Lost in Redonda
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 27: "I Hotel" by Karen Tei Yamashita, w/ special guest Josh Cook
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined today by Josh Cook. Josh is a bookseller and co-owner at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has worked sinc...
Episode 26: "Wild Milk: Stories" by Sabrina Orah Mark, w/ special guest Lara Ehrlich
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined today by Lara Ehrlich, a writer, editor, and longtime friend (she and Tom go back 20 years, which seems impossible). Her first story co...
Episode 25: "Austerlitz" by W.G. Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, w/ special guest Mark Haber
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined today by Mark Haber of Coffee House Press (formerly of Brazos Bookstore in Houston). Mark is the author of two novels, Reinhardt’s Ga...
Episode 24: "The Tanners" by Robert Walser, translated by Susan Bernofsky, w/ special guest Spencer Ruchti
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today Spencer Ruchti of Third Place Books joins to chat about The Tanners by Robert Walser, translated by Susan Bernofsky. We actually recorded this b...
Episode 23: "Being Here is Everything" by Marie Darrieussecq, translated by Penny Hueston, w/ special guest Tara Cheesman
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kicking off 2024 we welcome Tara Cheesman to the podcast with her recommendation, Being Here Is Everything: The Life and Times of Paula Modersohn-Beck...
Episode 22: "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Muriel Spark
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is upon us and it does not disappoint. Too much to say about this one and, as always, we could have gone an hour longer ...
Episode 21: "The Bachelors" by Muriel Spark
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We stand on the precipice, one episode away from THE PRIME! Before that, though, we discuss The Bachelors, a fantastic novel chock full of some of the...
Episode 20: "The Ballad of Peckham Rye" by Muriel Spark
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re edging closer to THE PRIME, but today we chat about The Ballad of Peckham Rye. Spark’s novels are incredibly fun, but this might be the wild...
Episode 19: "Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants" by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants, an absolutely wonderful gem of a novel from French author Mathias Énard, translated ...
Episode 18: "Memento Mori" by Muriel Spark
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss Memento Mori, Spark’s third novel and, as we’ve come to expect, it’s a really fun ride. This go-round she brings us into th...
Episode 17: "Ceremony" by Leslie Marmon Silko w/ special guest Robin McLean
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 5 of Season 2: we get to chat with Robin McLean about Ceremony by Leslie Marion Silko. And, yeah, this is probably our best episode so far, wh...
Episode 16: "Robinson" by Muriel Spark
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4 of Season 2 we dig into Muriel Spark’s sophomore effort, Robinson. Gotta say: it’s incredible and we couldn’t be more excited to ke...
Episode 15: "The Conqueror" by Jan Kjærstad, translated by Barbara Haveland w/ special guest Chad Post
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Having sorted some annoying technical issues, herewith Episode 3 of Season 2 (our way of apologizing for the delay in uploading this episode) in which...
Episode 14: "The Comforters" by Muriel Spark
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We kick off our season-long read of Muriel Spark's novels this week and what a start! The Comforters is Spark's debut, published in 1956, and is, quit...
Episode 13: "Chronicle of the Murdered House" by Lucio Cardoso, translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
And we’re back! Welcome to Season Two of Lost in Redonda. We kick things off with a backlist conversation on Chronicle of the Murdered House by Luci...
Episode 12: "Your Face Tomorrow, Volume Three: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell"
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Here it is, folks, our final episode on Your Face Tomorrow and the last part of our Marías project. It's a longer one, but very worth it if we do say...
Episode 11: "Your Face Tomorrow, Volume Two: Dance and Dream"
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's very strange to be this close to the end of our Marías focus, but that's rather how time moves, ever forward (unless you're Marías and can make...
Episode 10: "Your Face Tomorrow, Volume 1: Fever and Spear"
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
And now we enter the homestretch. Over the next few episodes we'll tackle Marías' masterpiece, Your Face Tomorrow. Starting, of course, with the firs...
Episode 9: "Imperium" by Christian Kracht, translated by Daniel Bowles
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we dive into Christian Kracht's Imperium, and boy do we ever go deep (sorry/not sorry). It's an incredible piece of historical fiction (one ...
Episode 8: "The Infatuations" and "The Man Of Feeling"
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A fun discussion this week of two novels published almost 30 years apart in The Infatuations and The Man of Feeling. We walk down some interesting pat...
Episode 7: "My Heart Hemmed In" by Marie NDiaye, translated by Jordan Stump
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're going weekly! As the episodes have grown longer we've decided to split them up so instead of discussing two titles per episode (and delivering a...
Episode 6: backlist spotlight: "Gob's Grief" by Chris Adrian; "Thus Bad Begins"
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our sixth episode we discuss Gob’s Grief by Chris Adrian for our backlist deep dive. In the Marías portion we dig into Thus Bad Begins (spoiler ...
Episode 5: an ending in the middle, "Tomas Nevinson"
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lori and Tom discuss Marías' final novel, Tomás Nevinson, just published in the US on May 23rd. A warning that spoilers do occur, especially after t...
Episode 4: a very special episode devoted to "Berta Isla"
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the publication of Marías final novel, Tomás Nevinson, we're spending this episode and our next episode diving into the twinned works of Ber...
Episode 3: backlist spotlight: "House of Splendid Isolation" by Edna O'Brien; "Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me" and "A Heart So White"
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! In our third episode we discuss House of Splendid Isolation by Edna O’Brien for the backlist deep dive. In the Marías portion we dig ...
Episode 2: some literary news; backlist spotlight: "Kornwolf" by Tristan Egolf; "All Souls", "Dark Back of Time", and Redonda
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! In this second episode we discuss some literary news, specifically the passing of Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe and the US/Canada edition ...
Episode 1: a welcome; backlist spotlist: "John Crow's Devil" by Marlon James; an introduction to Spanish author Javier Marias
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Lost in Redonda from Lori Feathers and Tom Flynn. Over the course of this podcast we will explore backlist gems and discuss the career of t...