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On Top of It #6: Trolls, Predators, Confessions
On Top of It #6 by Lisa Martens Trolls, Predators, Confessions My Aunt Patricia introduced me to the fine art of trolling chat rooms when I was ten. My parents had just gotten Internet (dial-up, of course) in our grey, two-bedroom Dallas apartment. I don’t remember too much about the apartment: The walls were stained… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #11: Henry V (1989)
#11: Henry V (1989) Two weeks ago, I mocked Kenneth Branagh’s weak casting and directing, because I had to. I mean, Robert Sean Leonard. By now, if you’re reading this, you’re obviously asking yourselves, how will this rogue rank Branagh’s Shakespeare films? Like this, from best to worst: Henry V (1989) Othello (1995, directed by Oliver Parker)… Continue reading
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Episode 179: Cate McGowan!
Episode 179 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 Cate McGowan, plus Shawn McKee reads his piece, “Job Letter,” & Racquel Henry discusses her experience with NANO-WRIMO. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Episode 179 of The Drunken Odyssey,… Continue reading
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The Lists #24: Some of the Worst Adverbs in the English Language
The Lists #24 by John King et. al. Some of the Worst Adverbs in the English Language In On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King (no relation) warns that “the road to Hell is paved with adverbs” (118), based on the idea that a more precise verb, or the more careful context of… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex 12: Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2
McMillan’s Codex 12 By C.T. McMillan CoD: Black Ops 1 and 2 The Call of Duty (CoD) series is the videogame equivalent of Friday the 13th. It is an annualized franchise with each new installment having the same formula and noted improvements in what people like. Where in Friday the 13th it was the gore… Continue reading
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On Top of It #5: Uncle Johnny
On Top of It #5 by Lisa Martens Uncle Johnny I was four, maybe five, the first time I went to Uncle Johnny’s house. Uncle Johnny was my grandfather’s older brother. Even back then, he had a fat gut, he was always red, and he had trouble walking. I remember that I refused to eat… Continue reading
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Episode 178: J. C. Sevcik!
Episode 178 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 memoir writer J. C. Sevcik, plus Nancy Caronia readers her personal essay, Postmortem. TEXTS DISCUSSED Read some of J. C. Sevcik’s essays here, here, and here. To read Nancy Caronia’s… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #110: Legends of the Fall
The Curator of Schlock #110 by Jeff Shuster Legends of the Fall It’s fall movie reviews, not that stupid Brad Pitt movie! Your Curator of Schlock went on a movie binge has been seeing quite a few movies lately, so much so that I’ll be writing two blogs on the movies of the fall. Do… Continue reading
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The Lists #23: Take the John King OK Cupid Quiz
The Lists #23 by John King Take the John King OK Cupid Quiz I’m madly in love with my wife, so I am off the market, as it were. But yesterday I came across this in my files, from the era before I met her. So this quiz is a thought experiment to see if… Continue reading
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