Pax Americana reviewed by Gabino Iglesias for The Brooklyn Rail

Books Kurt Baumeister’s Pax Americana By Gabino Iglesias Kurt BaumeisterPax Americana(Stalking Horse Press, 2017) The current political panorama will undoubtedly produce some outstanding critical fiction. Thankfully, we don’t have to wait long because some of it is already here. Kurt Baumeister’s Pax Americana, his first novel, is a strange hybrid narrative that weaves together a science fiction drama …

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Drinks with Tony #167: Kurt Baumeister interviewed by Tony DuShane

https://www.drinkswithtony.com/kurt-baumeister-167/ https://www.drinkswithtony.com/?powerpress_pinw=1371-podcastMarch 9, 2022UncategorizedKurt Baumeister #167Kurt Baumeister is the author of Pax Americana. He’s also an editor at 7.13 Books.New Screenwriting classes are now available at www.tonydushane.com. I’m also accepting new coaching clients for novels and screenplays over the holidays.Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 …

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Literary Protagonists with Kurt Baumeister & Leland Cheuk (Debut Buddies Podcast)

Home Episodes BACK TO EPISODES Literary Protagonists with Kurt Baumeister & Leland Cheuk https://debutbuddies.simplecast.com/episodes/literary-protagonists-with-kurt-baumeister-leland-cheuk-Vtxc41QP MAY 23RD, 2021 | 01:02:58 | E136 SHAREEMBEDRECASTSUBSCRIBE EPISODE SUMMARY This week, authors Kurt Baumeister and Leland Cheuk are on the show to talk about Literary Protagonists. We dive into Hiro Protagonist, Patrick Bateman, Billy Pilgrim and more. And this week's games include Recast: …

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Interview with Sequoia Nagamatsu at Brooklyn Rail

Books In Conversation Sequoia Nagamatsu with Kurt Baumeister “I think the best advice I could give people is to engage with the communities that you want to be a part of.” Sequoia NagamatsuHow High We Go in the Dark(William Morrow, 2022) Sequoia Nagamatsu’s first novel, How High We Go in the Dark, could be called a deft …

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SING A NEW SONG, a short story

SUNDAY STORIES: “SING A NEW SONG” OCTOBER 31, 2021by SUNDAY STORIES Sing a New Songby Kurt Baumeister Once upon a time, in the 1980’s, in America… 1. “The idea that religion and politics don’t mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.”― Jerry Falwell There was Mayor Randolph on the television …

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Kurt Baumeister and Jonathan Evison on Nate Ragolia’s Podcast A Vague Idea, Discussing Football and Writing, April 6, 2021

https://player.fm/series/a-vague-idea/football-with-kurt-baumeister-jonathan-evison A Vague Idea « »Football with Kurt Baumeister & Jonathan Evison 8 days ago 1:04:34   ➕ Subscribe Play Share  Play Later  LikeMP3•Episode home This week, authors and football fans Kurt Baumeister and Jonathan Evison are facing off on an episode all about FOOTBALL. We discuss Mike, Sam and Will, the USFL, Knute Rockne, and try to sort out who would win in …

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Kurt Baumeister Interviewed by John Madera for his podcast Jamming Their Transmission, Episode 17, Life During the Contagion, July 3, 2020

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Jamming-Their-Transmission-p1205725/?topicId=144764640 Jamming Their Transmission: Episode 17, Life During the Contagion, Pt. 4 7 views•Apr 6, 202110SHARESAVEBig Other47 subscribersSUBSCRIBEDToday’s episode features Big Other‘s editor John Madera in conversation with  writer Kurt Baumeister, writer/musician Matthew Binder, artist/musician Hieronymus Bogs, and musician Jeremiah Hosea sharing encouraging words and/or their thoughts about what gives them hope during the contagion.SHOW …

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Kurt Baumeister Interviewed by Ben Tanzer on This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode 221 on April 20, 2020

http://tbwcylinc.libsyn.com/this-podcast-will-change-your-life-episode-two-hundred-and-twenty-one-write-what-you-want This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Twenty-One - Write What You Want, starring the Kurt Baumeister. April 30, 2020 · Kurt Baumeister,Podcast,Books,Success,Social Anxiety I'm really excited to share new This Podcast Will Change Your Life. I'm also excited that you get to hear my conversation with the Kurt Baumeister and contained therein, including, …

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Kurt Baumeister Interviewed by Tobias Carroll for Vol. 1 Brooklyn

FEATURED, INTERVIEWS, LIT., SIX RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS SIX RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS: KURT BAUMEISTER AUGUST 31, 2020by TOBIAS CARROLL The guiding principle of Six Ridiculous Questions is that life is filled with ridiculousness. And questions. That only by giving in to these truths may we hope to slip the surly bonds of reality and attain the higher consciousness we all crave. (Eh, …

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Vol. 1 Brooklyn: Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown Reviewed by Kurt Baumeister

REINVENTING POSTMODERNISM: A REVIEW OF CHARLES YU’S “INTERIOR CHINATOWN” JULY 28, 2020by KURT BAUMEISTER Once upon a time, when postmodernism was young—before it became what-the-hell-is-postmodernism-really(?) and post-postmodernism—unique literary conceits were enough to draw oohs and ahs from critics. Think of John Barth with the nested narrative loops and literary equations of Lost in the Funhouse; Nabokov with the fiction inside poetry …

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