# TMR 29.12: "Writing Is Hiding From History" [The Tunnel]

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Podcast: [Two Month Review](https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-month-review-7095612)
Published: 2026-01-22T15:56:30+00:00
Episode link: https://threepercentproblem.substack.com/p/tmr-2912-writing-is-hiding-from-history
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## Resource

Ted Morrissey ( The Tunnel at 25 , A Lesson Before Writing podcast) returns to help Kaija, Chad, and Brian close out this three-month-long discussion about William H. Gass’s The Tunnel. They discuss the book’s structure, its ending, hoarding and alcoholism, the lack of academic attention paid to the book, the value of the audiobook’s liner notes, and more! This episode’s music is “I Wish I Was Sober” by Frightened Rabbit. TMR will be back in mid-February with season 30 featuring I, The Supreme by Augusto Roa Bastos & Helen Lane. The complete schedule for season 30 will be available in the near future, but get your copies now and join along! You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review , Chad W. Post, Kaija Straumanis , and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And subscribe to the Three Percent substack for information about Open Letter Books and literature in translation writ large. Also consider subscribing to the Mining the Dalkey Archive substack and its respective podcast ( Apple , Spotify ) about all things Dalkey Archive. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit threepercentproblem.substack.com

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