episode 5: McKenzie Wark

I talk with McKenzie Wark about a range of topics, including writing, editing (her superpower), glimpsing yourself in works by other writers, and writing about sex. 

Books by McKenzie that we discuss:  

• I'm Very into You: Correspondence 1995–1996 [with Kathy Acker] (2015)
• Reverse Cowgirl (2020)
• Philosophy for Spiders: On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker(forthcoming, Sept 2021)

Articles written by McKenzie that are mentioned:  

• Girls Like Us
• The Many-handed Hunger of Transsexuality: On T. Fleischmann
• Reality Cabaret: On Juliana Huxtable
• Commitment to the Bit: On Andrea Long Chu
• Paper Princess

Books by other writers that come up (in approximate order of appearance):  

• Blood and Guts in High School - Kathy Acker
• Pussy, King of the Pirates - Kathy Acker
• Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through - T Fleischmann
• Conundrum - Jan Morris
• Our Lady of the Flowers - Jean Genet
• Katherine’s Diary - Katherine Cummings
• The Freezer Door - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
• "Descent into the Maelström" [short story] - Edgar Allen Poe
• I Love Dick - Chris Kraus
• PSYCHO NYMPH EXILE - Porpentine Charity Heartscape
• Little Fish - Casey Plett
• Nevada - Imogen Binnie
• Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones - Torrey Peters
• Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters
• I've Got a Time Bomb - Sybil Lamb
• Women in Clothes [an anthology edited by Sheila Heti et al. with a piece by Christen Clifford called "Mother, Daughter, Moustache"]
• The Argonauts - Maggie Nelson
• Bluets - Maggie Nelson
• My Meteorite - Harry Dodge
• The Subtweet - Vivek Shraya
• He Mele A Hilo - Ryka Aoki
• Next Year, For Sure - Zoey Leigh Peterson
• Paul Takes the Form of Mortal Girl - Andrea Lawlor
• Darryl - Jackie Ess

The full episode transcript is available right here. 

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