Scholar José Vergara joins the show to talk about A School for Fools written by Sasha Sokolov and translated from Russian by Alexander Boguslawski. Enroll in a fabulous world where the dead are alive, language changes forms, minds split, and love flowers. Read our guest's article on A School for Fools here and more about his work here. References:All Future Plunges to the PastJames JoyceJ. D. SalingerBetween Dog and WolfAstrophobiaMartina NapolitanoStalingrad by Vasily GrossmanVasily AksyonovAndrei BitovNikolai GogolAlexander PushkinMikhail ShishkinRaul RuizSergei Rachmaninoff Edgar Allan PoeUlyssesThe Twilight ZoneChuck-will's-widowIvan the fool To purchase books covered on the show, please visit our digital bookshop. Buying them here helps to support the podcast.