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Season 16 is here! At long last, Bolaño’sÌýtakes center stage, and Chad and Brian are joined by translator and Bolaño enthusiast, Katie Whittemore. In this opening episode, they discuss the myth-making of Bolaño’s biography, they talk about sudden fame, the grind of the artist, and of the way thatÌý±ð±¹±ð°ù²â³Ù³ó¾±²Ô²µÌýis read as genius once someone is declared a genius. They talk aboutÌýÌýby Javier Serena and Katie Whittemore, and they previewÌý2666Ìýtalking about the “black holes” of the novel (which ties into Bolaño’s “Infrarealist Manifesto”) and discussing the not-quite-bestsellingÌý.Ìý

This week’s music is “Airplane Rider” by Air Miami.

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