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Episode 631: Blake Sanz!
On this week’s show John talks to Blake Sanz, author of The Boundaries of Their Dwelling, about the intertwining short stories within the book and the journeys of emotional vulnerability, writing as a grad student, and wooden planks reminiscent of Theseus. Book Discussed NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #494: Eye of the Devil
Waldo, the punk that defaced the statue of Carl Weathers, was pleading for his life. The Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, unsheathed his sword and handed it to me. “This man has wronged you,” The Revenging Manta said. “Do what needs to be done.” I held the sword, ready to dispense some… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #82: We Are No Archipelago
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #278: It’s Not a Loop, It’s an Ocean
While meta-narrative detective stories in which the titular character must find out who killed him in his own story can be interesting, I feel suspicious whenever this trope crops up. Peter Milligan, Raül Fernandez, Giada Marchisio, and Jeff Eckleberry’s first issue of Profane uses the trope to perfection. From the opening panel, Will Profane lays out… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #100: Raised by Wolves: Fifty Poets on Fifty Poems
You know how it is: when you aren’t the church-going type, but find yourself at Sunday service anyway—maybe you’re visiting your grandma, or maybe it’s Easter—and the pastor says, “I invite you to share the peace with your neighbor”, and everyone around you unexpectedly turns and greets the person seated to their left, and then… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Hunchback of Notre Dame USA 1939 Director: William Dieterle Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, Cedrick Hardwike, Edmund O’Brien It is axiomatic of life and fiction that beauty, male or female, constitutes the norm. Yet beauty is rarely the generator of plot; Homer’s Helen of Troy is the only one that comes to… Continue reading
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Episode 630: Juli Min!
On this week’s show, Samantha Nickerson talks to Juli Min about reverse-chronology narratives and the captivation of surprises in following characters over decades. BOOK DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #493: Emergency Squad
With the snarling lioness subdued, I helped Waldo down from the fake tree in the Sheena: Queen of the Jungle exhibit. He was shaking as crouched down. Waldo covered his head with his hands and looked up at me with pleading eyes. “I’m sorry I messed up the statue of Carl Weathers,” he said. “The Goose Lord… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #81: Bladderjacked By the Cutullan Postman and Other Modern Calamities
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a… Continue reading
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The Drunken Odyssey is a forum to discuss all aspects of the writing process, in a variety of genres, in order to foster a greater community among writers.
Recent Posts
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