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Episode 155: A Craft Discussion About Longinus’s “On the Sublime,” with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 155 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 Longinus’s “On the Sublime,” with Vanessa Blakeslee, Plus LindaAnn Loschiavo writes about how Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES New York Classical Theatre‘s production of The… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #90: The Legend of Billie Jean
The Curator of Schlock #90 by Jeff Shuster The Legend of Billie Jean I’ve always loved outlaws or the idea of the outlaw. Maybe it’s because my dad was a police officer. The idea of a hero that is heroic for the defying the law has always fascinated me. Heroes like Robin Hood, Lupin the… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #95: Superpowers
Heroes Never Rust #95 by Sean Ironman Terror Inc.: Superpowers After so many decades of superheroes, new superpowers are difficult to come by. We have our heroes that represent normal human abilities at an extreme: Captain America, Superman, The Flash, etc. We have our heroes mixed with animal motifs: Spider-man, Hawkman, Ant-Man, etc. We have… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #34.1: ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore
Shakespearing #34.1 by David Foley ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore Note: Another interlude as the Shakespearing project heads into the final stretch… When I went to see Red Bull Theater’s production of ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, I’d just begun my Pericles posting, and therefore had the issues of academicism and problematic old plays in… Continue reading
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Episode 154: Caitlin Doyle!
Episode 154 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 the poet Cailtin Doyle, plus Jeremy Da Cruz writes about reading James Joyce’s “Eveline” on Amtrak. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES In Orlando, check out Wordier Than Thou, the open mic… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #89: Supergirl
The Curator of Schlock #89 by Jeff Shuster Supergirl The Internet can’t seem to shut up about that trailer for that new Supergirl TV show. I don’t know. As someone who stuck it out through ten seasons of Smallville only to see Clark Kent put the suit on in the last ten minutes of the… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #94: Endings
Heroes Never Rust #94 by Sean Ironman Watchmen: Endings Endings are difficult. Do you leave the story open-ended? Do you lead into another story? Do you connect the story back to the beginning? Do you have an epilogue? There are a lot of questions and no answers. Ambiguous endings work from time to time, but so… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #34: Pericles
Shakespearing #34 by David Foley Pericles Last week I mentioned a tug-of-war I’d felt in college between the Shakespeare-as-literature and the Shakespeare-as-drama camps, but now I wonder if I just don’t get academics in general. In his introduction to the Pelican edition of Pericles, Stephen Orgel of Stanford calls the play “a masterpiece—which is to… Continue reading
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