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Buzzed Books #63: Somebody with a Little Hammer
Buzzed Books #63 by Aurora Huiza Mary Gaitskill’s Somebody with a Little Hammer Somebody with a Little Hammer is easy to read. Gaitskill’s writing is effortless, eloquent, and fairly accessible. But her content is uneasy. She tackles date rape and Linda Lovelace as well as Bjork and the Talking Heads. In much of her fiction, including… Continue reading
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Episode 321: A Craft Discussion of Aspects of the Novel, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 321 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 E. M. Forster’s Aspects of the Novel as my copy of it crumbled and dissolved. I defend the honor of Henry James at great length from both Forster and… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #232: As Above So Below
The Curator of Schlock #232 by Jeff Shuster As Above So Below Your Curator of Schlock got dragged to see Solo. If I’ve learned anything from horror maestro, Lucio Fulci, it’s that are seven cursed gateways in seven cursed places. Where do these seven gateways lead? Straight to hell of course. And don’t expect a… Continue reading
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An Interview with Brendan Hay, Producer & Writer of “Harvey Street Kids”
An Interview with Brendan Hay, Producer & Writer of “Harvey Street Kids” By Chuck Cannini After his animated show about cave people, Dawn of the Croods, finished its final season on Netflix, Brendan Hay teamed up with DreamWorks Animation again to create Harvey Street Kids. Based on classic characters from the old Harvey comics, Harvey… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #62: Spill
Buzzed Books #62 by Stephanie Porven Kelle Groom’s Spill Kelle Groom’s Spill begs to be read by candlelight in a dark room. Groom’s poems, many of which are narrative, read as almost autobiographical in their expression of her speaker’s struggle with fears that prey on all of us at some point in our lives: fear of… Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #20: Notes from a Writer’s Residency
Pensive Prowler #20 by Dmetri Kakmi Notes from a Writers’ Residency I’m at Zvona i Nari (Bells and Pomegranates), a writers’ residency in Croatia’s Istrian coast, to finish my novel. I’ve been struggling with this story for two years and I haven’t been able to get the better of it. It’s turned into bit of… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #75: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (2000)
75. Paul Kafno’s The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (2005) Normally, dear readers, cute middlebrow approaches to Shakespeare fill my heart with hate, so I was aggravated when a friend of mine just gave me a copy of The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). The good news is that the… Continue reading
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Episode 320: Bloomsday 2018!
Episode 320 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s program, The Drunken Odyssey enjoys perhaps its final Bloomsday live show, and its perhaps final visit to The Gallery at Avalon Island. Episode 320 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #231: The Last Exorcism Part II
The Curator of Schlock #231 by Jeff Shuster The Last Exorcism Part II Nope. There’s no sequel when something is the last of anything! I’m sorry, but if we can get The Last Exorcism Part II, we can get The Last Starfighter Part II. I’ve been waiting over three decades for a follow-up. I want… Continue reading
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Episode 319: Julian Chambliss!
Episode 319 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s program, Julian Chambliss returns to the secret headquarters of TDO so we could share notes about the first season of the new television show of Black Lightning, and consider the context… Continue reading
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