Oct 31, 2018
Put on your masks and get out your account books! Matt and Dave are joined by a very special guest, Dungeon Master Rob! They discuss Seth Dickinson's groundbreaking fantasy novel, The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Although it is a work of fiction, the book's approach to race, queerness, and empire can help us as world historians break free from some of the limitations of the archive.
Happy Halloween and happy the Monster Baru Cormorant day!
Links:
Dungeon Master of None, Rob's podcast (Matt also co-hosts)
Recommendations:
Dave - A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe
Dave - Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Dave -
Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern
India
Nicholas B.
Dirks
Rob - The Divine Cities Trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett
Music:
Angkor, Eric Jones
Rebel, Rebel, David Bowie
Empire State of Mind, Jay Z. feat. Alicia Key
Mask Off, Future