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Buzzed Books #43: The Emperor of Water Clocks
Buzzed Books #43 by Amy Watkins Review of Yusef Komunyakaa’s The Emperor of Water Clocks Yusef Komunyakaa’s latest poetry collection, The Emperor of Water Clocks (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2015) is stately. I know, that’s an awful word, but it describes a book that is measured, dignified, elegant, and profound. The poems have the weight… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #35: Julius Caesar (1970)
35. Stuart Burges’s Julius Caesar (1970) I’ve explained before how Caesar is a difficult play to like. Julius Caesar dies in Act III, Scene 1, but even before that most of the play is about noble Brutus, the man who would kill Caesar because he loved Rome too much to let it be ruled by… Continue reading
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Episode 218: Todd James Pierce!
Episode 218 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 historian and creative writer Todd James Pierce, plus Heather Whited reads her essay, “The General.” TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out the Disney History Institute. Check out our latest… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #149: Our Man Flint
The Curator of Schlock #149 by Jeff Shuster Our Man Flint (Derek Flint does what James Bond Don’t.) I still have yet to see the new Jason Bourne movie, but I did rewatch the previous films in preparation. Do you know what I learned? The Bourne movies take themselves too seriously. Heck, spy movies take… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #12: A Letter from Henry Hughes
Aesthetic Drift #12 A Letter from Henry Hughes July 7, 2016 Dear John, It’s great to hear from you. I remember the excellent work you did editing the Sycamore Review when I was last at Purdue at the turn of our new century. And I listen to The Drunken Odyssey when I can—great stuff, man.… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #50: Death Stranding (Trailer Analysis)
McMillan’s Codex 50 By C.T. McMillan Death Stranding (Trailer Analysis) Metal Gear Solid (MGS) would not have made such an impression on me without director/writer Hideo Kojima. For all their faults I admire the games for the story and how they strike a balance between gameplay and narrative by keeping the two separate. Between spats… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #43: Lisa Wolpe’s Gender-Bent Macbeth3
Shakespearing by Chuck Cannini Lisa Wolpe’s Gender-Bent Macbeth3 On center stage, he slumped over a tire. Strands of short blond hair dangled into the tire’s hole. The back of his burly leather armor faced the audience. Faceless. Beyond him, a figure obscured by a tattered hood and cloak skulked in the shadows. The way the… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #34: Hamlet (1964)
34. Bill Colleran and John Gielgud’s Hamlet (1964) As I mentioned last week, The Globe’s film of its stage show of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a vibrant romp in Renaissance style. The film of Richard Burton’s performance as Hamlet on Broadway is, on the other hand, an exercise in drab modernity. The film was… Continue reading
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Episode 217: A Craft Discussion About Charles Bukowski’s On Writing, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 217 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 On Writing, a book of selections from Charles Bukowski’s letters, plus poet Henry Hughes writes me a letter about his own correspondence with Bukowski back from… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #148: A Bullet for the General
The Curator of Schlock #148 by Jeff Shuster A Bullet for the General (I’d hate to be the General.) If they were to stop making movies tomorrow, I don’t know that it would matter to me. There are decades upon decades of cinema to sift through. I could probably live three lifetimes and not have… Continue reading
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