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May 12, 2021 113 mins

I talk with McKenzie Wark about a range of topics, including writing, editing (her superpower), glimpsing yourself in works by other writers, and writing about sex. 

Books by McKenzie that we discuss:  

  • I'm Very into You: Correspondence 1995–1996 [with Kathy Acker] (2015)
  • Reverse Cowgirl (2020)
  • Philosophy for Spiders: On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker (forthcoming, Sept 2021)
  • Articles written by McKenzie that are mentioned:  

  • Girls Like Us
  • The Many-handed Hunger of Transsexuality: On T. Fleischmann
  • Reality Cabaret: On Juliana Huxtable
  • Commitment to the Bit: On Andrea Long Chu
  • Paper Princess
  • Books by other writers that come up (in approximate order of appearance):  

  • Blood and Guts in High School - Kathy Acker
  • Pussy, King of the Pirates - Kathy Acker
  • Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through - T Fleischmann
  • Conundrum - Jan Morris
  • Our Lady of the Flowers - Jean Genet
  • Katherine’s Diary - Katherine Cummings
  • The Freezer Door - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
  • "Descent into the Maelström" [short story] - Edgar Allen Poe
  • I Love Dick - Chris Kraus
  • PSYCHO NYMPH EXILE - Porpentine Charity Heartscape
  • Little Fish - Casey Plett
  • Nevada - Imogen Binnie
  • Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones - Torrey Peters
  • Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters
  • I've Got a Time Bomb - Sybil Lamb
  • Women in Clothes [an anthology edited by Sheila Heti et al. with a piece by Christen Clifford called "Mother, Daughter, Moustache"]
  • The Argonauts - Maggie Nelson
  • Bluets - Maggie Nelson
  • My Meteorite - Harry Dodge
  • The Subtweet - Vivek Shraya
  • He Mele A Hilo - Ryka Aoki
  • Next Year, For Sure - Zoey Leigh Peterson
  • Paul Takes the Form of Mortal Girl - Andrea Lawlor
  • Darryl - Jackie Ess
  • The full episode transcript is available right here

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