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Pensive Prowler #2: Death Takes a Holiday
Pensive Prowler #2 by Dmetri Kakmi Death Takes a Holiday Take death for instance. It’s pretty final. Six feet under or a crematorium. Food for worms or grey ash, scattered to the winds. There’s no coming back from that. Though some threaten to return and eat brains, none have actually kept their promise. We’re still… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #44: Henry IV, Part 1 (2012)
44. Richard Eyre’s Henry IV, Part 1 (2012) There is no Richard II in episode two of The Hollow Crown, so already there was good reason to hope. Episode two presents Henry IV, Part 1. The title role is played not by Rory Kinnear, who performed the role admirably in Richard II, but instead by Jeremy… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #43: Richard II (2012)
43. Rupert Goold’s Richard II (2012) Dear readers, your indulgent rogue sometimes has a difficult time out of doors during those times when he is recognized as such a keen evaluator of the films made from Shakespeare. “Will you review this film?” they yip, and “Will you review that film?” they yap. I can’t stick… Continue reading
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Episode 237: Glendaliz Camacho!
Episode 237 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 to fiction writer Glendaliz Camacho near the end of her residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando. NOTES Check out Glendaliz’s work: Pigeons (short story) Full Battle Rattle (personal essay)… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #164: Black Christmas
The Curator of Schlock #164 by Jeff Shuster Black Christmas Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Did you know that the English used to tell ghost stories around Christmas time? No? Neither did I. Apparently, this was a thing back in Victorian England. As a proud American, I feel a bit funny about this.… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #30: Holding on to Challenges
21st Century Brontë #30 by Brontë Bettencourt Holding on to Challenges In my undergrad days, I directed several Murder Mystery Nights for the University of Central Florida’s anime club. The event combines scripted scenes and improv. The characters are chosen from anime or anime-related content based on that evening’s theme. With other writers, we created… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #47: Thomas Vinciguerra’s Cast of Characters
Buzzed Books #47 by Adelia Johnson Thomas Vinciguerra’s Cast of Characters Thomas Vinciguerra’s Cast of Characters by is a biography of the early days of The New Yorker. Though sometimes hard to follow due to the large quantity of “characters” mentioned, I found myself wanting to pick up my pen and start a journal of… Continue reading
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Episode 236: Bill Savage (A Repeal Day Special Interview)!
Episode 236 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 show, I talk to the literary historian Bill Savage about the re-release of George Ade’s 1931 classic, breezy history of drinking culture in America. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Watch and hear Bill’s… Continue reading
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Episode 235: There Will Be Words and/or Doom!
Episode 235 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 present an Election Day version Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words, or in this case, There Will Be Words and/or Doom. The readers included myself Rachel Kolman,… Continue reading
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