Aug. 20, 2025
Ep. 56: Literary hot takes ft. Greta Rainbow
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This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Greta Rainbow. Greta is an editor at the Creative Independent, arts columnist for the New York Review of Architecture, and she's the anchor contributor for Dirt's books newsletter, Blank.
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Greta
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Timestamps
00:00 Introducing Greta
04:33 Genre + scene = literary movement
08:37 Disney adults of alt-lit
11:03 In defense of perfection
16:44 An audatious literary sandwich
24:22 Literary gnats
31:09 Unfulfiled references come as great surprise
34:51 Books that we hate
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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
