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1SP044: Andrew Weatherhead on $50,000 (2020) and Wittgenstein

3/2/2020

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NYC — Andrew Weatherhead was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of $50,000 (2020), Todd (2018) and Cats & Dogs (2014). He began writing $50,000 in 2015. I read $50,000 probably four times, each time in a single sitting, over the past fortnight since its release.
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Purchase $50,000 from Publishing Genius. 
iTunes  /  1 hr 30 min  /  March 1
POD CONTENTS

3 min - pod start
6 min - comin in hot w Wittgenstein Tractatus bars/the inadequacy/importance/absurdity of language
11 min - on Facts/‘fake news’
17 min - on the title, $50,000
21 min - on working a 9-to-5
24 min - “wait until you see me dance” by Deb Olin Unferth and writing about office life
27 min - things only mean in context / a setting
30 min - “the things that no one knows about you are how you know yourself” but also “you can only know yourself thru ppl”
31 min - money only works when we agree on its value
35 min - mfa gripes
38 min - redacted mfa quote htmlgiant story
44 min - on humor/laughter
45 min - “Winners” by Nicolette Polek from Imaginary Museums (2020)
49 min - on literary readings
51 min - on concision/editing/first drafts
56 min - on Time/cycles
59 min - on neuroscience
1 hr 2 min - writing vs. medicine
1 hr 5 min - on Satantango (1985) by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
1 hr 9 min - line breaks vs block text
1 hr 15 min - on Names
1 hr 18 min - “Joe Loser Jr.”
1 hr 23 min - writing about writing
1 hr 25 min - art-making in 2020


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Referenced pieces:

"Origin of the World" (collage of book blurbs): (the fanzine)

Selected tweets by mallory whitten (muumuu house)

Creative independent interview

$50,000 excerpt (new york tyrant)

@weeatherhead (twitter)

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Sean Thor Conroe lives in New York City.

@stconroe

@seanthorconroe

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