Coffee with Hardcore Literature (Q&A Episode XV) (Patreon)

Thank you all for your wonderful questions. They have, once again, resulted in a great bookish conversation for this episode of our Q&A Show.

Topics of discussion include: writers being deliberately obscure, the difference between artists and critics, how to tell if you're a writer, James Joyce's Ulysses, recommendations for American Literature, and much more.

As this was a long show, we'll be answering the great questions we didn't get to fully in the next Q&A so as to do them justice.

Feel free to jump to any topic/question you’re most interested in by using the timestamps below.

Video Timestamps:

• 0:00 why are some writers deliberately obscure?
• 5:00 frustration with writers like Joyce?
• 9:00 why don’t writers explain their works?
• 11:00 the difference between artists & critics?
• 18:00 how to tell if you’re a writer yourself?
• 24:00 how do you produce these videos?
• 34:00 have you considered publishing books?
• 37:00 showing you some books of criticism
• 42:00 how to deal with storing books?
• 44:00 recommendations for American Literature?
• 57:12 recommended edition of Ulysses?
• 1:01:23 why does Homer’s Odyssey end abruptly?
• 1:07:22 thoughts on translations of War & Peace?
• 1:10:58 is there a book club team?
• 1:12:30 your experience with veganism?
• 1:15:20 defining elements of postmodern novels?
• 1:21:40 questions rolling forward for our bonus show
• 1:22:10 your book recommendations
• 1:22:40 books I’m enjoying at the moment

Thank you all for your great questions, and let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed today.

Please do let us know any questions you might have for the next Q&A Show.

Happy reading, everybody!