In this episode, we're joined by Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder and Miles Liebtag to discuss the 1987 debut novel YOU BRIGHT AND RISEN ANGELS: A CARTOON.

Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder produces limited-edition artist’s books under the imprint of Coyote Bones Press and teaches at various institutions. Her research-based book works incorporate sculptural book structures and found objects, combining traditional and contemporary bookbinding and printing techniques. Her books are held in prominent collections including UC Berkeley, Bainbridge Island Art Museum, Stanford, RISD, and The British Library.

https://www.kerischroeder.com/

https://www.instagram.com/coyotebonespress/ 

Miles Liebtag is an academic leftover who's been working in the beer industry for over a decade. He is an Advanced Cicerone and has an MA in Literature from Miami University of Ohio. His sole academic publication is a contribution to William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion, in which he discusses representation and power in WTV's first novel, You Bright & Risen Angels. A recovering shitposter, he's been social media free for two years.

Show Notes:

Daniel Lukes and Christopher K. Coffman (eds.), William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781611495256/William-T.-Vollmann-A-Critical-Companion 

Daniel Lukes (ed.), Conversations with William T. Vollmann https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Conversations-with-William-T.-Vollmann 

William T. Vollmann, “Author’s Note” from You Bright and Risen Angels, KCRW Bookworm https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/william-vollmann (begins at 09:28)

Speak Sex Podcast Episode 102: True Love, Sex as Transformation, Intellectual Intercourse –Eve Eurydice with William T. Vollmann https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/speak-sex-with-eve-eurydice-778073/episodes/ep-102-eurydice-w-william-t-vo-129028326 

WASTE Mailing List, Colonialism Confronted Through Fantasy | You Bright and Risen Angels by William T. Vollmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL0m3zWA1vw&t=348s 

Jordan in conversation with Tobias Carroll https://brooklynrail.org/2022/05/books/Jordan-A-Rothacker-with-Tobias-Carroll 

Mircea Cărtărescu, Sean Cotter (trans.), Solenoid https://bookshop.org/books/solenoid/9781646052028 

Credits:

Show logo (“An Incomplete Map of Vollmannia”) courtesy of Anna Roth 

Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/strollology/shop

Music: Jeannette Fang, Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 2 'Presentiment of Death' by Frédéric Chopin. Public Domain Mark 1.0 – No Copyright from https://musopen.org.

Contact:

Email: vollmannia@gmail.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vollmannia 

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Homepage: https://vollmannia.buzzsprout.com