Guest: Kevin Titzer, Artist
First broadcast March 13, 2020
“I”m more interested in other people’s interpretations, and other people’s stories.”
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 461: Artist in Residence
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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 458: Multimodal Information Literacy
First broadcast February 14 2020.
Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-14th-multimodal-information-literacy-episode-458/
“Finding that subtext inside of which way an arrow’s pointing in the graph.”
Supercontext: Lone Wolf and Cub
This epic 1970s manga series is celebrated for its influence on other stories. We look at the conditions that produced it and how the comic represents Japanese history, revenge, gender, and the irredeemable hero on the road to Hell.
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Additional Resources:
- ‘Lone Wolf and Cub’: Japan’s greatest samurai manga?
- The untold truth of Lone Wolf and Cub Read More
- Lone Wolf and Cub Part 1: History and Influences
- Lone Wolf and Cub Part 2: Revenge in the Epic Narrative Tradition
- Lone Wolf and Cub Part 3: Artwork and Swordplay
- Lone Wolf and Cub Part 4: Ogami Itto and the Rejection of Bushido
- Lone Wolf and Cub Part 6: Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger
- If You Are Patient Like a Samurai, Kazuo Koike’s ‘Lone Wolf and Cub’ Will Reward You
- Transcultural Reinterpretation of the ‘Lone Wolf and Cub’ Narrative
- Kazuo Koike, 1936-2019
- An Expanded Look at Lone Wolf and Cub: The First arc – Meifumado
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 457: Libraries as Convivial Spaces
Guest: Oscar Gittemeier of the Fulton County Library System and Sandjar Kozubaev of Georgia Tech.
First broadcast February 7 2020.
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“I’ve recently learned from our guests that the word convivial has a different interpretation than what I thought.”
Supercontext: Fly By Night
This 1975 rock album began to define Rush’s identity after the late Neil Peart joined the band on drums and lyrics. We look at how they treated their band as a business to try to understand the particular blend of instrument solos and libertarian ideology that later defined them.
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Additional Resources:
- Rush Dedicates Newest Album To Rod Serling
- Rush: The Complete Album-by-Album Guide
- The History Of Rush by Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson: The Early Years
- Men At Work By Paul Elliott
- Rush-BTO’s Heavy Metal Challengers
- Success Under Pressure
- https://rush.fandom.com/wiki/Fly_by_Night_(Album)
- Rush: ‘You have no freedom. You do what you’re told to do. By the socialists’
- Flohil, R. (1975.) Rush: living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. The Canadian Composer (97).
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 456: #DoNoHarm
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Guest: Robin Fay
First broadcast January 31 2020.
Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/01/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-january-31st-donoharm-episode-456/
“Good gracious Ignatius!”
Supercontext: The Goldfinch
This 2013 novel generated a cantankerous debate in the world of literary criticism over the quality of fiction and how we define it. We look at Tartt’s writing process and themes to try to understand whether this book deserved the praise and awards it received.
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Additional Resources:
- It’s Tartt—But Is It Art?
- The Goldfinch is a bad movie because it is based on a deeply flawed book
- Donna Tartt on The Goldfinch, Inspiration, and the Perils of Literary Fame
- Why the backlash against Donna Tartt’s ‘The Goldfinch’ was so extreme (2014 Year in Review)
- I HEART DONNA TARTT: 10 FACTS ABOUT MYSTERIOUS AUTHOR OF ‘THE GOLDFINCH’
- Pulitzer Prize–Winner Donna Tartt on Writing The Goldfinch
- Donna Tartt shares The Goldfinch’s secret history
- Donna Tartt’s multicultural fantasy: How “The Goldfinch” got away with its disgraceful racial politics
- https://newrepublic.com/article/156282/not-write-book-review
Supercontext: Batman Odyssey
This comic book series by Neal Adams is a strange combination of talent and narcissism, along with the realization that its lead character and its creator aren’t as in control as they want to be. We discuss gun violence, Expanding Earth theory, and generational conflict to try to make sense of this one-of-a-kind experience.
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Additional Resources:
- Deconstructing the Complete and Utter Insanity of ‘Batman: Odyssey’
- Batman Odyssey
- Ten Questions To Answer About Batman: Odyssey by Neal Adams
- INTERVIEW: NEAL ADAMS ON BATMAN: ODYSSEY
- WC10: Neal Adams Talks “Batman: Odyssey”
- Neal Adams (‘Batman: Odyssey’)
- NEAL ADAMS INTERVIEWS: Adams Defends ‘Batman: Odyssey’
- Petit, Z. (2014). Stubborn. Aggressive. Positive. Print, 68(5), 18–21.
- Breaking down the complete and utter madness of Batman vs. Ra’s Al Ghul
- Neal Adams: Ultraviolence
- Did Artist Neal Adams Make an Ass Out of Wonder Woman—and Himself?
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 452: In the Year 2020
First broadcast January 3 2020.
“I am an optimist.”
Supercontext: Basquiat
This 1996 film is a purported biopic about a famous painter by another famous painter, Julian Schnabel. We ask whether the narrative this movie presents is an inaccurate portrayal of its subject because it exploits him or because the director is commenting on his own place within the world of fine art.
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Additional Resources:
- Jim Jarmusch Explains Why He Refuses To Watch Julian Schanbel’s ‘Basquiat’
- Basquiat: Julian Schnabel’s Radiant Child
- Julian Schnabel Asks Why White Filmmakers Shouldn’t Tell a Story About a Person of Color
- “Basquiat” and the Art of the Biopic
- Basquiat
- SCHNABEL AND HIS DOUBLES by Charlie Finch
- “Basquiat’ trivializes talented painter’s life
- http://alienatedinvancouver.blogspot.com/2009/07/on-filmwork-of-john-lurie-interview.html
- “Time to Develop”