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The Curator of Schlock #236: 47 Meters Down
The Curator of Schlock #236 by Jeff Shuster 47 Meters Down Mandy Moore in a shark cage. July 2018 came and went, but brought with it a many splendid thing. Like the trailer for that new Aquaman movie. He’s not wearing the orange trunks, though. He could also do with a shave and a haircut… Continue reading
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Episode 326: Patrick Greene!
Episode 326 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 the Orlando legend, Patrick Greene, about the power of being an autodidact, the importance of curiosity outside of one’s area of expertise, and the struggles of trying to… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #66: The Ghost Script
Buzzed Books #66 by Joshua Begley Jules Feiffer’s The Ghost Script Reading Jules Feiffer’s The Ghost Script (Liveright, 2018) will make you angry, and that’s a good thing. Set in the 1950s in Hollywood during the House UnAmerican Activities Committee—also known as the Red Scare—also known as a farce that ruined many people’s lives—the story… Continue reading
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Episode 325: Abraham Smith!
Episode 325 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 the poet Abraham Smith about his latest release, the book-length work, Destruction of Man. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out the music of The Intoxicators! Episode 325 of The Drunken… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #235: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom vs. Rampage
The Curator of Schlock #235 by Jeff Shuster Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom vs. Rampage Why can’t scientists leave well enough alone? We’re back with another versus column. I tried this last week with Death Wish (1974) and Death Wish (2018) with stellar results if I do say so myself. I had the pleasure of seeing… Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #21: Death Sentence
Pensive Prowler #21 by Dmetri Kakmi Death Sentence One long sentence is what it felt like, and I don’t mean a sentence as in ‘a set of words that is complete in itself, containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question or command, and consisting of a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses’;… Continue reading
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Episode 324: Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 324 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 short story writing over the long haul, and about her brand new book, Perfect Conditions. Plus James Chapin writes about how the King James Bible changed… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #234: A Death Wish Addendum
The Curator of Schlock #234 Kersey vs. Kersey (A Death Wish Addendum) Here we are again. I had a request from my editor last week to compare Charles Bronson’s performance in the original Death Wish to Bruce Willis’s in the remake. My initial reaction was “Charles Bronson gave a performance in the original Death Wish?”… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #65: 1776
Buzzed Books #65 by Chuck Cannini 1776 For Serialbox.com, the Associated Press collaborated to write an episodic series about the lives of farmers, accountants, teachers, and high school dropouts from a certain thirteen colonies in the fateful year of 1776. This is one for history buffs, but the readership should not stop there. The chapters are… Continue reading
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Episode 323: Emily Wilson!
Episode 323 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 chat with the classicist and translator, Emily Wilson, whose translation of the Odyssey feels both superbly magical and contemporary. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out this new funky, psychedelic audio soundscape project… Continue reading
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