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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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The Curator of Schlock #233: Death Wish (2018)
The Curator of Schlock #233 by Jeff Shuster Death Wish They remade Death Wish. The movie ain’t bad. I know it’s Friday the 13th, but I swore a solemn oath to only cover movies from this decade, and since Paramount has put any and all Friday the 13th movies on moratorium, I have nothing for… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #64: Destruction of Man
Buzzed Books #64 by Amy Watkins Abraham Smith’s Destruction of Man It’s been said that writers who try to appeal to everyone are likely to appeal to no one. This is not a problem Abraham Smith needs to fear, and I mean that as a compliment. Smith’s Destruction of Man(Third Man Books, 2018), a decidedly… Continue reading
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Episode 322: Sean Pratt!
Episode 322 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 actor Sean Pratt, who is approaching his 1,000th audiobook reading. We talk about breaking into voice work, how to read non-fiction, the audiobook of Infinite Jest, and many… Continue reading
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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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