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Heroes Never Rust #89: Dream Sequences
Heroes Never Rust #89 by Sean Ironman Watchmen: Dream Sequences When I took Introduction to Creative Writing as an undergraduate student, I was given a list of things that I could not use in my writing. I was told that my stories would be stronger if I did not include certain things, at least as… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #32: Coriolanus
Shakespearing #32 by David Foley Coriolanus Coriolanus is an anxious play. I’m not scholarly enough to know how closely it reflects the anxieties of its times, but it certainly reflects the anxieties of ours. First of all there are the people. What to do about the people, those “woollen vassals”? All very well to get… Continue reading
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Episode 147: Scott Bailey!
Episode 147 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 poet Scott Bailey, whose work is newly banned in South Korea… plus Chad W. Lutz writes about Stephen King’s novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.” TEXTS… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #83: Batman Forever
The Curator of Schlock #83 by Jeff Shuster Batman Forever (Batman Forgotten) I tend to wax poetic about the 1980s, but the 90s were pretty awesome in their own right: Mystery Science Theater 3000, Surge Soda, and Stone Cold Steve Austin to name a few things. But above it all was Batman: The Animated Series, one of… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #88: Turning Exposition into Plot
Heroes Never Rust #88 by Sean Ironman Watchmen: Turning Exposition into Plot At the end of the fifth issue, Rorschach was caught by the police and unmasked. The sixth issue of Watchmen deals with the fallout and gives Rorschach center stage. While the other characters kind of sit around, Rorschach is the active one. He… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #24: Collage of Seoul
Buzzed Books #24 by Amy Watkins Collage of Seoul by Jae Newman I should tell you upfront that Jae Newman is my friend. I don’t want you to read the glowing review I’m about to write about his first poetry collection, Collage of Seoul (Cascade Books, 2015) and later feel you were tricked by a… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #31.1: Cry, Trojans! (An Interlude)
Shakespearing #31.1 by David Foley Interlude: Cry, Trojans! I’ve had to take a break from Shakespearing for a couple of weeks, so as an interlude, here are some thoughts on the Wooster Group’s Cry, Trojans!, their performance of the Trojan scenes from Troilus and Cressida. It began as a co-production of the whole play with… Continue reading
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Episode 146: A Roundtable Discussion of MFA vs. NYC
Episode 146 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 host a roundtable discussion with Vanessa Blakeslee, David James Poissant, and Boris Fishman, in which we critique the essay collection, MFA vs. NYC, Plus J. Bradley reads a selection from his… Continue reading
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