MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats

Jan 20 2025 41 ep. 28 mins

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Highbrow literature for cats. https://meowlibrary.com

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41. Miranda July On All Fours: A Cross-Species Odyssey

Jan 20 2025 34 mins

This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Miranda July's All Fours is available for purchase here. Miranda July’s All Fours is, at first glance, a piercing exploration of a middle-aged woman’s sexual and existential awakening. But look closer—squint, perhaps, as though sizing up a mouse—and you’ll see that this is not simply a book about one woman’s jour

40. A Complete Unknown: Bob Dylan's Forgotten Avant-Garde Novel, Tarantula

Dec 27 2024 34 mins

This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. The release of the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has revived interest in Dylan's obscure 1971 "prose poetry collection," Tarantula. A Dadaist stream-of-consciousness that sits somewhere between Joyce and an early AI phishing bot, Tarantula has been widely dismissed, but has enjoyed a critical resurgence in recent years. In

39. Christopher Nolan Adapts The Odyssey, or: Royalty Cheques for Homer

Dec 26 2024 29 mins

This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Controversy surrounding the state of American literacy has stirred following Christopher Nolan's announcement of his Odyssey adaptation, with many prominent social media users having⁠ no clue what The Odyssey is⁠. TikToker and Twitch streamer ⁠@hzjoe03⁠ says: The way people are acting around this book is insane. So what

38. Karl Ove Knausgaard vs. Michel Houllebecq: To Condemn With Faint Praise

Dec 23 2024 26 mins

This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. "Houllebecq is considered a great contemporary author, and one cannot be said to be keeping abreast of contemporary literature without reading his work." - Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New York Times Book Review This blurb, from the jacket of the American edition of Michel Houellebecq's Submission, has been making the rounds on Twi

37. Luigi Mangione, The Unabomber, and Literary Radicalization

Dec 10 2024 29 mins

This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. "The mind of the cat is the essence of terror." -- Hasan-i Sabbah (c. 1050-1124), founder of the Order of Assassins Alleged United Healthcare shooter Luigi Mangione's Goodreads account has recently been made public, bringing to light a disturbing reading history that includes the works of many controversial authors, most notable

36. Concern Over the "Disappearance of Literary Men" Is Feline Erasure: A Response to David J. Morris

Dec 09 2024 26 mins

This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. On December 7th, 2024, New York Times contributor David J. Morris published a controversial essay entitled "The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone." In today's podcast, our editor issues his rebuttal, bringing to light an unsung voice in the American literary sphere, one which transcends well-trod gender binaries

35. Books as Status Symbols: A Path to Saving Literacy ft. Mia Khalifa

Nov 27 2024 27 mins

This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Tolstoy enthusiast, Oxford guest lecturer, and cat fancier Mia Khalifa recently made the following comment regarding the state of the publishing industry: At best: it becomes trendy to read and people inadvertently also *learn*. At worst: morons buy books to showcase as a status symbol, inadvertently supporting publishers, write

34. Han Kang's Nobel Prize Controversy: A Translator's Perspective

Oct 11 2024 26 mins

This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Han Kang's The Vegetarian can be purchased here. The basis of Nobel laureate Han Kang's The Vegetarian is a line by Korean poet Yi Sang: "I believe that humans should be plants." But some, like today's interviewee, believe that humans should be cats. A Meow Library translator has taken exception to Han Kang being awarded the 20

33. Sally Rooney's Intermezzo: Love Under the Specter of Marx

Sep 26 2024 26 mins

This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Sally Rooney's Intermezzo is available here. Over and over, Rooney’s characters put their faith in love as a means of escape from the conventional roles assigned to them by society and by each other; no sooner have they achieved this than they are rudely confronted with inequalities of wealth, status and power that are cle

32. Matthew Davis, Let Me Try Again, and the Gen Z Superego

Aug 21 2024 29 mins

This podcast is a presentation of ⁠The Meow Library⁠. Matthew Davis's ⁠Let Me Try Again⁠ can be purchased ⁠here⁠. Matthew Davis's Let Me Try Again is a hilarious, deeply human look Gen Z's calamitous superego. It opens on a suicidal fantasy, quickly giving way to a dense and dizzying edifice of self-recrimination — centered, in true Zoomer fashion, on t