Babak Lakghomi, author of Floating Notes (Tyrant, 2018) and South (Dundern, 2023), on working with the late great Giancarlo DiTrapano, David Markson, fragments, friction, literature as a revolutionary act, Proust, and autofiction.1 min - on working with Gian / Tyrant6 min - on South (Dundern Press)7 min - on David Markson 8 min - fragments9 min - archetypes / Edith Grossman9.5 - Alvaro Mutis, Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (1995)10 min - Nada (1945) by Carmen Laforet 14 min - writing as a revolutionary act (vs books as commodities)17 min - what Literature is / Kafka23 min - Solenoid by Mircia Cartarescu26 min - the Courageous act of Literature27 min - Proust / To the Lighthouse 29 min - Mary McCarthy30 min - on autofiction