With Matthew Gasda, author of the novel Sleepers and the play Dimes Square, full ep: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Part one of our pod with Adelaide Faith, author of Happiness Forever, out now from FSG. https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Sean returned from Japan, Harold read Schattenfroh (Deep Vellum, August 2025) by Michael Lentz, tr. Max Lawton. Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

On whether art is inherently harmful or good for thdse world, Mishima and the value of going to war, Harold on Mating by Norman Rush, and which books Sean is bringing to Japan. Join the paytch for free to listen --> https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

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132. The New Mythic Method w/ Al Jacobs *preview* by Sean Thor Conroe

On Ezra Pound, tree girls in Ovid, Eric's writing on dance and Sean's three part Circe-Persephone-Eve essay. Recorded on full moon 3.13.25 in the yurt. Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/131-sacred-grove-124605152?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link | Eric: https://substack.com/@ericconroewriting | Referenced essay: https://seanthorconroe.substack.com/p/circe-persephone-eve-part-one

On Hamlet, Ulysses, the Iliad, Anna Karenina, and self-invention. Full ep and bonus hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

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Sean and Harold are joined by Will Mountain Cox, author of Roundabout (Relegation, 2023). They do a deep dive on Walt Whitman, the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, Harold Bloom on Hamlet, Will's history with Giancarlo DiTrapano, and why America and podcasting is gnostic. Bonus hour and more on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod Intro song by Thomas Thatcher.