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In this episode of ark books talks, Frida invites Tomek, Clara and Arshia to discuss the Greenlandic book Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen ! Tune in for a conversation about sexuality, gender identity, and Tomeks refusal to construct long sentences! Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

First Ark Books Talks of the year, where Anabel, Emma, Frida and María discuss Dogs of Summer, written by Andrea Abreu, translated from Spanish by Julia Sanches. Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Sound edit by Macon Holt. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

It took us a while but Ark Books Talks is here again discussing The Bricks that Built the Houses by Kae Tempest. Paul, Will, Frida and María have a nice conversation about it. Listen listen! Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

Ark Books Talks is back after the summer break and this time Ayla, Tom, Frida and María discuss After the Sun, written by Jonas Eika, translated from Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg and published by Lolli Editions. Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

In this new episode of Ark Books Talks Will, Kajsa, Frida and María discuss Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters and with it many topics as gender, motherhood, adulthood and life. Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

Ark podcast is back. Frida, Franek and Maria discuss Delta of Venus, a collection of 15 erotica short stories written by Anaïs Nin in 1940 and published in 1977.

On this episode, the final episode of the ark audiobooks club, for now, the gang talk about “Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl”, by Andrea Lawlor. The novel follows the story of Paul/Polly Polydoris, a queer film student in Iowa in the early 1990s, who just so happens to be able to entirely change his physical gender expression by force of will alone. The story follows Paul through his sexual escapade, through a romance in a lesbian collective in Provincetown and trying to work out what exactly his deal is in San Francisco. All the while, the rolling tragedy of the AIDS crisis looms, alt-rock on the radio and Gender Trouble on the syllabus. Here to about the book this time are Jimmy Guariento, Cecilie Louise Kjølholt and one final time Macon Holt and your host Giovanna Alesandro. Thanks for listening to us chat about books for the last four and a half years!

On this podcast, you will a recording of an event we held back in August to celebrate the release of the English translation of Johanna Bille’s Novel, Elastic, from Lolli Editions. You will hear readings from both the Danish and English versions of the novel and a conversation between the author her translator Sheri Hellberg. Enjoy!

On this podcast, you will hear a reading/performance by New York-based writer and performer J. P. Slote of extracts from three plays from the recently published collection "Loretta Auditorium Presents The Body of Loretta" from Fly by night press The performance contains graphic depictions and descriptions of sexual violence throughout. For a full discussion of the themes explored in this work, you can find an interview with J. P. Slote at arkbooks.dk

On this podcast, you will hear a recording of an event to celebrate the release of Danish literary critic and cultural theorist Mikkel Krase Frantzen’s first book in English, "Going Nowhere, Slow: The Aesthetics and Politics of Depression", from Zero Books. Joining Frantzen for the discussion were the Artist and activist Jakob Jakobsen and Ida Bencke from the curatorial collective, The Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology. Hosted by Macon Holt

This month on the ark audio book club, we are revisiting an old flame with the new novel "The Topeka School" by Ben Lerner. Lerner’s first novel, "Leaving the Atocha Station", was the book started this crazy show so in many ways this is something of special occasion. In The Topeka School, Adam Gordan of the Atocha stations is back and this time we are learning about his upbringing with his Psychologist parents at the eponymous research and treatment facility in the small Kansas city. Told from the perspectives of Adam, his father Jonathan and his Mother Jane, the novel is exploration both of the formation of this character and the complex historical entanglements that an upbring entails, from youthful hijinks to developmental psychology, from New york subversives to midwestern values, from the fringes of the Westboro Baptist church to the exclusive debating clubs for future politicians. The novel explores the complexities of living in our world in classic Lerner style by excavating the disjunctions of langu

This month on the ark audio book club, the gang talk about A. M. Homes controversial novel, The End of Alice. The novel is a character study of a convicted pedophile and child murderer as he reflects over his life in prison. When he starts receiving letters from a bored college student who dreams of seducing the young boy who lives next door to her parent's house, he seizes the opportunity to bring some else into his world. However, all may not be as it seems. Not a great book. This episode features Macon Holt, Frida Hammershøy, Charlie Cassarino and your host Giovanna Alesandro.

This month on the ark audio book club, we discussed the mid-20th Century, Japanese surreal folk horror novel, "The Woman in the Dunes" by Kobo Abe. It is the story of an amateur entomologist, who is tricked by some villagers into becoming their prisoner in a giant sandpit where he must shovel sand with the eponymous woman. On the podcast this month are Macon Holt, Josephine Leviné, Emma Aggersbo, and your host is Carlie Cassarino.

This month on the ark audio book club, we discussed the debut novel from Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong, “On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous”. The novel is narrated by Little Dog, a Vietnamese refugee who grew up in the United States as a letter to his mother, who’s English comprehension is pretty limited. In the letter, he excavates his childhood, adolescent and emerging sexuality while exploring the communicative limitations of formal experimentation and beautiful writing. Discussing the novel this month are Charlie Cassarino, Sheri Helberg and Emilie Bang-Jensen with host, Macon Holt.

This month on the ark audio book club, we discuss the unhappy lives of the Grimes sisters in Richard Yates modern classic of American aspirational despair, "The Easter Parade". Featuring Emma Aggersbo Tomel Chwałek, Macon Holt and your host, Giovanna Alesandro.

In this Podcast, you will hear a wonderfully concise talk from philosopher, Todd May, the former philosophical advisor to the sitcom The Good Place, on the tricky and alluring topic of the ontology of Gillies Deleuze in his work Difference and repetition. And the illuminating Q&A that followed I screwed up pressing the record button so it kind of starts in media res but all you really missed is some biting political satire from me and Professor May outlining just how tricky Deleuze can be to understand. The rest is intact. If you like the podcast, please consider leaving us a rating or review on iTunes and subscribing so other people can find us more easily.

In this podcast, you will hear a presentation from the plant philosopher, Michael Marder on what plants can teach us about political organization and resistance. And a presentation from the Danish art/philosophy and activist group, Mycelium on how they use similar but different principles in their work and the lively Q&A that followed If you like the podcast, please consider leaving us a rating or review on iTunes and subscribing so other people can find us more easily.

This month on the ark audio book club, we dive into a work experimental affect theory fictocriticism with "The Hundreds" by the literary scholar, Lauren Berlant, and anthropologist, Kathleen Stewart. Talking about the book this month are Tomel Chwałek, Sheri Helberg and Giovanna Alesandro and your host is Macon Holt.

This month we have read “Convenience Store Woman” by Sayaka Murata, her 10th book and her first novel to be translated into English and now Danish too. The Novel to the story of Keiko, a woman out of sorts from the world who has learned not to trust her instincts. Thus she has found sanctuary from the adult world by working in a convenience story store, a place in which your every utterance come from a rule book. For 18 years this has gone fine but its starting to wear thin with the rest of her network, which she only really has to keep up appearances and pass the time while not at work. To fix this she resolves to get together with another social misfit, Shiraha, to appear more normal to the outside world. But this threatens to take her away from her beloved convenience store. Talking about the book this month are Jiri Chabera, Frida Hammershøy and of course Giovanna Alesandro. Hosted by Macon Holt.

This month on the ark audio book club the gang discuss the debut short story collection by the author of the viral hit story "Cat Person", Kristen Roupenian, "You Know You Want This". The collection is an exploration of the miscommunicated, frustrated and perverse desires the American middle class. It's funny and uncomfortable reading but does it have something new to say about this well-trodden ground? On the panel this month are Macon Holt, Charlie Cassarino, Frida Hammershøy and host Giovanna Alesandro.