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McMillan’s Codex #55: Modded
McMillan’s Codex #55 by C.T. McMillan Modded As a console gamer, sometimes I envy PC abilities. Computer gamers can change out graphics cards for upgrades, use mouse and keyboard, and have easier access to online features. And there are mods. Mods are additions or alterations to videogames. This can include texture/model/audio swaps, cheats for gameplay, or a completely… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #46: Solmaz Sharif’s Look
Buzzed Books #46 by Amy Watkins Solmaz Sharif’s Look In a September 2014 feature for the Kenyon Review Online, “A Poetry of Proximity,” Solmaz Sharif calls poets “the caretakers of language.” She writes: The State exerts (or at least attempts) authority over us in many ways, including its use of language: passive construction, missing subjects,… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #39: The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
39. Franco Zeffirelli’s The Taming of the Shrew (1967) All right, readers, let’s get to it. The Taming of the Shrew is one of those infernal puzzles Shakespeare has bequeathed to us. We don’t use the word shrew these days to describe women, so if you want to imagine a current translation, the play might be… Continue reading
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Episode 224: A Craft Discussion About Virginia Woolf’s “Modern Fiction” and “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown,” with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 224 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 Virginia Woolf’s “Modern Fiction” and “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown,” plus Mingzhao Xu writes about Diana Gabaldon’s Outlanders series changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Mr. Kim (Kindle… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #155: Two of a Kind
The Curator of Schlock #155 by Jeff Shuster Two of a Kind (It’s kind of noirish.) Another week, another movie to cover over here at The Museum of Schlock. Tonight, we’re covering a 1951 film noir entitled Two of a Kind from director Henry Levin. It stars Edmond O’Brian and Lisabeth Scott. I’ll give the… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #25: Breathtaking Characters
21st Century Brontë #25 by Brontë Bettencourt Breathtaking Characters Last Saturday, I went to see Kubo and the Two Strings. The movie begins on a small boat at night, during a storm in the middle of an ocean. A lone, distraught woman is about to be swallowed by a massive tidal wave when she parts… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #54: The Abyss
McMillan’s Codex #54 by C.T. McMillan The Abyss My favorite pastime is watching Jackass, The Eric Andre Show, and other people hurting each other for comedy. The appeal is seeing someone do the things I cannot and reveling in their stupidity. One could argue the Internet allows such content to thrive, and that we have… Continue reading
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Episode 223: Vu Tran!
Episode 223 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 the novelist Vu Tran about the appeal of detective fiction, the importance of literary substance over style, the problem with femme fatale characters, the Iowa MFA experience, and… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #154: The Killer That Stalked New York
The Curator of Schlock #154 by Jeff Shuster The Killer That Stalked New York It’s a 79-minute PSA for smallpox vaccinations. Okay. So I got this DVD box set called Bad Girls of Film Noir, Volume 1. I figure it’s about time I curated some film noir at this Museum of Schlock. What is film… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #24: The Value of Boredom
21st Century Brontë #24 by Brontë Bettencourt The Value of Boredom Whenever I tell someone that I will be driving to visit my mom, who lives three and a half hours away from me, I actually get condolences, as if I confessed something tragic. “Ugh, how boring!” they say. I don’t see driving as a… Continue reading
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