{"id":41,"date":"2006-03-27T09:04:03","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T14:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?p=41"},"modified":"2010-12-04T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T22:02:24","slug":"the-bat-segundo-show-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/the-bat-segundo-show-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana Spiotta (BSS #28)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo28.mp3\"><img id=\"image2993\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/segundo28.jpg\" alt=\"segundo28.jpg\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE:<\/B>  This podcast includes a free book giveaway of Spiotta&#8217;s <i>Eat the Document<\/i>.  Listen to the podcast for details.<\/p>\n<p><b>Author:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/danaspiotta.com\/\">Dana Spiotta<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Condition of Bat Segundo:<\/b> Self-important and sleep-deprived, but surprisingly generous.<\/p>\n<p><b>Subjects Discussed:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holysmoke.org\/sdhok\/dep11.htm\">Katherine Ann Power<\/a> as inspiration, the ambiguities of terrorism, comparisons and similarities between <i>Eat the Document<\/i> and <i>Lightning Field<\/i>, witty political activists, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboardliberation.com\/\">Billboard Liberation Front<\/a>, cinematic influences, Don DeLillo, plotting, reader expectations, on stopping just short of September 11th, justifying pop cultural references, food as a Balzacian character indicator, the Beach Boys, literary influences, dialogue, how people talk in restaurants, the rise in contemporary novels dealing with 1960s &#038; 1970s activism, innocence, and unanswered questions for the reader.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4309\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-41-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo28.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo28.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo28.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Listen: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo28.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?powerpress_pinw=41-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo28.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"segundo28.mp3\">Download<\/a> (34.2MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE: This podcast includes a free book giveaway of Spiotta&#8217;s Eat the Document. 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