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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