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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #2: Titus (1999)
#2: Titus (1999) If a postmodern, ahistorical approach to Shakespeare repulsed me in the hands of Baz Luhrmann, that aesthetic charms the shit out of me in the hands of Julie Taymor in her adaptation of the brutal, early Shakespeare play, Titus Andronicus. For example, the campaigning of those who would be emperor of Rome,… Continue reading
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Episode 167: There Will Be Fan Fiction!
Episode 167 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 share a recording of a fan fiction installment of Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words. The There Will Be Fan Fiction featured Teege Braune Jared Silvia… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #100: Summer Movie Mania!
The Curator of Schlock #100 by Jeff Shuster Summer Movie Mania I thought to celebrate my 100th blog entry, I would opine on the various summer blockbusters I had the good fortune (or misfortune) to see this summer. Let’s get busy! Avengers: Age of Ultron No. I’m sorry, but no. This is where I lose… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #5: What It’s Really Like Owning a Writing Center
Aesthetic Drift #5 by Racquel Henry What It’s Really Like Owning a Writing Center Writer’s Atelier at One Year For years I have admired creative writing centers like The Center for Fiction in New York, Grub Street in Boston, The Loft Literary Center in Minnesota, and The Porch in Tennessee, just to name a few. These centers balance… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #33: Penguin Science Fiction Postcards
Buzzed Books #33 by Dmetri Kakmi Penguin Science Fiction Postcards — 100 Book Covers in One Box It doesn’t matter if you are a science fiction reader or not. You will still get a kick out of this smartly designed box that contains one hundred book cover designs from Penguin’s golden age of speculative fiction publishing.… Continue reading
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Episode 166: A Craft Discussion About Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 166 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 about Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own with Vanessa Blakeslee, plus Christopher Booth reads “The Disappointment,” by Aphra Behn. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out The Drunken Odyssey’s fundraiser… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #99: Top Ten TV Shows of ALL TIME!
The Curator of Schlock #99 by Jeff Shuster The Curator of Schlock’s Top Ten TV Shows of ALL TIME! Hey. It’s your Curator of Schlock here. I’m still waiting for Hell Comes to Frogtown to come in the mail and I’m also gearing up for next week’s 100th blog extravaganza! Come to The Museum of… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #32: On the Run with Mary
Buzzed Books #32 by Rachel Kolman On the Run with Mary by Jonathan Barrow The manuscript for On The Run with Mary was found the day after author died in a car crash. It was 1970, and Barrow was 22. Barrow’s brother had found the manuscript in a desk drawer, with a fresh page still… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #1: Romeo + Juliet
#1: Romeo + Juliet (1996) It’s a forbidden secret that Shakespeare was a playwright. At least that’s the impression one can get from an American education, in which students are forced to read the plays without necessarily watching the plays. It would be like honoring the Cohen brothers by reading O Brother Where Art Thou… Continue reading
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Episode 165: Brian Spears!
Episode 165 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. Check out the great perks for The Drunken Odyssey’s fundraiser here. In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet Brian Spears, plus Eugenio Negro writes about the adventure of reading Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic… Continue reading
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