 
  VOLLMANNIA
VOLLMANNIA is a show about the books of William Tanner Vollmann, with hosts Ryan Alexander & Jordan Rothacker. Episodes feature substantive conversations with guests about each work in Vollmann's bibliography.
Episodes
7 episodes
    A Table for Fortune Coming 2026!
Jordan and Ryan are back to celebrate the release of A TABLE FOR FORTUNE - coming 3/3/26 from Arcade Publishing - and discuss their thoughts on the first few hundred pages of WTV's long awaited God's Lonely Men-Cold War-War on Terror epic.<...
        
          
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            Season 3
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            Episode 1
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          1:03:15
        
       
    Dolores as a Golden Monkey
William T. Vollmann has partnered with us to sell 10 prints of his painting "Dolores as a Golden Monkey"! Each print will cost $2,500. Bill has provided a full description below. Order yours today (<...
        
          
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            Season 2
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            Episode 3
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          6:01
        
       
    Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness with William T. Vollmann
In Part I of this special episode, we’re joined by William T. Vollmann to discuss SHADOWS OF LOVE, SHADOWS OF LONELINESS, a two-volume retrospective covering his forty years of photography, painting, illustration, and literary enterprise across...
        
          
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            Season 2
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            Episode 2
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          1:10:41
        
       
    First Dream: The Ice-Shirt
In this episode, we’re joined by Sean Spillane to discuss THE ICE-SHIRT, the first entry in Vollmann’s ongoing cycle, Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes.Sean is a PhD candidate in English in New York City. He speci...
        
          
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            Season 2
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            Episode 1
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          2:53:06
        
       
    The Rainbow Stories
In this episode, we're joined by Daniel Lukes to discuss the 1989 collection THE RAINBOW STORIES.Daniel Lukes has a PhD in comparative literature from New York University. He co-edited William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companio...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 3
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          2:18:03
        
       
    You Bright and Risen Angels: A Cartoon
In this episode, we're joined by Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder and Miles Liebtag to discuss the 1987 debut novel YOU BRIGHT AND RISEN ANGELS: A CARTOON.Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder produces limited-edition artist’s books under the imprint...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 2
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          2:04:02
        
       
    An Afghanistan Picture Show; Or, How I Saved the World
In this inaugural episode, hosts Ryan Alexander & Jordan Rothacker discuss the 1992 memoir An Afghanistan Picture Show; Or, How I Saved the World. Specific topics include how the book can be categorized in terms of genre and style,...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 1
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          2:24:06
        
      