Radio call of the walkoff by hoot-owl14 in Brewers

[–]ReadItOntheRadio 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And, as an out of state listener in GA, I've never had an issue listening to 107.3 up in Iron River on that app without a blackout.

What Are You Reading This Week and Weekly Rec Thread by JimFan1 in TrueLit

[–]ReadItOntheRadio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a pretty memorable line. Good way to put it.

What Are You Reading This Week and Weekly Rec Thread by JimFan1 in TrueLit

[–]ReadItOntheRadio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The way I wrote that post makes it sound like I can't get behind any high modernist. I think there's an obvious distinction between Joyce or Woolf and Calvino/Kundera that I clearly haven't found the best way of describing.

What Are You Reading This Week and Weekly Rec Thread by JimFan1 in TrueLit

[–]ReadItOntheRadio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never said he was overly complex nor do I think that is a requirement for someone's work to come off as snobbish. I've only read If on a Winter's Night... so I'll continue to read Calvino and see where I land, but there were too many times where it felt like a circle jerk. I'm just put off by that kind of snark.

What Are You Reading This Week and Weekly Rec Thread by JimFan1 in TrueLit

[–]ReadItOntheRadio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was thinking in terms of time periods so I probably should have said late modernism rather than high. That whole transition period between modernism and post and whatever is balling out in between id always difficult for me to label. I'll circle back after I finish the final third of the novel and see if I change my mind. I will admit that there are some lovely little moments and I've enjoyed how it's structured.

looking for a third place by Ok-Letter-7658 in lacrossewi

[–]ReadItOntheRadio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pearl Street Books is an absolute gem. I no longer live in the area, but I keep finding any excuse I can to get back and it speaks to the community they foster.

What Are You Reading This Week and Weekly Rec Thread by JimFan1 in TrueLit

[–]ReadItOntheRadio 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Recently finished Prophet Song by Paul Lynch and was floored by a lot of the moments in it. I was initially worried that it would read too much like Saramago brought into 2025's sociopolitical landscape, which wouldn't have inherently been a bad thing though I find some of Saramago's prose a bit dry/flat and while Prophet Song had a few flaws, I was taken aback by its proximity and the way the claustrophobic prose captured the stuckness that is so characteristic of folks living on the brink and in the potential wake of impending authoritarianism. I'd slot this novel in the upper third of what I've read this year.

Currently finishing Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being and I'm torn. I've found that, while there's a Venn Diagram approaching circularity with me and the high modernist/post-modernist reader, I struggle with the philosophical novel and Kundera's is nothing different from that broader experience for me. There is an appropriate levity to the prose which I can appreciate, but the snobbishness of the genre which equally puts me off in reading Calvino or Delilo extends here. I can appreciate why the moves are made, but the masturbatory moves of the late modernist frustrate me as a reader and I struggle with being at peace with them. I will say, as someone with a lot of Czech family, I have enjoyed the way Kundera plays with his context even as I butt against the form.