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The Lists #21: Lyric Reflections
The Lists #21 by John King Lyric Reflections All those years, and I felt foolish. I had gone around with total self-assurance that Jewel’s hands were, in fact, my hands, and I was so proud of myself for having four hands, two of which were pretty nimble with guitar playing. It turns out they were… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #31: Scouting for the Reaper
Buzzed Books #31 by Shawn Whittington Jacob M. Appel’s Scouting for the Reaper Jacob M. Appel’s recent collection of stories, Scouting for the Reaper, has all eight narratives threaded by one theme: the revelation of secrets in daily life to loved ones. More peculiarly, the revelations do not necessarily solve the conflicts within the tales… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #40: A Reflection
Shakespearing #40 by David Foley A Reflection I’m supposed to come up with some final thoughts about Shakespeare after my long trek through the plays, but I keep thinking about his books. I recently stumbled on a Times article from 2005 in which the author flogs the old idea that Shakespeare couldn’t have written his… Continue reading
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Episode 164: A Live Event on the Theme of Childhood, with Wilson Santos, Ashley Inguanta, Vincent Crampton, Amy Watkins, and Moi!
Episode 164 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 a live Event on the theme of childhood, with Wilson Santos, Ashley Inguanta, Vincent Crampton, Amy Watkins, and moi, as your humble emcee. This reading was in honor of Wilson Santos’s… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #98: Ninja Scroll
The Curator of Schlock #98 by Jeff Shuster Ninja Scroll (State of the Art Japanese Animation!) Yeah, I know I keep subtitling “State of the art Japanese animation” whenever I review one these Japanese cartoons. It was the old moniker of Streamline Pictures, one of the first serious distributors of Japanese animation on this side… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #104: A Final Note
Heroes Never Rust #104 by Sean Ironman A Final Note With Marvel 1985 issue six, no reader will be surprised when Toby returns to the real world with the Marvel heroes, and the villains are soon defeated. Does anyone ever expect the heroes to lose in these stories? But just because the inevitable good-triumphing-over-evil occurs,… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #30: Chain Link Fence
Buzzed Books #30 by Amy Watkins Patti White’s Chain Link Fence Some reviewers have called Patti White’s Chain Link Fence (Anhinga Press, 2013) a “post-apocalyptic” book, and it does have that sort of imagery. Most of the short, numbered poems include disjointed lists of objects either broken or hauntingly out of context: “a washtub, Pick-up… Continue reading
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Episode 163: David Z. Morris!
Episode 163 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 the journalist David Z. Morris, plus Shin Yu Pai writes about how Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake changed her life. BOOKS DISCUSSED NOTES Rest in Peace, E.L. Doctorow. Check… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #97: The Octagon
The Curator of Schlock #97 by Jeff Shuster The Octagon No more square dances in ninja movies! EVER. If you read my last blog, I promised you a Sho Kosugi movie this week. That movie would have been Revenge of the Ninja since revenge movies are always welcome here at the Museum of Schlock. Unfortunately,… Continue reading
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