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Supercontext: The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher

This collection of non-fiction essays attempts to define two modes of storytelling by providing examples of each from popular culture. We talk about how Fisher’s argument fits into our larger discussions of horror stories and how his definitions may be useful for considering the end of capitalism.

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Supercontext: Vladimir Nabokov’s Pale Fire


Some call Pale Fire the best novel of the 20th century. So we interrogate what that means by diving into literary criticism about postmodernism, hypertextuality, authorial intent, unreliable narrators and more.

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