land of milk and honey by c. pam zhang

we’re kicking off our eco module with land of milk and honey by c. pam zhang — as well as some steve harvey talk. we ask: is this book a bummer? also: is the book pro cigarettes? we discuss the inner conflict of the protagonist, whether or not the novel’s depiction of climate disaster and climate repair is realistic, and the queer freudian love story at the heart of the novel. we talk about sacrificing long-term gain for short-term pleasure and our shared lack of ambition on the pod to try insane foods. joey relates this novel to fight club. we talk about how visual the novel is and how ripe for adaptation it feels.

reading list for season nine

land of milk and honey by c. pam zhang

the overstory by richard powers

something new under the sun by alexandra kleeman

barn 8 by deb olin unferth

fever dream by samanta schweblin

square wave by mark de silva

the glacier by jeff wood

the man with the compound eyes by wu ming-yi

the deluge by stephen markley

drive your plow over the bones of the dead by olga tokarczuk