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Mining the Dalkey Archive Podcast

Chad W. Post

Literary history and analysis of Dalkey Archive Press"s catalog. dalkeyarchive.substack.com

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70:29

"Dead As Doornails" by Anthony Cronin

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2026/03/23

Ross Ufberg (writer, translator, co-founder of New Vessel Press, and author of the new introduction to the forthcoming Dalkey Archive edition of Dead As Doornails) joins Chad and Vince Francone (author of A Book No One Wants) to talk about Anthony Cronin’s memoir of mid-century Ireland and the lives of Brendan Behan, Ralph Cusack, Paddy Kavanagh, Flann O’Brien, and more. It’s a book loaded with a lotta booze and a lotta laughs, and is a wonderful portrait of a particular moment in Irish literary

87:20

Dermot Healy's "Collected Plays"

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2026/02/23

Dan O’Brien (From Scarsdale, True Story, A Story that Happens) joins Vince Francone (A Book No One Wants) and Chad to discuss Dermot Healy’s Collected Plays. After discussing Healy’s life and other works (A Goat’s Song in particular), they focus on a handful of the plays, including “Blood Wedding,” “The Long Swim,” “Men to the Right, Women to the Left,” “A Night at the Disco,” and “Metagama.” A lively, fun conversation about the process of reading plays versus seeing them performed, writing across

69:35

Christopher Sorrentino on "Scarcely Human"

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2026/02/03

On this episode, Christopher Sorrentino (Sound on Sound, Trance, The Fugitives, Now Beacon, Now Sea) talks about his Substack, “Scarcely Human,” in which he documents his various writing projects playing around with LLMs, including an almost Oulipian experiment related to Raymond Roussel and Gilbert Sorrentino’s Under the Shadow . . . He also discusses the hypocritical stances of publishers, the impact of ChatGPT on literary creation, the value he’s found in using LLMs in his work, and much more

85:52

A 2026 Irish Book Preview

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2026/01/26

Rather than focus on a single book this month, Chad and Vince discuss a range of Irish titles (and one British one) that they’d like to read this year. Some of these are new, some old, some will be featured on the podcast, some won’t. But if you’re looking for some Irish books to check out, they’ve got you covered. Here’s the complete list of titles mentioned:Dead As Doornails, Anthony CroninBorstal Boy, Brendan BehanThe Great Hunger, Patrick KavanaghThe Keeper, Tana FrenchLet Me Go Mad in My Own

78:48

Reading Every Single Dalkey Title

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2026/01/12

From now until 1/31/26, EVERY Open Letter title is 40% off! Shop now!!Last January, Matt Martinson started an approximately ten-year project of reading every single Dalkey Archive title (based on this spreadsheet) and writing a short poem about each one. On this episode, he talks about the project and how far along he is, trends he’s picked up on, and how he guides his reading, before a discussion Juan Goytisolo’s Exiled from Almost Everywhere (translated by Peter Bush) and Julián Ríos’s Procession

72:45

"Threshold" by Rob Doyle

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2025/12/22

Rob Doyle (The Other Irish Tradition (ed.), Here Are the Young Men) joins Vince Francone and Chad to talk about his most recent book, Threshold, and to tease his forthcoming novel, Cameo. Through the lens of Doyle’s work, they talk about a host of topics: mushrooms, DMT, autofiction, narrative architecture, the search for spiritual enlightenment, John O’Brien, Flann O’Brien, (the always apostrophe-less) Finnegans Wake, and much more.The next book to be featured in this series is The Collected Plays

61:37

Mark Polizzotti on Harry Mathews Reissues, Toussaint,...

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2025/12/15

Given that Mark Polizzotti is publisher, author, translator, and literary executor for the Harry Mathews estate, this podcast covers a wide range of topics and authors. The conversation starts with information on the reissues of seven Harry Mathews titles (Cigarettes, The Journalist, and The Conversions are available now), then moves on to talking about Jean Echenoz (especially Chopin’s Move and Command Performance) and Jean-Philippe Toussaint (The Emotions), before wrapping with a focus on

76:01

"The Ikon Maker" by Desmond Hogan

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2025/11/19

Although Dalkey Archive did publish two works by Desmond Hogan (A Farewell to Prague, The House of Mourning and Other Stories), this episode covers The Ikon Maker, Hogan’s first novel from 1976, reissued in 2013 by Lilliput Press. Vince and Chad talk about this short, moving book about a woman whose adult son has moved to England and fallen out of touch, about the forthcoming (in 2039?) opera of Finnegans Wake, about Hogan’s disturbing conviction and ensuing disappearance, about the way sexuality is

72:32

Launching the Steinaissance

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2025/11/05

Without question, Gertrude Stein was one of the most influential writers of the past century. And thanks to the three guests on this episode—Francesa Wade (Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife) and Cecilia Konchar Farr & Janie Sisson (As I Was Saying: A Companion to Gertrude Stein’s The Making of Americans)—along with the forthcoming Dalkey Essentials edition of The Making of Americans, Stein is having a moment. To celebrate these three books, we discuss Stein’s literary reputation, why people are “afraid”

84:31

"In Transit" by Brigid Brophy

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2025/10/29

On this episode of this Irish Edition of the Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast, Chad and Vince talk about Brigid Brophy’s 1969 masterpiece, In Transit, a novel that is trans-positive at its core. They talk about Joycean punning and experimental structures, Chad’s love of airports (weirdo), masculine vs. feminine writing, Brophy and Brooke-Rose and literary history, and much more. The next book to be featured in this series is The Ikon Maker by Desmond Hogan.This episode’s music is “In the Margins”

