May 2014
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The Curator of Schlock #41: Double Impact
The Curator of Schlock #41 by Jeff Shuster Double Impact, or Black Silk Underwear for Men! I seem to recall when I was younger reading about an upcoming film adaptation of video game Double Dragon, which would star Jean-Claude Van Damme. Now I don’t know if there was a falling out with Van Damme and the people… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #43: Literary Superheroes
Heroes Never Rust #43 by Sean Ironman Literary Superheroes Let’s get this out of the way up front. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be studying The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol 1. For those of you who haven’t read it, please (sigh) do not confuse it with the Sean Connery film. While the movie is… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #10: Little Reef
Buzzed Books #10 by Jimmy Newborg Michael Carroll’s Little Reef “Imagine being this hungry and feeling sated, just like this, at the same time.”So closes “Barracuda,” the third story in Michael Caroll’s debut collection, Little Reef. This line carries with it its own sating effect, and is an appropriate statement for the book as a whole. Characters… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #43: Instead of Bowing Out Gracefully
In Boozo Veritas #43 by Teege Braune Instead of Bowing Out Gracefully Like Napoleon at Waterloo; Like Truman according to The Chicago Tribune on November 3, 1948; Like Ahab lashed to the whale, waving the Pequod to its doom before being dragged to the bottom of the ocean; Like Dr. Duke “alone in Las Vegas, completely… Continue reading
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Episode 100: Mailbag Episode 5 (The Dream Child)
Episode 100 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Rose Tran shares a memoir piece about her unpleasantly Proustian relationship to Florida weather. TEXTS DISCUSSED Mary Gordon’s essay… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #40: Bloodsport
The Curator of Schlock #40 by Jeffrey Shuster Bloodsport (Van Damme Hits Below the Belt!) I have to warn you. 1988’s Bloodsport from director Newt Arnold is not for the faint of heart. This movie is based off real life events surrounding the Kumite, an underground martial arts tournament located in the dingy back alleys of Hong… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #42: Aftermath
Heroes Never Rust #42 by Sean Ironman Aftermath There’s only so long a person can hide from their failures. Even though the X-Men put an end to Quentin Quire’s rebellion, failures (both personal and professional) are the focus of each story in New X-Men #138. The issue begins with the X-Men flawlessly taking down the… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #9: Remember Me Like This
Buzzed Books #9 by Jordan Magill Brett Anthony Johnston’s Remember Me Like This Too often novels read as though authors imagine complex topics demand florid, even labyrinthine, sentences. Perhaps they see Proust’s magisterial–and mammoth!–examination of sense and memory, In Search of Lost Time, as their touchstone. Yet one mark of a gifted storyteller can also beto… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #42: Move It Or Booze It
In Boozo Veritas #42 by Teege Braune Move It Or Booze It A fresh start, new digs, a clean slate, a hook to hang your hat on. Home is where the heart is, and sometimes a person comes to that time in her life, for any myriad of reasons, in which it becomes necessary or advantageous… Continue reading
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Episode 99: Kseniya Melnik!
Episode 99 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Kseniya Melnik, Plus Matt Berman writes about Jean Craighead George’s My Side of the Mountain. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Chipotle cups will become a venue for literature curated by Jonathon… Continue reading
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