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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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Buzzed Books #19: The Satanic Children’s Big Book of Activities
Buzzed Books #19 by Brett Pribble The Satanic Children’s Big Book of Activities Do you love children? I don’t. To me they are perfect offerings for the dark lord Satan. So when I discovered The Satanic Children’s Big Book of Activities I was ecstatic. I wondered what different recipes it would provide on baking and… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #27: Measure for Measure
Shakespearing #27 by David Foley Measure for Measure When I was in college, I was robbed at gunpoint coming home from buying a pint of ice cream. They took my coat, they took my watch, they took the ice cream, and when they discovered I had only a few dollars on me, one of them… Continue reading
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