Listen "Episode 5: Bored As Hell, Part 2"
Episode Synopsis
Today’s episode is the second of two responding to our recent cluster Bored as Hell, a series of essays all about being bored and being boring, why we get bored and how we unbore ourselves, depicting and manifesting boredom in art and literature. You can read Bored as Hell, as well as all our other clusters, at post45.org/contemporaries.
Joining Contemporaries co-editor Michael Docherty (@maybeavalon on Twitter) are:
Busra Copuroglu (@buscopur on Twitter), a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Western Ontario, who edited the cluster and wrote its introduction.
Charlie Tyson (@charlietyson1 on Twitter), a PhD candidate in English literature at Harvard. Charlie wrote the piece "Bored Housewives" for the cluster.
Yonina Hoffman (@yonina on Twitter), Assistant Professor at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Yonina wrote the piece "Traumatised by Capitalism? Novels of Bored Workers" for the cluster.
Joining Contemporaries co-editor Michael Docherty (@maybeavalon on Twitter) are:
Busra Copuroglu (@buscopur on Twitter), a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Western Ontario, who edited the cluster and wrote its introduction.
Charlie Tyson (@charlietyson1 on Twitter), a PhD candidate in English literature at Harvard. Charlie wrote the piece "Bored Housewives" for the cluster.
Yonina Hoffman (@yonina on Twitter), Assistant Professor at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Yonina wrote the piece "Traumatised by Capitalism? Novels of Bored Workers" for the cluster.
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