171. Pope Boys

Harold got a Snarky Email from An Esteemed Critic. Sean explains The Wheel of Fortune. Hopscotch by Cortazar. HUMPTY TOMORROW! 🥚: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374620400/humptydumpty/ SUPPORT: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Meditations on the Tarot by Anonymous (Valentin Tomberg), The Ghost Writer and the Zuckerman Trilogy by Philip Roth, An Invincible Memory by Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro.

Alexander Pope and Sean on Transcription (Aug 26, 2026, ~7:30 PM). https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Harold read Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Sean quit Literature.

168. East of Eden *LIVE* [Deep Vellum Music & Literature Festival] by Sean Thor Conroe

Harold Rogers breaks down The Walk Book. From Ep. 167: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

THE WALK BOOK by Sean out MONDAY from Little Engines (at littleengines.shop, starting NOON EASTERN tomorrow, 6.22.26), COME UNDONE by Eddie Huang OUT NOW, Sean finished his Tale of Genji essay, Harold QUESTIONS EVERYTHING. https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Harold Rogers and Sean Thor Conroe on Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Vertigo by WG Sebald, and The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu. From 6.6.26 in New York City. https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Harold's viral stack, Notes from Underground, Fathers and Crows, Rings of Saturn, Sebald and Vollmann and humility and courage. Part 2: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

READ: https://open.substack.com/pub/blast2mag/p/janissary?r=n1xg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true NEW EP: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod