Workers' Lit

This is a really, really, REALLY cool guest.

Today we are joined by Talia Bhatt, writer and radical trans-feminist whose work covers epistemic injustice, Third World feminism, and ranked competitive breast growth (yes, she has RANGE!)

Want to know more? Just listen! She’ll explain it better than we can.

You can find info on all of Talia’s work (including her new book, “Brown/Trans/Les”) at her website below:

https://taliabhatt.com/

What's more literary than talking about one piece of literature? Talking about the very nexus from which literature flows!
Today we sat down with Dave Ring of Neon Hemlock, an independent press for speculative fiction, rad zines, and queer chapbooks.
Discussion topics range from the mission of Neon Hemlock to the state of publishing in the Age of Slop to the importance of queer art.
Links to check out the things we mention in this episode:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davering/what-elegant-stars
https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/bitten-peach
https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/cyberscion
https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/shatter-the-sun
https://www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty-two/crowdfund-your-new-citizen-body-a-performance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing

Welcome to Workers' Lit, your favorite show about the battle for narrative.
Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
Today we talk about our focus as a show before discussing the ongoing narrative war in our culture...on several fronts. First, we made Jen watch Hamilton, so we chat about that, which turns into a bit of a side conversation about right-wing films.
Then we get back into ICE and mass deportations. Is Trump on the back foot? Will the Democrats step up? Is the so-called "Joe Rogan Coalition" getting squeamish on MAGA? All that and more.
Finally, we acknowledge Holocaust Remembrance Day and read Bend the Arc's statement.
Read Bend the Arc's Statement Here.
Read Prem Thakker's piece in Zeteo we quote here

9/11, Hamlet, the Statue of Liberty, Segismundo, Zoroastrianism, Puerto Rican Independence, Bananas: If you hear all those terms and think, “wow, this sure does sound like the building blocks of a great book,” then congrats, you’re award-winning author Giannina Braschi.

We are joined by brilliant writer and host of Podside Picnic, Karlo Yeager Rodríguez, to discuss Braschi’s 2011 postmodern novel, “The United States of Banana.”

This book gets real weird with it, so follow along as we spring Segismundo from his prison beneath the Statue of Liberty’s skirt, fight an American occupation with coconuts and witticisms, and set sail to liberate Puerto Rico!

Go read Karlo’s newest short story, “Blanquitos,” here!

Go listen to Podside Picnic here!

We are officially one year into Donald Trump’s second term. How’s everybody feeling?

This week we discuss the nightmare 365 days that have passed, the battles to come, and the framework that’ll beat Trump for real.

Also, we congratulate Usha Vance and her pool boy on their soon-to-be-born child.

(We had some technical issues on sound today, so sorry about that!)

Articles quoted from in today’s episode:

https://zeteo.com/p/our-year-from-hell-trump-first-draft

https://zeteo.com/p/trump-robbery-285-days-to-stop