In this episode of ark books talks, Frida invites Tomek, Clara and Arshia to discuss the Greenlandic book Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen ! Tune in for a conversation about sexuality, gender identity, and Tomeks refusal to construct long sentences!Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

In this episode of ark books talks, Frida invites Tomek, Clara and Arshia to discuss the Greenlandic book Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen ! Tune in for a conversation about sexuality, gender identity, and Tomeks refusal to construct long sentences! Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen

Julia Sanches

First Ark Books Talks of the year, where Anabel, Emma, Frida and María discuss Dogs of Summer, written by Andrea Abreu, translated from Spanish by Julia Sanches. Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Sound edit by Macon Holt. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

First Ark Books Talks of the year, where Anabel, Emma, Frida and María discuss Dogs of Summer, written by Andrea Abreu, translated from Spanish by Julia Sanches. Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Sound edit by Macon Holt. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

Dogs Of Summer by Andrea Abreu (translated by Julia Sanches)

It took us a while but Ark Books Talks is here again discussing The Bricks that Built the Houses by Kae Tempest. Paul, Will, Frida and María have a nice conversation about it. Listen listen!Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

It took us a while but Ark Books Talks is here again discussing The Bricks that Built the Houses by Kae Tempest. Paul, Will, Frida and María have a nice conversation about it. Listen listen! Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

The Brick That Built The Houses by Kae Tempest

Ark Books Talks is back after the summer break and this time Ayla, Tom, Frida and María discuss After the Sun, written by Jonas Eika, translated from Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg and published by Lolli Editions. Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

Ark Books Talks is back after the summer break and this time Ayla, Tom, Frida and María discuss After the Sun, written by Jonas Eika, translated from Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg and published by Lolli Editions. Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

After the Sun by Jonas Eika

In this new episode of Ark Books Talks Will, Kajsa, Frida and María discuss Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters and with it many topics as gender, motherhood, adulthood and life.Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

In this new episode of Ark Books Talks Will, Kajsa, Frida and María discuss Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters and with it many topics as gender, motherhood, adulthood and life. Ark Books Talks is conducted by Frida Hammershøy and María González. Thanks to Tais Abrahamson for the music!

Detransition, Baby

Ark podcast is back. Frida, Franek and Maria discuss Delta of Venus, a collection of 15 erotica short stories written by Anaïs Nin in 1940 and published in 1977.

1. Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin

ANDREA LAWLOR

On this episode, the final episode of the ark audiobooks club, for now, the gang talk about “Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl”, by Andrea Lawlor. The novel follows the story of Paul/Polly Polydoris, a queer film student in Iowa in the early 1990s, who just so happens to be able to entirely change his physical gender expression by force of will alone. The story follows Paul through his sexual escapade, through a romance in a lesbian collective in Provincetown and trying to work out what exactly his deal is in San Francisco. All the while, the rolling tragedy of the AIDS crisis looms, alt-rock on the radio and Gender Trouble on the syllabus. Here to about the book this time are Jimmy Guariento, Cecilie Louise Kjølholt and one final time Macon Holt and your host Giovanna Alesandro. Thanks for listening to us chat about books for the last four and a half years!

On this episode, the final episode of the ark audiobooks club, for now, the gang talk about “Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl”, by Andrea Lawlor. The novel follows the story of Paul/Polly Polydoris, a queer film student in Iowa in the early 1990s, who just so happens to be able to entirely change his physical gender expression by force of will alone. The story follows Paul through his sexual escapade, through a romance in a lesbian collective in Provincetown and trying to work out what exactly his deal is in San Francisco. All the while, the rolling tragedy of the AIDS crisis looms, alt-rock on the radio and Gender Trouble on the syllabus. Here to about the book this time are Jimmy Guariento, Cecilie Louise Kjølholt and one final time Macon Holt and your host Giovanna Alesandro. Thanks for listening to us chat about books for the last four and a half years!

Ark Audio Book Club #43 Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, by Andrea Lawlor

Sheri Hellberg

Johanne Bille

On this podcast, you will a recording of an event we held back in August to celebrate the release of the English translation of Johanna Bille’s Novel, Elastic, from Lolli Editions.  You will hear readings from both the Danish and English versions of the novel and a conversation between the author her translator Sheri Hellberg. Enjoy!

