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Shakespearing #41: OST’s The Tempest
One of my articles of literary faith is that Shakespeare is the best writer who has ever lived. A related article of literary faith is that few of my writer friends quite understand this because they think Shakespeare can’t really be understood, or play in an authentic way. They think this because their curiosity has not survived trying… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #27: Bayonetta
McMillan’s Codex #27 By C.T. McMillan Bayonetta When judging female representation in video games, too often the issue is defined by how female characters are dressed, and what the color of their skin is. The question of who they are in terms of story is never considered, especially in regards to overly sexualized characters. Bayonetta… Continue reading
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On Top of It #17: A Lesson in Humility and Tone
On Top of It #17 by Lisa Martens A Lesson in Humility and Tone: Talia Jane This weekend, the Internet caught fire with Talia Jane, a Yelp customer support representative who wrote a public, scathing letter to the CEO of her company and, of course, was fired soon after. I agree with a higher minimum… Continue reading
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Episode 193: Mary Gaitskill!
Episode 193 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Mary Gaitskill, and share her reading from Miami Book Fair International, plus Beverly Army Williams and I discuss Mary Gaitskill’s new novel, The Mare. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #10: Notes on the Commonality of the Depressed Writer
21st Century Brontë #10 by Brontë Bettencourt Notes on the Commonality of the Depressed Writer When I was younger I idolized Anne Rice. All of her long, winding, ornate descriptions of her elegant vampires and their plights over humanity, immortality, and the ruthless effects of time on all things but them had me yearning to… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #26: Bioshock Infinite
McMillan’s Codex 26 By C.T. McMillan Bioshock Infinite Audiences seem split between having better story over gameplay, or vice versa. Some do not like Metal Gear Solid for being all story and some do not like Call of Duty for being all gameplay. In the case of Bioshock Infinite, there is only one way you… Continue reading
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On Top of It #16: Letting Go of Holden
On Top of It #16 by Lisa Martens Letting Go of Holden The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody’d move. You could go there a hundred thousand times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #17: Love’s Labour’s Lost (2000)
#17: Love’s Labour’s Lost (2000) Oh fuck. Fuck. I mean: shit. Don’t see this movie. Don’t see this movie unless you are totally high. Okay, let’s consider what Branagh tried to do with Love’s Labour’s Lost. This adaptation presented the Shakespeare comedy as a Hollywood musical from the late 1930s, in which Shakespeare’s language is interrupted… Continue reading
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Episode 192: Erotic Poetry Night IV
Episode 192 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week features our 4th annual Erotic Poetry Night, featuring Jesse Bradley, Teege Braune, Stephanie Rizzo, Danielle Kessinger, Amy Watkins, David James Poissant, Ashley Inguanta, Sarah Viren, and (ahem) John King. NOTES Get tickets for… Continue reading
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