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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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Heroes Never Rust #84: Watchmen, and Flashbacks
Heroes Never Rust #84 by Sean Ironman Watchmen: Flashbacks Flashbacks are tricky. A story needs to move forward, not backward. But. Sometimes to move forward we have to move backward. Readers need information for certain scenes and characters to have resonance. At times, events that occurred before the story’s present are necessary. They may be… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #22: We Take Me Apart
Buzzed Books #22 by Ashley Inguanta We Take Me Apart “In a different version it was not three beautiful maidens but Mother and you and me and in this version as in all versions happiness was her hoped for ever after then I came along and in this version happiness was her hoped for ever… Continue reading
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Episode 142: Lisa Roney!
Episode 142 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 catch up with Lisa Roney, who has just released her creative writing textbook, Serious Daring, and a poetry chapbook, The Best Possible Bad Luck, plus, Liz Haberkorn writes about Kurt… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #79: Happy Birthday to Me
The Curator of Schlock #79 by Jeff Shuster Happy Birthday to Me No. No. It’s not my birthday. Happy Birthday to Me is this week’s featured exhibit in the Museum of Schlock. With another impending Friday the 13th, I’ve decided to review slasher movies all month. I guess I’m going for a holiday theme so… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #83: World Building in Watchmen
Heroes Never Rust #83 by Sean Ironman Watchmen: World Building Fictional stories take place in a fictional world. Even if that world is supposed to be our own, the story takes place in a world that does not exist. For a story to succeed, the reader must buy into the world. Obviously, the closer the… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #30: Macbeth
Shakespearing #30 by David Foley Macbeth “The earth hath bubbles, as the water has,” says Banquo of the weird sisters, and this disconcerting geologic claim captures the nightmare quality of Macbeth. Like a nightmare, the play inverts the relationship between the solid and the insubstantial: the world we think we know becomes shot through with… Continue reading
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