2017
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Buzzed Books #55: Bob Hicok’s Sex & Love &
Buzzed Books #55 by Amy Watkins Bob Hicok’s Sex & Love & In the first episode of the FX comedy series Louie, the main character (single dad Louie CK, playing a fictionalized version of himself) goes on a date with a woman he does not know. When she asks about his children, he answers candidly… Continue reading
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The Lists #34: What I Believe
The Lists #34 by John King What I Believe Cheese grits are more life-affirming than any other earthly experience. Porn needs more cardigan sweaters. People cannot save a democracy. AC/DC’s ballads are totally underrated. WD-40 should not be used as a sexual lubricant except by the most adventurous of lovers. Porn cannot save democracy. Leon… Continue reading
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Episode 280: Mailbag 9 (with David James Poissant)
Episode 280 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, David James Poissant and I offer words of advice for 12 new writers and their questions. I probably swear more than I should in a classroom. NOTES Read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “The First White… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #197: The Magnetic Monster
The Curator of Schlock #197 by Jeff Shuster The Magnetic Monster Master of Magnet This just in! This just in! New photos have surfaced from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. From these photos, we can now assess full plot of Episode VIII. This will be a science fiction adaptation of the riveting BBC series, Call… Continue reading
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Episode 279: Leslie Salas!
Episode 279 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 editing and publishing and writing and the post-MFA malaise with Leslie Salas. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Leslie Salas currently blogs for The Gloria Sirens, and is an editor… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #196: Island of Terror
The Curator of Schlock #196 by Jeff Shuster Island of Terror Why don’t more movies put “terror” in the title? Hi all. I don’t typically cuss on this blog. We try to keep things clean down here at the Museum of Schlock. But it looks like Disney decided to give me the proverbial kick to… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #16: How to Read the Entire Dark Tower Series while Still Having a Life
Aesthetic Drift #16 by Don Peteroy How to Read the Entire Dark Tower Series while Still Having a Life 1. I’ve already lied to you. This essay’s title has little to do with what I’ve actually written. I was thirty-seven when I decided I’d attempt to read every Stephen King novel. I’d made a half-ass… Continue reading
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The Lists #33: Books I’ll Regret Not Writing
The Lists #33 by John King Books I’ll regret not writing On the Hubris of Magic Sparrows Long Night’s Journey into Happy Hour The Devil’s Pancakes Dance of the Planets Dole Whip: The Movie (A Novelization) Pawing the Chords of a Half-Remembered Violin Archaic Memories of Minnesota from the Spork Dynasty John King (Episode, well, all of… Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #11: I am Not Your Faggot
Pensive Prowler #11 by Dmetri Kakmi I am Not Your Faggot In the documentary I am Not Your Negro, James Baldwin says, “The white population of this country has to ask itself why it was necessary to have the nigger in the first place. I’m not a nigger. I’m a man. If you think I’m… Continue reading
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Episode 278: Brittany Perham!
Episode 278 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 poetry with Brittany Perham! TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out my interview with Brittany Perham’s chapbook collaborator, Kim Addonizio. RIP, Jerry Pournelle and J. P. Donleavy. Episode 278… Continue reading
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