Rick Harsch: The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas and Corona/Samizdat

Back with another episode after another unexpected break! In this one I talk to Rick Harsch, author of The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas and the man behind Corona/Samizdat Press. We discuss the problem of the every growing TBR, how Rick wrote Eddie Vegas, how he decides what to publish and more!Books mentioned in this episode:The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas by Rick HarschPoguemahone by Patrick McCabeThe Prague Orgy by Philip RothEl Llano in Flame by Juan Rulfo, translated by Stephen BeechinorThe Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism by Chris LeeRen by Debroah McFadyenOmon Raby Victor Pelevin, translated by Andrew BromfieldSend Nudes by Saba SamsThey by Kay DickThe Man Whose Wife Was The Moon by Mike RussellAmerica and the Cult of the Cactus Boots: A Diagnostic by Phillip Freedenberg, illustrated by Jeff WaltonApastoral, A Mistopia by Lee D. ThompsonA Bended Circuityby Robert S. StickleyAbel and Cain by Gregor von RezzoriThe Revenant by Michael PunkeThe Big Sky by A.B. GuthrieAnatomy of a War by Gabriel KolkoHell In A Very Small Place: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu by Bernard B. FallMoby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleJourney to the End of the Night by  Louis-Ferdinand CélineCynicism Management by Bori PraperPendulum Pet by Bori PraperVerbatim by Jeff BurseyUnidentified Man at Left of Photo by Jeff BurseyOrbo and the Godhead by Luke DevlinAnotomia del Abismo by Roberto SegrovBedraggling Grandma with Russia Snow by Joãs ReisElena Knows by Claudia Piñero, translated by Francis RiddleThe Seven Madmen, The Flamethrowers by Roberto ArltThe Appearance of Death to a Hindu Woman by Rick HarschThe Periplus of Spur Tank Road by Rick HarschThe Assassination of Olof Palme, A People’s Novel by Rick HarschA Brief Life by Juan Carlos OnettiSchlock: Featuring Russia Cop by David R. LowThis Is Not Who I Am: Our Authenticity Obsession by Emily BootleSolenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean CotterJerusalem by Alan MoorePhilip Roth: New Perspectives on an American Author, edited by Derek Parker RoyalOur Share Of night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowellMy Struggle by Karl Ove KnausgårdChatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music