Archive - The American Sublime

The World Disappears

Imagine that Timothy Leary had not left Harvard to go out on his own That Wasson had not gone down to Mexico in search of las curanderas That Huxley had…

Mar 3 •

Manasseh David Israel

September 2023

PODCAST - Ep. 23, The Philosophy of Jazz Music

American Sublime discuss The Philosophy of Jazz Music by Manasseh David Israel

Sep 6, 2023 •

Manasseh David Israel

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August 2023

PODCAST - Ep. 22, The Sentimental Press Annual, Vol. 1

American Sublime co-host, Kyle Taylor, talks about The Sentimental Press Annual, Vol 1.

Aug 30, 2023 •

Manasseh David Israel

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PODCAST - Ep. 21, Variety Show - Napoleon & Mussolini, Historical Determinism and Cyclical Time

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY American Sublime return from a Spring hiatus to finish out the last few episodes of Season 1. This time with a variety show covering…

Aug 1, 2023 •

Manasseh David Israel

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April 2023

American Sublime discuss two short stories from Expat Press: "Oranges" and "Speak Theodore", some thoughts on Fascism, A.I., the future of free press…

Apr 24, 2023 •

Manasseh David Israel

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March 2023

American Sublime come back from a publishing break to discuss 'Women' by Charles Bukowski, Chinaski's literary lineage, Californication, writing about…

Mar 4, 2023 •

Manasseh David Israel

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1:24:20

February 2023

Bartleby Occupies Wall Street

American Sublime discuss Herman Melville's "Bartleby The Scrivener," work-race dropouts, Occupy Wall Street, riding the Twitter tiger, friendship…

Feb 10, 2023 •

Manasseh David Israel

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1:12:16

January 2023

The Labyrinth of Solitude

American Sublime discuss Octavio Paz's 'Labyrinth of Solitude', where to find an artist's true thoughts, the identity of the Mexican man, Latin American…

Jan 21, 2023 •

Manasseh David Israel

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1:54:53

A Plea For Captain John Brown

American Sublime discuss an essay by Henry David Thoreau, the Sermon on The Mount, mythic propaganda, cyclical time, the value of a private and inner…

Jan 8, 2023 •

Manasseh David Israel

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1:44:50

December 2022

American Sublime sit down with Taylor Posey of Cooper & Posey, Publishers to discuss Appalachia, the book trade, classic literature, Karl Maurer, Robert…

Dec 21, 2022 •

Manasseh David Israel

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1:55:45

The American Sublime by ChatGPT

Prompt/ Write a short essay for a literary magazine defining "The American Sublime".

Dec 9, 2022 •

Manasseh David Israel

The Varieties of Edge Experience

American Sublime variety show on Mexico, national identity, questions of American ethnogenesis, stigmata, trends in decentralization, edge-cultures, Ye…

Dec 8, 2022 •

Manasseh David Israel

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