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Shakespearing #17.2: Another Interlude, This Time Out of Sequence
Shakespearing #17.2: Orlando Shakes’ Merry Wives by John King Note: Once more I am commandeering David Foley’s blog in which he offers his impressions while reading Shakespeare’s plays chronologically. This interruption happens to be a review of a current production of one of Shakespeare’s comedic masterpieces. Orlando Shakespeare Theater is among the best companies interpreting Shakespeare… Continue reading
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Episode 138: Darcey Steinke!
Episode 138 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 novelist Darcey Steinke, plus I share a spoken word poem by Wilson Santos, and a brief interview about his crowdfunding project for literacy in the Dominican Republic.… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #75: Above the Law
The Curator of Schlock #75 by Jeff Shuster Above the Law Yuen Biao is ABOVE THE LAW! It’s high time we had another vigilante month. Why? Because I like seeing low-life scumballs get what’s coming to them, and so do you! We’re going to do something a little different. You guessed right, it’s Vigilante Month:… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #79: Skip the Obvious
Heroes Never Rust #79 by Sean Ironman Skip the Obvious Two weeks ago, I met with an undergraduate student to discuss her thesis, a collection of essays. One of my suggestions for her essay about the sickness and eventual death of her grandfather was to skip the paragraph about how upset she was over his… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #20: The Great Florida Craft Beer Guide
Buzzed Books #20 by Sam Slaughter The Great Florida Craft Beer Guide Writing a craft beer guidebook in a state like Florida—where a new brewery seems to announce plans to open every day—is tricky. Author Mark Denote had to know that the moment this book went to print, The Great Florida Craft Beer Guide would… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #28: Othello
Shakespearing #28 by David Foley Othello Othello is about as streamlined and relentless a play as Shakespeare ever wrote. It’s as if he’s inventing the form of the psychological thriller—the claustrophobic dread, the implacable villain, even the false hope of a reprieve dangled before us. And it’s a tragedy, too, of course, but it’s a… Continue reading
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Episode 137: Annemarie Ní Churreáin!
Episode 137 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 Annemarie Ní Churreáin about the Irish language, poetry, and the allure of nature, plus Will Garland reads his essay, The Art of Telling a Story About Southern Family… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #74: Zapped!
The Curator of Schlock #74 by Jeff Shuster Zapped! Placing an exclamation point in your title really makes it stand out! Your Curator of Schlock has long had the wish for a Chucky vs. Leprechaun movie. Another dream of mine is to one day see a Scanners vs. Highlanders movie. Oooh. Maybe the movie could… Continue reading
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The Lists #16: Notable Zombie Movies
The Lists #16 by John King Notable Zombie Movies Night of the Living Dead (1968):George A. Romero basically invents the genre in a low budget masterpiece that used actually news reporters to report on the zombie apocalypse in the film and used actual real entrails as props. A little zombie girl who looks like she’s… Continue reading
28 Days Later, Bill Murray, Dan O’Bannon, Dawn of the Dead, Don Calfa, George A. Romero, Jesse Eisenberg, Linnea Quigley, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead 3D, Nightmare City, Planet Terror, Rachel McAdams, Return of the Living Dead, Rose McGowan, Ryan Gosling, Shaun of the Dead, Sig Haig, The Notebook, Woody Harrelson, Zombieland -
Heroes Never Rust #78: Ink
Heroes Never Rust #78 by Sean Ironman Ink When discussing comics, many people, including myself, usually refer to the writer and the artist as the creators of the comic, but “artist” may not be the correct word. The term, to me, simplifies the process, as if the visual elements were the job of one person.… Continue reading
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