Episode Twenty-Eight: Alexandra Kleeman
In This Episode:
On a cold, dark night, Alexandra Kleeman dropped by the Damn Library to discuss the instability of the human mind, her novel You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine, and Sadegh Hedayat's super-unsettling The Blind Owl.
Other highlights:
* SPOOKY BOOKS!
* an unbelievably rich drink
* dream logic
LISTEN:
The Ep. 28 Bookshelf
THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Christopher: Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives edited by Sarah Weinman
Drew: Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
Alexandra: Loving Day by Mat Johnson, The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood, and In the Minds Fields by Casey Schwartz
ALSO MENTIONED:
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
"The Savage Mouth" by Sakyo Komatsu
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
The Fall by Albert Camus
Sidharrtha by Herman Hesse
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Drew: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Christopher: Jillian by Halle Butler
Alexandra: Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte & Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh