All Episodes

The Latin American Tradition of Voracious Reader-Writers

Anjet Daanje's The Song of Stork and Dromedary with translator David McKay

Sasha Sokolov's A School for Fools and Between Dog and Wolf, with Jose Vergara

Novel Explosives by Jim Gauer: Inner Lives Bursting With Color | The Big Book Project

Effingers by Gabriele Tergit, with Nick During (NYRB)

Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann, with Chad Post | Big Book Project

Steven Moore on "Last Time Around," William Gaddis & the Future of the Big Novel

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