Ep 29: The Fifth Wall, ft. Joanna Pearson
Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– Joanna Pearson’s new book Now You Know It All
– Ingmar Bergman’s original 1973 movie/series Scenes from a Marriage
– Hagai Levi’s new HBO adaptation of Scenes from a Marriage
– Kristin Wiig’s sad, hilarious turn in Welcome to Me
– The fourth wall
– Brecht!
– Lars Von Trier’s movie Dogville
– The marriages in Friday Night Lights, The Odyssey, and Fargo
– Alice Munro
– The short stories of Kelly Link, Carmen Maria Machado, Shirley Jackson, Karen Russell, and Lauren Groff
– Joanna’s Uncanny Lit picks for Electric Lit
– The Turn of the Screw
– Tom Sawyer’s funeral
– R.I.P. Poetry
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