelson George Subjects Discussed: George's thoughts on Fort Greene, gentrification, black artists and real estate, the inevitable nature of change, finding a balance ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/nelson-george-bss-285/ Blake Bailey is most recently the author of Cheever and the editor of the two-volume John Cheever set recently issued by Library of America. Subjects Discussed: Eponymous titles, Cheever as a brand name, whether literary biographies are needed, contending with Updike's review, the hard things that Cheever said about Updike, the ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/blake-bailey-bss-284/ Atom Egoyan is most recently the writer and director of Adoration, which opens in limited release on May 8, 2009. He is also a very friendly and interesting Canadian who does not bite people, but who somehow frightens the MPAA. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Pondering whether he is adored. Guest: Atom ... http://www.edrants.com/segundo/atom-egoyan-bss-283/