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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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Episode 413: A Discussion of Escape From Fire Island (Bonus Episode)!
Episode 413 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.) In this bonus, mid-week episode of The Drunken Odyssey, the game-writing expert Michael Merriam and I read and discuss Escape from Fire Island, a lost… Continue reading
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The Anonymous Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #6
The Anonymous Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #6 As transcribed by DMETRI KAKMI 1 April 2020 Your corresponded is still holed up at the Hotel Cortez in LA. Might stay here indefinitely, with the ghosts of indiscretions past. It’s the best place from which to watch the world fall apart and politicians make jackasses of… Continue reading
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Episode 412: A Discussion of Douglas Glover’s The Erotics of Restraint, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 412 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, my occasional co-host, Vanessa Blakeslee, and I discuss Douglas Glover’s latest collection, The Erotics of Restraint: Essays on Literary Form. We explore his insights… Continue reading
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The Anonymous Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #5
The Anonymous Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #5 As transcribed by DMETRI KAKMI 16 March 2020 Greetings from the Hotel Cortez in beautiful downtown Los Angeles. I’d like to say I hunker down here while the coronavirus cleans out the planet, but I’m just avoiding having to deal with the four recycling bins rolled out… Continue reading
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Episode 409: Shane Hinton!
Episode 409 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 speak to fiction writer Shane Hinton about his poetic, spooky apocalyptic novel, Radio Dark. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES This episode is sponsored by… Continue reading
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The Anonymous Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #2
The Anonymous Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #2 As transcribed by DMETRI KAKMI 19 January 2020 The Sozzled Scribbler sizzles as the Great Southern Land burns. People are, of course, upset and yours truly thinks, What a bunch of whingers. What happened to the great Australian spirit? Let the fires burn, I say. Only good… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #23: On Finally Reading The Outsiders
Aesthetic Drift #23 by Stephen McClurg On Finally Reading The Outsiders One way I disappointed my high school students was by not reading one of their favorites: S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. One particular student, Caroline, frequently reminded me how guilty I should feel for not reading the book she loved. I promised her some thoughts… Continue reading
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The Lists #36: Star Wars Movies Ranked
The Lists #36 by John King Star Wars Movies Ranked, from Best to Worst Having just seen The Rise of Skywalker, which made me miss the contributions of Michael Arndt, but was mostly pretty okay, here are The Drunken Odyssey’s current ranking of the Star Wars filmography. The Empire Strikes Back A New Hope Rogue One: A Star… Continue reading
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