51:50

Adam Levin and the Top Five Stanley Elkin Books

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2025/10/13

Adam Levin (The Instructions, Mount Chicago) comes on the podcast to break down the Top Five Stanley Elkin novels according to Chad’s silly and fun “Power Rankings.” They talk about what makes Elkin so great, which books they both want to reread, the coincidence of having giving their respective fathers the same book gift, and arguing about some of the final rankings . . .This episode’s music is “FugaziBlackHoleMirage (7 of Clubs)” by Hallelujah the Hills. (Which, if you’re into indie music of this

62:38

Allison A. deFreese on Translating Poetic Works

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2025/10/09

Two of Allison a. deFreese’s recent translations are the focus on this particular episode: Elegy for Joseph Cornell by María Negroni and Flame Trees in May by Karla Marrufo. She talks about how these books came to be, the nature of translating more “experimental” or poetic works, her interest in literature from the Yucatán Peninsula, learning Yucatec Maya, the way both books are put together and how to approach them, and more. It’s a lovely conversation and celebration of two unique works of

79:23

"Transit" by Bernard Share

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2025/09/29

Chad and Vince struggle to talk about Bernard Share’s two novels available from Dalkey Archive Press: Inish and Transit. More respect than love for these books, which leads to an interesting discussion about how to try and approach these books, understand where Share is coming from, and what the differences are between criticism, reviewing, and whatever this podcast is supposed to be. The next book to be featured in this series is In Transit by Brigid Brophy (mid-October).This episode’s music is

55:05

"The Dogs of Inishere" by Alannah Hopkin

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2025/09/02

In this month’s installment in the ongoing look at Dalkey Archive’s Irish Literature Series, Vince and Chad discuss The Dogs of Inishere by Alannah Hopkin, a short story collection from 2017. They talk about the short story form, the position of a collection in today’s marketplace, sequencing, aging, B. S. Johnson, and more.The next book to be featured in this series is Transit by Bernard Share (September), followed by In Transit by Brigid Brophy (October).This episode’s music is “If Time Was

92:01

"Langrishe, Go Down" by Aidan Higgins

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2025/08/01

On this entry into the Irish-centric thread of this podcast Vince Francone (The Soft Lunacy, Like a Dog, A Book No One Wants) and Chad W. Post are joined by Angela Weaser, the longest tenured Dalkey Archive employee in its history, and ex-wife of John O’Brien. They talk a bit about Dalkey back in the day, about Angela’s trip to visit Aidan Higgins and his wife Alannah Hopkin (whose biography of Higgins, A Very Strange Man plays a large role in this episode) when Dalkey signed on all the Higgins

95:11

"Grattan and Me" by Tom O'Neill

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2025/06/17

Declan O’Driscoll (The Irish Times) joins Vincent Francone (A Book No One Wants) and Chad W. Post to talk about Tom O’Neill’s Grattan and Me, a brilliantly funny, perceptive book about a Quixote-esque civil servant (Grattan) and his cynical, chaos-making sidekick (Suck Ryle) as they travel Ireland trying to inject a bit more humanity and rational kindness into the world. A rambunctious novel filled with humor, philosophical ideas, and a debate about the importance of James Joyce, Grattan and Me is

51:36

"From Scarsdale" by Dan O'Brien

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2025/06/02

Dan O’Brien joins Chad to talk about the new edition of his memoir, From Scarsdale: A Childhood, his other two Dalkey Archive books (A Story that Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, & Other Traumas, True Story: A Trilogy) two of his poetry collections that relate to his and his wife’s cancer diagnoses (Our Cancers, Survivor’s Notebook), the state of drama in America, and much more. The music in this episode is “Aerial Troubles” by Stereolab.You can subscribe to the Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast

51:55

"The Sovereign" by Andrew Elias Colarusso

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2025/05/27

Special guest Tobias Carroll (In the Sight, Political Sign, and Reel, among other books and projects) joins Chad to discuss Andrew Elias Colarusso’s 2017 novel, The Sovereign, one of two titles in the Puerto Rican Literature Series. They discuss their fascination with this complex novel, it’s architectural form, their lack of awareness of Puerto Rican literature, potential influences, Colarusso’s bookstore, Taylor & Co., his Substack, Zafra, and much more.The music in this episode is “Johnny Come

68:53

"Sleepwalker" by John Toomey

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2025/05/14

John Toomey joins Chad and Vince to talk about his debut novel, Sleepwalker, his experience being published by Dalkey Archive, and what it was like working for John O’Brien (very touching story in this section), looking back on your work from a 20-year distance, how many Dalkey titles have pink covers, and much more.The music in this episode is “Spun” by Wavves.You can subscribe to the Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast at Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, and watch us on YouTube.And

77:51

Special Edition Podcast: Why Fund a Nonprofit Publisher?

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2025/05/09

In the final entry in this series of podcasts on the NEA (for now . . . there may be a return to industry-based Three Percent episodes in the near future), Chad welcomes Hilary Plum (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, Rescue Press, author of State Champ) and Lissie Jaquette (executive director of Words Without Borders, translator from the Arabic of Minor Detail, Thirteen Months of Sunrise, The Queue, among others) to discuss the way in which nonprofit literary presses distinguish themselves

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