Two Month Review: #4.06: The Physics of Sorrow (Part V: “The Green House”)
In addition to ripping on Chad and the poor showing by the Michigan State Spartans in the NCAA Tournament, Brian Wood and Tom Flynn (from Volumes Bookcafe) discuss the morality of animals, how this section of The Physics of Sorrow focuses more on the 鈥渁nimal鈥 side of the minotaur, the mixture of lightness and sorrow in ...
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Gospodinov, the Curator; “The Physics of Sorrow,” the Time Capsule (Part IV, Pgs 119-150)
Last week, Chad, Brian, special guest Patrick Smith, and an insightful YouTube commentator discussed part IV of Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow. This section, in many ways, brought us full circle to the nature of Gospodinov鈥檚 work by introducing us to the cultural phenomena of the time capsule, and the ...
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Obsessive Empathetic-Somatic Syndrome and You (Part III)
On this week鈥檚 Two Month Review blog post, we鈥檙e exploring Part III: 鈥淭he Yellow House鈥 from Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow. As was unanimous from the conversation between Chad, Brian, and Nick last week, this is where the magic of the book and the skill of Gospodinov as a writer truly start to shine. And ...
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Two Month Review: #4.04: The Physics of Sorrow (Part III, Pgs 73-118)
To up the Bay Area sports content, we invited Nick Buzanski of Book Culture to come on and talk about one of his favorite sections of Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow. They talk about community and storytelling, seeing movies in person, Gospodinov鈥檚 humor and beautiful writing, Gaustine鈥檚 wild ideas, sexy books ...
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We are Minotaur, or: Eat your Darlings (Part II)
This week we鈥檙e following up from Chad, Brian, special guest Caitlin Baker (University Book Store in Seattle), and their discussion of Part II of Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow, “Against an Abandonment: The Case of M.” Here, Gospodinov throws us for another loop, as we move from the halls of memory ...
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Two Month Review: #4.03: The Physics of Sorrow (Part II, Pgs 59-72)
Caitlin Baker of the University Book Store in Seattle joined Chad and Brian to talk about this very short section of Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow. Mostly they talk about the constant conflicts between kids and their parent in myths. And eating children. But it鈥檚 not as gruesome as all that! Mostly they have a ...
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Sorrow-Maker Gospodinov (Part 1, Pgs 1-58)
This week we will be looking at the opening section of Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow. If you didn鈥檛 already, you can catch the conversation between Chad Post, Tom Roberge, and Brian Wood on this section of the book at Three Percent or on YouTube for the unedited, behind the scenes full audio-visual experience ...
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