On this podcast, you will a recording of an event we held back in August to celebrate the release of the English translation of Johanna Bille’s Novel, Elastic, from Lolli Editions. You will hear readings from both the Danish and English versions of the novel and a conversation between the author her translator Sheri Hellberg. Enjoy!

Ark Live — Translation Series: Johanne Bille's Elastic with Sheri Hellberg

J. P. Slote

On this podcast, you will hear a reading/performance by New York-based writer and performer J. P. Slote of extracts from three plays from the recently published collection "Loretta Auditorium Presents The Body of Loretta" from Fly by night pressThe performance contains graphic depictions and descriptions of sexual violence throughout. For a full discussion of the themes explored in this work, you can find an interview with J. P. Slote at arkbooks.dk

On this podcast, you will hear a reading/performance by New York-based writer and performer J. P. Slote of extracts from three plays from the recently published collection "Loretta Auditorium Presents The Body of Loretta" from Fly by night press The performance contains graphic depictions and descriptions of sexual violence throughout. For a full discussion of the themes explored in this work, you can find an interview with J. P. Slote at <a href="http://arkbooks.dk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arkbooks.dk</a>

Ark Live — Loretta Auditorium Presents The Body of Loretta with J. P. Slote

Mikkel Krause Frantzen

On this podcast, you will hear a recording of an event to celebrate the release of Danish literary critic and cultural theorist Mikkel Krase Frantzen’s first book in English, "Going Nowhere, Slow: The Aesthetics and Politics of Depression", from Zero Books.Joining Frantzen for the discussion were the Artist and activist Jakob Jakobsen and Ida Bencke from the curatorial collective, The Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology. Hosted by Macon Holt

On this podcast, you will hear a recording of an event to celebrate the release of Danish literary critic and cultural theorist Mikkel Krase Frantzen’s first book in English, "Going Nowhere, Slow: The Aesthetics and Politics of Depression", from Zero Books. Joining Frantzen for the discussion were the Artist and activist Jakob Jakobsen and Ida Bencke from the curatorial collective, The Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology. Hosted by Macon Holt

Ark Live — Going Nowhere, Slow with Mikkel Krause Frantzen

I could listen to these smart people talk about books forever. I wish there were more than one episode per month.

So smart and honest

Ark Audio

Ark Audio Book Club #19 Pond, by Claire-Louise Bennett by Ark Audio

Ark Audio Book Club #19 Pond, by Claire-Louise Bennett

In the 7th edition of the Ark Audio Book Club we talk about Michel Houellebecq's 2015 novel 'Submission'. The novel is set in the year 2022 in France, and the political tension is escalating. We become acquainted with 40-something Francoise who is professor of 19th century literature at the Sorbonne university and moves through life with a total indifference, that is portrayed quite well within the simple prose of the novel.  We have to say that we just didn’t like the book that much and that it in no way merits the title ‘’most important book of the year 2015’’. It could be compared it to the tale of the emperors new clothes by H.C. Andersen.This month's book club are Macon Holt, Nina Bang, Louise Sommer and is hosted by Giovanna Alesandro.This episode was produced by Macon Holt and Giovanna Alesandro.

In the 7th edition of the Ark Audio Book Club we talk about Michel Houellebecq's 2015 novel 'Submission'. The novel is set in the year 2022 in France, and the political tension is escalating. We become acquainted with 40-something Francoise who is professor of 19th century literature at the Sorbonne university and moves through life with a total indifference, that is portrayed quite well within the simple prose of the novel. We have to say that we just didn’t like the book that much and that it in no way merits the title ‘’most important book of the year 2015’’. It could be compared it to the tale of the emperors new clothes by H.C. Andersen. This month's book club are Macon Holt, Nina Bang, Louise Sommer and is hosted by Giovanna Alesandro. This episode was produced by Macon Holt and Giovanna Alesandro.

