In this week's bonus episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss the history of the western and the emergence of the “weird western”. Also: Tom Lin himself, author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, joins us for a conversation! (!!!!)

Books, etc. discussed in this episode:

Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns by Paul Green

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

Forgetting the Alamo, or Blood Memory by Emma Perez

The Drop Edge of Yonder by Rudolph Wurlitzer

Haints Stay by Colin Winnette

Outlawed by Anna North

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Listen to the History of Literature podcast episode on westerns with author Anna North here

Sources Kayla used for this episode:

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-a-western-novel-definition-of-the-western-genre-and-tips-for-writing-a-great-western-book#the-history-of-the-western-genre

https://bookriot.com/weird-westerns-explained/ 

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-weird-west 

https://lithub.com/on-reimagining-the-limitless-potential-of-the-literary-western/ 

https://lithub.com/what-happened-to-the-classic-western-it-got-better/ 

Check out Tom Lin’s blog: https://twotreeforest.com/fieldnotes and his Instagram: @tom_lin__

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