February 2017
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Shakespearing #45: Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s Love’s Labour’s Lost
Shakespearing #45 by John King Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s Love’s Labour’s Lost Love’s Labour’s Lost is a weird play. There, I said it. The premise is that four young men, in a spirit of fellowship, swear that they will forbear the company of women in order to devote themselves to a Spartan, scholarly life. The man driving… Continue reading
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Episode 248: A Craft Discussion About E. L. Doctorow’s Creationists, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 248 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about E. L. Doctorow’s Creationists. NOTES I’ll be appearing at Lil Indies, in Loose Lips on March 7, the Henao Contemporary Center, in the Second Saturday reading series ($5 cover),… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #172: March Movie Previews and Prognostications
The Curator of Schlock #172 by Jeff Shuster March Movie Previews and Prognostications (I don’t know what I’m talking about. I really don’t.) No movie this week, but I didn’t want to leave y’all empty-handed. We’ve got a gaggle of fantastic movies that I’ve never heard of coming out in March. I will attempt to… Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #4: How Not to Write a Short Story
Pensive Prowler #4 by DMETRI KAKMI How Not to Write a Short Story The intention was to write a short story, inspired by a friend’s painting. Five thousand words, at most. By the time I finished, I had more than 14,000 words, which hardly constitutes a short story. It was a novella, one that dug… Continue reading
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Episode 247: A President’s Day Special!
Episode 247 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week’s episode is an eclectic mix of poetry, fiction, and an interview on the subject of the American presidency. This show features Jennifer Berne, Shawn McKee, Karen Best, Christopher Booth, Jeremy DaCruz, & Lauren Camp! NOTES… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #50: Ari Banias’ Anybody
Buzzed Books #50 by Amy Watkins Ari Banias’ Anybody Ari Banias’ debut collection, Anybody (Norton, 2016), begins with a poem titled “Some Kind of We.” In it, his reason for writing is laid out as plainly as a thesis statement in a freshman composition class: I am trying to write, generally and specifically, through what… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #47: My Own Private Idaho [Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2] (1991)
47. Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho [Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2] (1991) Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho is a stylized, Midnight Cowboyesque romp through the gay underworld of the mid-and-north-west. Oh, and it’s sort of an adaptation of Henry IV. Bill Stafford’s music takes the steel guitar of honky tonk music… Continue reading
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Episode 246: Erotic Poetry Night V (Smut, Actually)!
Episode 246 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week features our 5th annual Erotic Poetry Night, featuring… Naomi Butterfield Ephraim Scott Sommers Diane Turgeon Richardson Wilson Santos Stephanie Rizzo Brian Downes Rachel Kolman Lisa Roney Madison Strake Bernath & your host, John… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #171: My Bloody Valentine
The Curator of Schlock #171 by Jeff Shuster My Bloody Valentine I’m not saying that Loveless is the greatest album of all time. Loveless is the greatest album of all time whether I say it or not. Happy Valentines Day everybody from the Curator of Schlock! There are some who would argue that I’m not a romantic, but that… Continue reading
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Episode 245: Tom McAllister!
Episode 245 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist and memoirist Tom McAllister about structuring long-form fiction, the mystery of love, the addictive horrors of football, and other important matters. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Follow Bookmark It on Facebook to… Continue reading
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