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The Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #10
The Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #10 Transcribed by DMETRI KAKMI 1 June 2020 Drastic times call for drastic measures. A cliche but true. It’s more important now than ever before to know what world leaders think. That is why I follow last month’s interview with Papa (Do-As-I Tell-You-Or-I-Will-Shoot-You) Xi of China with perhaps the… Continue reading
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Episode 422: Michael Merriam!
Episode 422 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). This week, Michael Merriam and I discuss the 2010 cult film, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, and in this conversation we address the classic structure… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #322: Rec 4
The Curator of Schlock #322 by Jeff Shuster Rec 4: Apocalypse Do not watch movies about quarantine during quarantine! It’s time. The Florida government has given the okay for museums to open up as long as they keep to fifty percent capacity. Or is it twenty-five percent capacity? I’m not going to worry about the… Continue reading
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Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #15: An Interview with Tina Mozelle Braziel
Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #15 by Stephen McClurg Tina Mozelle Braziel is an Alabama-based poet whose first book, Known by Salt, won the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. The book captures specific elements of growing up poor in the South and how one navigates life by constructing a self, a family, or a home.… Continue reading
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Episode 421: Didier Ghez!
Episode 421 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). This week I talk with Disney historian Didier Ghez about the joys of research and forging one’s own path as a historian. TEXTS DISCUSSED… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #321: Rec 3
The Curator of Schlock #321 by Jeff Shuster Rec 3: Genesis This one’s just plain goofy. As you know, I went all in on the canned pork n’ beans much to my regret. I guess I panicked a little while grabbing up a wheelbarrow full from the local Big Lots. But I am a lucky… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #25: Corona State of Mind
Aesthetic Drift #25 by Gustavo Guerra Corona State of Mind: Reflections on the Pandemic from The Florida Department of Corrections March 25, 2020. The virus is spreading. Thousands of confirmed cases. Cemeteries are being overwhelmed. Italy. Spain. China. Iran. New York. Miami. All on lockdown. Just like us. Anxieties about the outside world—especially my elderly… Continue reading
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