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  • Buzzed Books #83: Rebekah Frumkin’s The Comedown

    Buzzed Books #83 by Drew Barth Rebekah Frumkin’s The Comedown Ever since reading One Hundred Years of Solitude, I get excited when I see a family tree at the beginning of a novel. It’s the possibilities a family tree at the beginning signifies: a multi-generational tale so focused on the minutia of family issues and how… Continue reading

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  • Pensive Prowler #26: Angel Frankenstein

    Pensive Prowler #26 by Dmetri Kakmi Angel Frankenstein When George Mouratidis asked me to launch his first collection of poetry, Angel Frankenstein, I decided to talk about the cover, rather than the work contained therein. The jacket speaks volumes. It tells us everything we need to know about the poetry and about the poet. It… Continue reading

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  • Episode 345: Chip Kidd!

    Episode 345 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I share a conversation I had with author, editor, comic book fan, and book designer Chip Kidd, from about 40 feet away from Biscayne Bay. We spoke about the DC/Marvel… Continue reading

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  • The Curator of Schlock #253: A Royal Christmas

    The Curator of Schlock #253 by Jeff Shuster Hallmark’s A Royal Christmas  One of these things is just like the other. Earlier this year, I partook in the pop cultural sensation known as Crazy Rich Asians from director Jon M. Chu, a story about a commoner from the United States who falls in love with a supremely… Continue reading

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  • Episode 344: Loose Lips December 2018!

    Episode 344 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I share a recording of Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing run by Burrow Press, who selected Katherine J. Parker to curate and host this installment.   TEXTS… Continue reading

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  • The Curator of Schlock #252: A Wish for Christmas!

    The Curator of Schlock #252 A Wish for Christmas Be my most tasty little dish! Thus begins week 2 of our Hallmark Christmas Movie Yuletide Extravaganza. I love these movies. They’re like the cozy sweater vest of American cinema. If only they would have a marathon of them in an IMAX theater. I want that… Continue reading

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  • Buzzed Books #82: Flavor

    Buzzed Books #82 by Drew Barth Joseph Keatinge and Wook Jin Clark’s Flavor Vol. 1 (Collects Issues 1-6) “Culinary consultant” may be my favorite thing I’ve seen in a comic credits page in a while. Seeing a culinary consultant, specifically Ali Bouzari, on a credits page in a comic that is about food in all… Continue reading

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  • Episode 343: A Very Italian Christmas!

    Episode 343 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about the new story anthology, A Very Italian Christmas, from New Vessel Press. In our discussion, we manage to talk about yuletide loneliness, poverty, despair, prostitution, elk herds, Christmas,… Continue reading

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  • The Curator of Schlock #251: A Christmas Melody

    The Curator of Schlock #251 by Jeff Shuster A Christmas Melody All I want for Christmas is poo.  I’m still reeling from last week’s column on Raw, a French/Belgium production about the trials and tribulations of two sisters who happen to be cannibals. Sometimes you gaze into the abyss and it gazes right back. Other… Continue reading

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  • Buzzed Books #81: Alyson Hagy’s Scribe

    Buzzed Books #81 by Drew Barth Alyson Hagy’s Scribe Let’s talk about magic realism. Magic realism is kind of odd and nebulous in how it behaves, but a reader always knows it when they see it. Magic realism gives off a feeling of being immersed,  being familiar and yet not. These senses all come together… Continue reading

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