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Episode 145: Patrick Hawkins!
Episode 145 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 engage in an epic, manic conversation about the creative appeal and history of comic books and superhero storytelling with Patrick Hawkins. TEXTS DISCUSSED Four important panels that John came across early… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #82: April Fool’s Day
The Curator of Schlock #82 by Jeff Shuster April Fool’s Day Pranks can kill, kids! I have to admit, I didn’t care for these slasher movies when I first started watching them. It’s kind of like your first beer. You not only get used to it, but eventually life doesn’t seem as good without it.… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #86: Watchmen: Non-Chronological Storytelling
Heroes Never Rust #86 by Sean Ironman Watchmen: Non-Chronological Storytelling The fourth issue of Watchmen is a centerpiece for delving into Doctor Manhattan’s character. At the end of the third issue, he teleports to Mars. There, he builds a massive clock tower and, basically, reflects on his life. Reflect might not be the right word.… Continue reading
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Episode 144: Katie Farris!
Episode 144 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 flash fiction, mythology, Cosmopolitan, the meeting of graphic and written art, and experimental writing with the fabulous Katie Farris, plus Jesse Back writes about his spiritual, romantic, and personal evolution through Will… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #81: Leprechaun 2
The Curator of Schlock #81 by Jeff Shuster Leprechaun 2: The Legend of Funkswittle’s Golden Lox Another Leprechaun movie. Yay. Yeah, I know St. Patrick’s Day was a couple of days ago, but it’s a Leprechaun movie so I’m not going to lose any sleep over this. The only Leprechaun movie I care about is… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #85: Watchmen & Sex
Heroes Never Rust #85 by Sean Ironman Watchmen: Sex A great deal occurs in the third issue of Watchmen. Laurie and Dan get their taste for superheroics reinvigorated when they are jumped in an alley. Doctor Manhattan is confronted on television for allegedly giving cancer to people around him due to his super powers. He… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #23: Einstein’s Beach House
Buzzed Books #23 by Rachel Kolman Einstein’s Beach House by Jacob M. Appel Einstein’s Beach House, Appel’s latest short story collection (and his third publication of 2014), is a quick, fun, clever read. Appel is a writer who knows how short stories work best. He knows how to hit all of the right notes and… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #31: Antony and Cleopatra
Shakespearing #31 by David Foley Antony and Cleopatra One reason I wouldn’t be a good playwriting teacher is that I wouldn’t know how to teach inconsistency. It’s one of those things I think you either get or you don’t, one of those things that suggest certain elements of writing can’t be taught. Mostly I mean… Continue reading
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Episode 143: Boris Fishman Event
Episode 143 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 live event featuring Boris Fishman reading from his novel, A Replacement Life, and your humble host reading poetry. Texts Discussed Read the New Yorker profile of Merle… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #80: Friday the 13th, Part 2
The Curator of Schlock #80 by Jeff Shuster Friday the 13th Part 2 They made a sequel!!!??? It seems like it was only a month ago when reviewed the first Friday the 13th movie. Oh. Two Friday the 13ths in one year? That can’t be good. Oh. Wait. There are three Friday the 13ths this year? 2015 is going to be a disaster! I’m… Continue reading
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