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TMR Fresán Relisten Ep. 3: THE INVENTED PART [Pgs. 46-98]

Chad Post — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 19:30:43 +0000

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we’ll be reissuing an episode a day from the��The Invented Part��Ի��The Dreamed Part��seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on��The Remembered Part.

Here are the show notes from the original airing:

This week, author and journalist��joins Chad and Brian to discuss the first part of the second section of Rodrigo Fresán’s��The Invented Part. In “The Place Where the Seas Ends So the Forest Can Begin,” we meet The Young Man and The Young Woman, who are making a movie about The Writer after his disappearance/death/whatever. From discussion of “irreal realism” to writing classes to the idea of a sitcom about writers, this week’s discussion delights in The Writer’s ideas about writing and reading, and the hints this chapter contains about the rest of the book.

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Two Month Review #4: "The Place Where the Sea Ends So the Forest Can Begin: Part 1" (The Invented Part, Pages 46-98)

Chad Post — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:00:00 +0000

This week, author and journalist joins Chad and Brian to discuss the first part of the second section of Rodrigo Fresán’s The Invented Part. In “The Place Where the Seas Ends So the Forest Can Begin,” we meet The Young Man and The Young Woman, who are making a movie about The Writer after his disappearance/death/whatever. From discussion of “irreal realism” to writing classes to the idea of a sitcom about writers, this week’s discussion delights in The Writer’s ideas about writing and reading, and the hints this chapter contains about the rest of the book.

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Video of Jan Kjærstad & Mark Binelli

N. J. Furl — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:18:55 +0000

Last week we hosted another Reading the World Conversation Series event at the URochester (co-sponsored by PEN World Voices). This time we brought together the internationally renown Norwegian author and fab American author and Rolling Stone contributing editor . For your reference, a rundown on the event with some short bios, and the video is below. Enjoy.

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Your Morning News Show Pales in Comparison to Ours

N. J. Furl — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:35:00 +0000

News This Morning on 13WHAM Rochester has, yet again, proven itself to be the news leader when it comes to local morning news shows that feature literature and international authors. If this seems familiar, that’s because it is.

This time, Chad went on with Mark Binelli (Author of , contributing editor to Rolling Stone, and friend of the Press). They discussed the PEN World Voices Festival, Mark’s writings in fiction and nonfiction, and our PEN-sponsored event last night featuring (full video of the event will be posted a bit later).

Click the pic to watch the news clip.

Obvious Omission

Chad Post — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:01:04 +0000

Yesterday there were two reviews of Bruce Watson’s new book Sacco and Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders and the Judgment of Mankind (one appeared in the , the other in the ) and both neglected to mention the best book about S&V — by Mark Binelli. Seriously, this book is hilarious and amazing. And much more entertaining than this Watson book . . .

And bringing this all back full-circle, Binelli and I are going to be co-hosting the Words Without Borders/Reading the World book club for Georges Simenon’s The Engagement starting after Labor Day. It’s a very interesting book, and I the online discussion should be a lot of fun, so I hope any and everyone reading this will participate.

Review of Simenon's The Engagement

Chad Post — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:15:08 +0000

Our latest review is of Georges Simenon’s The Engagement, translated from the French by Anna Moschovakis.

This book will be the featured book in the September Words Without Borders/Reading the World Book Club. I will help moderate this discussion along with Mark Binelli, the author of the amazing which is one of the best debut novels I’ve read in years. (Mark also writes for Rolling Stone, is hated by Britney Spears, and is incredibly funny. Which are even more reasons to participate in the book club . . . )

I’ll post more info on the book club as the time grows nearer. In the meantime, if you’re interested in participating, you should pick up a copy of the book. It’s short, captivating, and fun . . .