In this episode, Carlea and Lindsay discuss Kate Bernheimer's essay "Fairy Tale is Form, Form is Fairy Tale", and give you some weird reading recommendations.

Read Weird 06: "I Am A Knife" by Roxane Gay

Jul 12th, 2017 52m 44s

In this episode, Carlea and Lindsay discuss Roxane Gay's short story "I Am A Knife", and guest contributor Daniel Knowlton talks about Jim Shepard's short story collection Love and Hydrogen.

Read Weird 05: Strangeness from Language

Jun 27th, 2017 56m 56s

In this episode, Carlea and Lindsay discuss techniques and exercises that use language to create strangeness, and listener Scott talks about Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Read Weird 04: “Fever Dream” by Samanta Schweblin

Jun 13th, 2017 1h 9m

In this episode, Carlea and Lindsay discuss Samanta Schweblin's novel Fever Dream, and Jonathan Wlodarski talks about reading Julie Andrews.

Read Weird 03: "The Botanist's House" by Kathryn Davis

May 30th, 2017 56m 49s

Carlea and Lindsay discuss an excerpt of Kathryn Davis's novel The Silk Road, titled "The Botanist's House", and guest contributor Vanessa Wang recounts her formative experience reading Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Read Weird 02: "A Message from the Emperor" by Franz Kafka

May 16th, 2017 1h 5m

Carlea and Lindsay discuss "A Message from the Emperor" by Franz Kafka, and Lindsay recounts her formative experience reading Karin Tidbeck's short story "Beatrice".

Read Weird 01: "Dinner" by Amelia Gray

Apr 30th, 2017 58m 52s

Carlea and Lindsay talk about their philosophy of weirdness, discuss the short story “Dinner” by Amelia Gray, and recount Carlea’s formative experience reading Aimee Bender’s The Girl in the Flammable Skirt.

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