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The School of Night with Richard Bailey

News From the Empire with Ron Restrepo

Reading The School of Night with Chad Post

Chaos, Holy Fools & Don Quixote in Dostoevsky’s The Idiot with Prof. Michael Sexton

Reading D.H. Lawrence's The Rainbow with Mark Haber

Reading Faulkner's Go Down, Moses with Dr. Larry Allums | The Big Book Project

Translating the Impossible: Ursula Phillips on Ice by Jacek Dukaj

Mark de Silva Discusses "The Logos"

Absalom, Absalom! Final Thoughts with Dr. Larry Allums

Innocence, Design, and the American Adam: Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! Video #4 Dr. Larry Allums

The Southern Labyrinth: Faulkner’s Layers of Storytelling in Chapter 6 of Absalom, Absalom! Video 3 With Larry Allums

Absalom, Absalom! Chapters 4–5: Rosa Coldfield’s Humiliation and Sutpen’s Obsession | The Big Book Project (Video 2 with Dr. Larry Allums)

Understanding Absalom, Absalom!: Faulkner’s Biblical Roots, Mythic Imagination, and the Southern Psyche

A Fortunate Man: Henrik Pontoppidan’s Masterwork with Nick During (NYRB)

Exploring Antonio Lobo Antunes: Memory, Trauma, and Portuguese Literature with Chad W. Post

The Kindly Ones: That Ending!

What Makes Big Books Work? Abundance, Complexity, and the Joy of Long Novels with James Elkins

Confronting Atrocity: The Kindly Ones, Moral Complicity, and the Ethics of Reading Difficult Books (with Brad Costa)

The Kindly Ones: Holocaust Literature, Bureaucratic Evil, and the Banality of Horror

Five Strange Languages: James Elkins on Long Novels, Memory, and the Art of Digression

The Kindly Ones: Stalingrad, The Harpies, and the Horror of History (with Tom Flynn)

Memory, War, and Translation: David McKay on The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje

Legacy, Silence, and Symbolism in Agaat: What the Maps and Diaries Really Mean

The Power of Agaat: Publishing, Politics, and Literary Brilliance with Tin House’s Nanci McCloskey

Unraveling 2666: Literary Obsession, Violence, and the Mystery of Archimboldi with Tom Flynn

How to Lose Your Humanity: Systemic Violence and Society’s Indifference in 2666

The Collective Guilt in 2666: Society’s Role in the Crimes

Unmasking the Banality of Evil: The Harrowing Crimes in Roberto Bolaño’s 2666

Treading Water in a Sea of Semblances: Fate, Violence, and the Illusion of Reality in 2666

2666 Book Discussion: Fate, Coincidence, and the Search for Archimboldi

Unpacking the Depths of Big Books: Introducing The Big Book Project and Roberto Bolaño's 2666