In this episode we discuss Paul B. Preciado’s 'Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era', a wild mixture of theory and self-experimentaion. Some talking points include queer sex writing, the disturbing and racial

Ep. 4 Don't Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine: Race, the TV Screen, and Living With Death

Dec 12th, 2017 48m 12s

In this episode we discuss the political drive of Rankine’s poetry, the repetition of the TV screen, and what she’s doing with the subtitle, ‘An American Lyric’.

Ep. 4 Don't Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine: Race, the TV Screen, and Living With Death

Dec 12th, 2017 48m 12s

Ep. 4 Don't Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine: Race, the TV Screen, and Living With Death by Rosie Haward and Matilda Hemming

The Library Talks with Textual Feelings

Nov 5th, 2017 39m 54s

Last month Textual Feelings was invited to participate in The Library Talks, a series of lectures held at the library of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Sandberg Institute. Each talk revolves around a selection of books made by the speaker, as

Ep. 3 The Lonely City by Olivia Laing: Reparative Art and Feeling Through History

Aug 23rd, 2017 45m 47s

In this episode we discuss Olivia Laing’s book The Lonely City, focusing on the book’s centring of the AIDS crisis in New York’s history, the political and emotional power of art, and the brilliance of David Wojnarowicz.

Queer Waters ~ Giddy Texts and Ardent Readings

Jul 12th, 2017 32m 23s

A conversation about how we read, ardour, giddiness, and The Argonauts. Recorded at the Sandberg Instituut's MA Critical Studies graduation programme.

Ep. 2 The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson: Queerness, Pregnancy, and Words That Fly

May 27th, 2017 49m 12s

In this episode we talk about the possibilities of experimental autobiography, thinking of pregnancy as a wild transformation, and the many iterations of the word “queer” in Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts.

Ep. 1 - Heroines by Kate Zambreno: The Unsung Revolutionaries of Modernism

Apr 15th, 2017 39m 24s

Our first episode will discuss Kate Zambreno’s book ‘Heroines’, drawing on themes of female gendered writing, historical erasure and the ‘literary canon’.

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