Outsider Theory
Theory on the outside, theory of the outside, outside of the theory
We found 2 episodes of Outsider Theory with the tag “roberto bolaño”.
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Poetry, Fascism, and Madness: the Fall of the House of Panero with Aaron Shulman
November 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins
addiction, alcoholism, fascism, federico garcía lorca, felicidad blanc, juan luis panero, leopoldo maría panero, leopoldo panero, literature, madness, michi panero, poetry, roberto bolaño, schizophrenia
The Panero family were literary royalty in fascist Spain; their descent into alcoholism, madness, and debauchery was the subject of the cult 1976 documentary "El desencanto." Aaron Shulman joins me to discuss his collective biography of the Paneros, "The Age of Disenchantments."
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The Domestication of the Literary Outsider with Alex Perez
May 6th, 2021 | 1 hr 30 mins
bad boys, literature, outsiders, pascale casanova, pierre bourdieu, prestige, roberto bolaño
Fiction writer and cultural critic Alex Perez joins Outsider Theory to discuss Bolaño, the prestige economy of literature, and the prospects for literary outsiders today.