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On Top of It #7: The Customer is Always Right
On Top of It #7 by Lisa Martens The Customer is Always Right Beth walked in to pick up the latest hardcover edition of Stoner by John Williams. At dinner the other night, one of her professor friends had said it was “wonderfully droll” and “brilliantly bland . . . honest.” This was exactly the… Continue reading
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Episode 181: Rick Moody!
Episode 181 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 interview fiction writer Rick Moody plus Ryan Rivas reads his essay, “Reporting from Inside the Vortex of Miami Book Fair,” which first appeared on lithub. TEXTS DISCUSSED Check out Rick’s… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #112: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Curator of Schlock #112 by Jeff Shuster The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Back when movie titles made sense. Quantum of Solace? What does that even mean? Hey, umm, I forgot to do a cannibalism movie for Thanksgiving so your getting it on Black Friday. I know my loyal readers will be busy pepper spraying each other for… Continue reading
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The Lists #26: Yams Recipe
The Lists #26 by Patrick Jehle Yams Recipe Take yams out of cryogenic yam storage. Contemplate your failures and sins. Peel yams. Remove any unsightly spots by digging them out. If a spot gets bigger as you dig, keep digging. Dig, donkey! The hole will get bigger and darker. Do not look directly at it… Continue reading
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The Lists #25: How I Do My Bird
The Lists #25 by Patrick Jehle How I Do my Bird a. Stalk, disarm, and smother a swan until deceased. 2. Exult. 3. Learn to forgive yourself. 3. Stuff bird generously with explosives (whatever you have around the hovel). d. Put in the oven and flee the house. 3. Strip, flap, soar, weep, and be… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #6: Psych Yourselves Up, Fellow Writers—NaNoWriMo is Almost Over!
Aesthetic Drift #6 by Lisa Martens Psych Yourselves Up, Fellow Writers—NaNoWriMo is almost over! Like many self-loathing, procrastinating writers who fear of dying before the world discovers their geniuses, I am participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). For those of you with self-respect (to quote Louis CK), I will explain: During the month of… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #14: I.R.L. (In Real Life)
McMillan’s Codex #14 by C.T. McMillan I.R.L. (In Real Life) Videogames offer unique experiences. With the click of a mouse or pressing of a key, you can explore fantastical worlds, solve complex puzzles, and live out taboo desires. Since the dawn of the Information Age, we have never been more socially connected, and the massively… Continue reading
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Episode 180: Mixtape 5 (The Difference Between Luminescent Dreams and My Grandmother’s Typewriter)
Episode 180 of the world’s greatest writing podcast is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I share some music. NOTES This is where I’ll be this weekend. Besides undertaking too many interviews, I’ll be reading on Saturday in The Swamp on Tiffany Razzano’s Saved by the Sunshine State panel. _______ Episode 180 of the world’s greatest… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #111: Legends of the Fall Part 2
The Curator of Schlock #111 bu Jeff Shuster Legends of the Fall part 2 No, they didn’t make a sequel to that stupid Brad Pitt movie! Okay, here is part two of my continuing series on fall movies, and by continuing I mean that it’s ending this week. Sometimes your curator has to leave the… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #13: Fallout 3 and New Vegas
McMillan’s Codex # 13 By C.T. McMillan Fallout 3 and New Vegas The dystopia appears quite often in fiction. Its most basic form is a world that appears perfect, but has problems and issues hidden behind a gilded veneer. It is a setting that appears stable and peaceful, but its seamless order is maintained by… Continue reading
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