After the council of oil snakes convenes to discuss the worm spider rebellion, Adam and Tish review the theme of Locust Review’s first “theory annual,” Imago. Co-host Alexander Billet was on assignment during the recording of episode eight, but will return for the second half of the episode (for patrons only). To subscribe to Imago, sign up for the Locust Patreon!
Some of the work discussed in episode eight:
Rochelle Spencer, AfroSurrealism: The African Diaspora’s Surrealist Fiction (2020).
Aaron Warner’s review of the film, Feels Good Man (forthcoming in Imago #1)
Alexander Billet’s essay, “A Theory of the Imagination and/or an Imaginative Theory: The Case for Critical Irrealism” (forthcoming in Imago #1).
Adam Turl’s essay, “Their Weird vs. Ours: Critical Irrealism vs. Fascist Occultism” (forthcoming in Imago #1).
Tish Turl’s review of the Chuck Tingle Harriet Porber series (forthcoming in Imago #1) and Chuck Tingle’s new horror novel Straight.
Mark Fisher’s The Weird and the Eerie (2016).
China Miéville’s City and the City (2009).
Walter Benjamin, “On the Concept of History” (1940).
The Born Again Labor Museum (Locust Review’s ongoing sister project organized by Tish and Adam Turl).
Tish Turl’s “Stink Ape Resurrection Primer” (forthcoming in Locust #5).
“A Short Organum for the Theatre,” by Bertolt Brecht
“The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844,” Karl Marx
Locust Radio is produced by Drew Franzblau. It is hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Alexander Billet. Music is by Omnia Sol.