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The Perfect Life #9: Love Thy Neighbor if You Can, and If You Can’t…
The Perfect Life #9 Dear Dr. Perfect, My neighbor blasts his music too loud. I try not to dim anyone’s fun, but after three weeks of polka at 80 decibels, I am at wit’s end. I’ve asked him to stop. While he seems really nice, I don’t know if his English is strong enough to… Continue reading
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The Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #27
The Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #27 Transcribed by DMETRI KAKMI 15 March 2021 Must fly. No time to talk. Going on holiday. Here’s the Proustie* Questionnaire I did for Vapidity Flair magazine. Make of it what you will. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Peering out of a drain near a primary school… Continue reading
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Episode 463: Raphael Cormack!
Episode 463 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 week’s episode, theater scholar Raphael Cormack and I discuss the allure of Arabian music, the revolutionary times in Egypt between the world wars,… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #346: Dillinger
The Curator of Schlock #346 by Jeff Shuster Dillinger A whole lot of shooting going on. I’ll be spending the weekend with Tiny Todd and Mrs. Tiny Todd, She told me to mind the Mrs. We’re getting ready to load up the truck with all sorts of fancy canning equipment for some town in Saskatchewan.… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #8
The Perfect Life #8 Dear Dr. Perfect, My free-spirited girlfriend wants us to attend a nude beach. I’m not comfortable walking nude around other people. It took me a while to even be nude around her. I’m afraid if I say no, she won’t consider me as adventurous as she used to. She’s big on that kind… Continue reading
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Episode 462: Denise Duhamel!
Episode 462 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 week’s episode, I speak with the poet Denise Duhamel about her latest book, Second Story, how to approach the long poem, the empathy… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #345: Pulp
The Curator of Schlock #345 by Jeff Shuster Pulp Another Michael Caine turd—I mean gem! Edwige and I made it out that house of horror and into the cold, bitter wilderness. Some nights it went as low as 64 degrees. Cold and hungry with nowhere to turn, I stuck my thumb out, hoping for someone… Continue reading
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Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #19: Silica Gel’s May Day
Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #19 by Stephen McClurg Silica Gel: May Day (2020) Silica Gel’s May Day opens with the title track, a lilting version of an estampie by twelfth century troubadour de Vaqueras. The liner notes say, “We hope our rendition, with drums-a-pounding and whispering voices reminding you of all you love but cannot possess allows you… Continue reading
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