About this episode

The episode discusses the first 90 pages of Aesthetics of Resistance Volume 3 and includes a conversation about the Epstein debates and various mini-reviews.

We talk about up to page 90 in Aesthetics of Resistance Volume 3 by Peter Weiss in our read-along group. Then at about 57 minutes we chat about the Epstein debates and a few mini-reviews. Next read-along in a few weeks we will get to page 131. Mentioned: The Wild Pear Tree (2018) dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan The American by Henry James Zeno's Conscience by Italo Svevo Concrete by Thomas Bernhard The Imperative to Write by Jeff Fort Blog post that discusses The Imperative to Write: https://this-space.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-imperative-to-write-destitutions-of.html

Topics covered

• Aesthetics of Resistance
• Epstein debates
• mini-reviews

Keywords

• Peter Weiss
• The Wild Pear Tree
• The American
• Zeno's Conscience
• Concrete
• The Imperative to Write

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