Ark Audio Book Club #7 Submission by Michel Houellebecq

Han Kang

This month on the Ark Audio Book Club we discuss Deborah Smith's award-winning translation of South Korean writer, Han Kang's unsettling but oddly beautiful novel, 'The Vegetarian'. This is the Kafkaesque story of someone who is not only trying to stop eating meat but rather leave the field of human violence altogether, and the social pressures that won't allow her. This month on the panel is, Franek Korbanski, Emilie Bang-Jensen and Macon Holt, with host Giovanna Alesandro.

Ark Audio Book Club #13 The Vegetarian by Han Kang

David Foster Wallace

While Sarah and Gio are away, Macon has gathered together some of the volunteers at ark who have read David Foster Wallace's long thing, "Infinite Jest" for a chat about the month's they spent with this crazy book. Featuring Neus Casanova Vico, Franek Korbanski, Macon Holt and, for the last time for the foreseeable future on Ark Audio, Snorri Rafn Hallsson

Ark Audio Book Club, Bonus  Infinite Jest, By David Foster Wallace

This Month, the Ark Audio Book Club discuss Ottessa Moshfegh's second novel, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation". The novel is the story of an attractive, wealthy young woman whose feelings of disaffection, alienation and nihilism, not to mention old fashioned familial trauma, are so overwhelming she decides she needs to sleep for a year. It's the end of the year 2000 in New York and unbeknownst to everyone, the world in which this makes sense is coming to an end. This month on the panel are Ebba Wester and Giovanna Alesandro with your host Macon Holt. They are spoiling from the start.

Ark Audio Book Club #34 My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Kathy Acker

This month on the Ark Audio​ Book Club, Macon Holt​, Sarah Ommanney​ and Giovanna Alesandro​ are joined by ark books​ co-founder now of kbh læser​, Ditte Nesdam-Madsen​ to discuss the reissue of Kathy Acker's transgressive, highly literary anti-novel, "Blood and Guts and High School".

Ark Audio Book Club #23, Blood and Guts and High School, by Kathy Acker

This month we have read “Convenience Store Woman” by Sayaka Murata, her 10th book and her first novel to be translated into English and now Danish too. The Novel to the story of Keiko, a woman out of sorts from the world who has learned not to trust her instincts. Thus she has found sanctuary from the adult world by working in a convenience story store, a place in which your every utterance come from a rule book. For 18 years this has gone fine but its starting to wear thin with the rest of her network, which she only really has to keep up appearances and pass the time while not at work. To fix this she resolves to get together with another social misfit, Shiraha, to appear more normal to the outside world. But this threatens to take her away from her beloved convenience store. Talking about the book this month are Jiri Chabera, Frida Hammershøy and of course Giovanna Alesandro. Hosted by Macon Holt.

Ark Audio Book Club #36 Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Sheila Heti

Sheila Heti's intentionally "ugly" novel of creative anxiety and ethical quandary, "How Should a Person Be?" If this wets your whistle, you can hear more about the book tomorrow on the Ark Audio Book Club podcast, or just swing by the store and pick up a copy.

Ark Audio Book Club #25 How Should a Person Be?, by Sheila Heti

Lauren Berlant

Kathleen Stewart

This month on the ark audio book club, we dive into a work experimental affect theory fictocriticism with "The Hundreds" by the literary scholar, Lauren Berlant, and anthropologist, Kathleen Stewart. Talking about the book this month are Tomel Chwałek, Sheri Helberg and Giovanna Alesandro and your host is Macon Holt.

Ark Audio Book Club #37 The Hundreds by Lauren Berlant and Kathleen Stewart

Tao Lin

Senyora Psicosi More or Less, #1 Tao Lin's Electric Espionage

Tom McCarthy

This month on the Ark Audio Book Club it’s Macon’s pick and we have read Tom Mccarthy’s novel “Satin Island” (2015), a Kafkaesque tale narrated by a corporate anthropologist named U, tasked to produce the Great Anthropological Report of our times. Instead, or perhaps because of his task, he becomes enamoured with the aesthetics of oil spills, the possibility of a serial killer of skydivers and the buffering of video streaming. This month Podcast features Giovanna Alesandro, Sarah Ommanney, the enfant terrible of Nordic podcasting Snorri Rafn Hallsson and is toasted by Macon Holt. Satin Island is published by Vintage BooksCheck out Macon's review of the book here http://arkbooks.dk/review-satin-island-by-tom-mccarthy/

