Few philosophical or artistic movements have been debated quite like postmodernism, yet despite the ongoing debate about what postmodernism really is, the phrase was probably one most weren't familiar with until public figures like Jordan Peterson warned everyone about the "postmodern neo-marxists!"

Some people seem to think that postmodern writers like Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, and David Foster Wallace are brilliant writers and thinkers, while others have called their books sophomoric, juvenile, or just plain nonsensical.

In today's episode we are joined by our friend Seth aka WASTE Mailing List on social media, who is, in our opinion, one of the most interesting figures on book social, having read some extremely experimental works of some of the most progressive writers, as well as put together some of the most in depth reviews of those works.

Together we attempt to answer the question "what is postmodern literature?"

You can follow Seth on social media at:
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Here are the books mentioned in today's episode:

The Crying of Lot 49 Thomas Pynchon
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060...

The Voyeur’s Motel Gay Talese
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802...

12 Rules for Life Jordan Peterson

Eden Eden Eden Pierre Guyotat
https://amzn.to/3BoHf4L

The Ticket that Exploded William Burroughs
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802...

New Selected Poems and Translations Ezra Pound
https://amzn.to/47MW9xY

The Pound Era Hugh Kenner
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780520...

Herscht 07769 Laszlo Krasznahorkai
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811...

The Dying Grass William T. Vollmann
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143...

Butcher’s Crossing John Williams
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590...

My Search for Warren Harding Robert Plunket
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811...

The Red Handler Johan Harstad
https://amzn.to/3N2AU1m

Lemon Kwon Yeo-Sun
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781635...

In a Lonely Place Dorothy B. Hughes
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681...

Che Jon Lee Anderson
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802...

White Noise Don Delillo
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143...

Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781439...

Ulysses James Joyce
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9798880...

The Wasteland T.S. Eliot
https://amzn.to/3N50oLH

The Cantos of Ezra Pound
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811...

Finnegan’s Wake James Joyce
https://amzn.to/3TLpB1c

The Making of Americans Gertrude Stein
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781087...

The Human Age Wyndham Lewis
https://amzn.to/47H9rMk

The Maximus Poems Charles Olson
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780520...

Postmodernist Fiction Brian Mchale
https://amzn.to/3XWPZb8

2666 Roberto Bolaño
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312...

JR William Gaddis
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681...


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