This month on the Ark Audio Book Club it’s Macon’s pick and we have read Tom Mccarthy’s novel “Satin Island” (2015), a Kafkaesque tale narrated by a corporate anthropologist named U, tasked to produce the Great Anthropological Report of our times. Instead, or perhaps because of his task, he becomes enamoured with the aesthetics of oil spills, the possibility of a serial killer of skydivers and the buffering of video streaming. This month Podcast features Giovanna Alesandro, Sarah Ommanney, the enfant terrible of Nordic podcasting Snorri Rafn Hallsson and is toasted by Macon Holt. Satin Island is published by Vintage Books Check out Macon's review of the book here <a href="http://arkbooks.dk/review-satin-island-by-tom-mccarthy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://arkbooks.dk/review-satin-island-by-tom-mccarthy/</a>

Ark Audio Book Club #21 Satin Island by Tom McCarthy

Alexandra Kleeman

This month the Ark Audio Book Club discuss Alexandra Kleeman's debut novel "You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine". It's a story of bodies, symbols, shark documentaries, ephemeral cakes and obscured Christian cults. But is it good? This episode features Neus Casanova Vico, Sarah Ommanney, Macon Holt and is hosted by Giovanna Alesandro. You can check out Macon's essay inspired by the novel here http://arkbooks.dk/the-ephemeral-body-and-meaningless-symbols-in-alexandra-kleemans-you-too-can-have-a-body-like-mine/

This month the Ark Audio Book Club discuss Alexandra Kleeman's debut novel "You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine". It's a story of bodies, symbols, shark documentaries, ephemeral cakes and obscured Christian cults. But is it good? This episode features Neus Casanova Vico, Sarah Ommanney, Macon Holt and is hosted by Giovanna Alesandro. You can check out Macon's essay inspired by the novel here <a href="http://arkbooks.dk/the-ephemeral-body-and-meaningless-symbols-in-alexandra-kleemans-you-too-can-have-a-body-like-mine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://arkbooks.dk/the-ephemeral-body-and-meaningless-symbols-in-alexandra-kleemans-you-too-can-have-a-body-like-mine/</a>

Ark Audio Book Club #20, You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine, By Alexandra Kleeman

Jonathan Lethem

Senyora Psicosi revves up her engine and races through the world of LSD and childhood memories. The lights of the city shine bright and Herr Caller wants to play a game.

Senyor Psicosi More or Less #8 Jonathan Lethem's Protected Pedestrians

McKenzie Wark

This month on the Ark Audio Book Club, the gang discuss "I'm very into you", an intense collection of emails between Kathy Acker and Mckenzie Wark that cover everything from sexuality and The Simpsons to motorcycles and Bataille, all with that gauzy light of being close to falling in love. Also, tonnes of 90s nostalgia!Check out Sarah's review here http://arkbooks.dk/review-im-very-into-you-by-kathy-acker-mckenzie-wark/

This month on the Ark Audio Book Club, the gang discuss "I'm very into you", an intense collection of emails between Kathy Acker and Mckenzie Wark that cover everything from sexuality and The Simpsons to motorcycles and Bataille, all with that gauzy light of being close to falling in love. Also, tonnes of 90s nostalgia! Check out Sarah's review here <a href="http://arkbooks.dk/review-im-very-into-you-by-kathy-acker-mckenzie-wark/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://arkbooks.dk/review-im-very-into-you-by-kathy-acker-mckenzie-wark/</a>

Ark Audio Book Club #18 I'm very into you, By Kathy Acker & McKenzie Wark

Chris Kraus

This month on the Ark Audio Review, Snorri goes through all our ephemera on the ephemeral and Macon and Gio interview Chris Kraus!

Ark Audio Review #05 Ephemera (Feat. Chris Kraus.)

On this edition of the Ark Audio Book Club, we talk about the new testament gospels of Mark and John These give oddly different but strangely similar accounts of a young (though middle aged by the standards of the time) political and spiritual radical called Jesus of Nazareth. He rolls up to various towns accruing a reputation as a healer, a teacher and a miracle worker and disciples on the way. But this does not go over well with the local religious bigwigs, the Pharisees, who plot with the help of the Roman administration and one of Jesus’s own disciples, to have Jesus executed for blasphemy for claiming to be the son of god. Little do they know, however, Jesus is on to them but also has no desire to stop them. As he plans to die and then come back from the dead for the redemption of humanity. On the panel this month we have first time Ark Audio Book Club participants Ilinca Cretu and the return of Giovanna Alessandro. Hosted by Macon Holt

Ark Audio Book Club #16 The Gospels of Mark and John

Kobo Abe

This month on the ark audio book club, we discussed the mid-20th Century, Japanese surreal folk horror novel, "The Woman in the Dunes" by Kobo Abe. It is the story of an amateur entomologist, who is tricked by some villagers into becoming their prisoner in a giant sandpit where he must shovel sand with the eponymous woman. On the podcast this month are Macon Holt, Josephine Leviné, Emma Aggersbo, and your host is Carlie Cassarino.

Ark Audio Book Club #40 The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe

For this episode of the Ark Audio Book Club we have read "Aliens and Anorexia" by Chris Kraus, the second book in the "I Love Dick trilogy" published on Semiotext in 2000. In short: This book starts where I Love Dick ended. More of the same - Chris and Sylvere still hang out, but he’s gotten a new girlfriend, whose house Chris lives in, she has gotten into phone sex and S/M because it’s the only sex where she finds that people hold their end of the bargain, she is still made invisible by men and she is still fiercely unhappy. Now in Berlin she is trying to sell her movie at the European Film market. And to talk about this we have as always, Macon Holt, Rebecca Linneman and Neus Casanova. Hosted by Giovanna Alesandro.

For this episode of the Ark Audio Book Club we have read "Aliens and Anorexia" by Chris Kraus, the second book in the "I Love Dick trilogy" published on Semiotext in 2000. In short: This book starts where I Love Dick ended. More of the same - Chris and Sylvere still hang out, but he’s gotten a new girlfriend, whose house Chris lives in, she has gotten into phone sex and S/M because it’s the only sex where she finds that people hold their end of the bargain, she is still made invisible by men and she is still fiercely unhappy. Now in Berlin she is trying to sell her movie at the European Film market. And to talk about this we have as always, Macon Holt, Rebecca Linneman and Neus Casanova. Hosted by Giovanna Alesandro.

Ark Audio Book Club #17 Aliens and Anorexia By Chris Kraus.

Richard Yates

In this episode of the Ark Audio Book Club we explore the genre ‘’new sincerity’’, with Tao Lins 2010 novel called Richard Yates. The book is about the relationship between about two characters, Dakota Fanning and Haley Joel Osment and while you couldn't call it a pleasant read, it’s definitely an interesting read, challenging our idea of prose in a ways that we haven’t come across with any other author.

Ark Audio Book Club #8 Richard Yates by Tao Lin (Feat. Caspar Eric)

Ben Lerner

On this special anniversary edition of the Ark Audio Book club we have brought together the panel from the first ever episode, on Leaving the Atocha Station, to talk about Ben Lerner’s second novel 10:04. The story of an unnamed Ben Lerner-like New York author, working on a follow up to his well received Atocha Station-like first novel while juggling relationships, family, the spectres of death, technology and ecological disaster and the prospect of having a child with his best friend, all set within a baroque metafictional construction. The novel is a poetically crafted exploration of the differentness temporalities of art making and life living, and the attempt for ever-unattainable authenticity.  This episode features Alexander Buk-Sweinty, Magnus Friis, Giovanna Alesandro and is hosted and produced by Macon Holt.

Ark Audio Book Club #11 10:04 by Ben Lerner

The best podcast episodes about true crime. For any thrill seeking podcast listeners who just can't get enough of the captivating stories of murderers and criminals. This topic has all the best episodes from many different true crime podcasts.  Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

Best True Crime Podcasts

The best podcast episodes of the most interesting stories and things. From skyping someone while they're in space, to tracking down and meeting a telephone scammer in person, to the story of a Galapagos. These episodes will keep you and all your friends entertained and captivated for hours. Learn something new in every episode! Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!