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Shakespearing #21: Julius Caesar
Shakespearing #21 by David Foley Julius Caesar It’s a little spooky to read Julius Caesar right after re-reading René Girard’s Violence and the Sacred. The language of sacrifice surrounds Caesar’s murder. “Let’s be sacrificers, but not butchers,” says Brutus. “Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods.” In flattering Caesar, Decius spells out… Continue reading
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Episode 129: Repeal Day 2014
Episode 129 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 present a rambunctious reading honoring Repeal Day, which I think might be one of the twelve days of Christmas. The Drunken Odyssey All Stars included… Dianne Turgeon Richardson Tod… Continue reading
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The Lists #10: Your Won’t Believe What Happens Next After These Seven Facts About Taylor Swift
The Lists #10 by John King Your Won’t Believe What Happens Next After These Seven Facts About Taylor Swift Stonehenge was once a circle whose circumference was made up of standing-stone likeness of the Greek symbol ∏, which is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Within that circumference was a trapezoid made… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #70: The Next Great American Hero
Heroes Never Rust #70 by Sean Ironman The Next Great American Hero Many decades ago, comic book creators figured out certain characteristics a comic book superhero needs to attract an audience. No matter how much power a character has or how many successes they earn, a superhero is an outsider. Superman is popular, but Clark… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #68: MEMO from The Secret HQ of The Drunken Odyssey
In Boozo Veritas #68 by John King MEMO from The Secret HQ of The Drunken Odyssey To: Teege Braune, Author of In Boozo Veritas From: John King, Host of The Drunken Odyssey Subject: The Unspeakable Awfulness of Eyes Wide Shut Date: December 1, 2014 Teege, this obsession is unworthy of you, dear friend. A year… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #20: Henry V
Shakespearing #20 by David Foley Henry V Maybe Obama is Henry V. Both sowed wild oats (a little blow, a little sack). Both spent their youth working with the common folk (community organizing, highway robbery). And as a result both bring to the problem of ruling a nuanced understanding of the world’s complexity and a… Continue reading
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Episode 128: Michael Hearst!
Episode 128 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 interview the musician, Michael Hearst. Plus Danita Berg reads her essay, “A Note on my Skin.” TEXTS DISCUSSED http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CDSak1Pcbs NOTES The music accompanying Danita Berg’s essay is Carlton Melton’s… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #67: Scrooge
The Curator of Schlock #67 by Jeffrey Shuster Scrooge Albert Finney is the only Ebenezer Scrooge you’ll ever need! I think it’s the movies we watch as children that have the greatest influence on us. While I must have watched Star Wars about a hundred times between my 4th and 5th birthday, it wasn’t the… Continue reading
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The Lists #9: Ten Reasons You Need to Stop Doing That
The Lists #9 by Scott Hoffman Ten Reasons You Need to Stop Doing That For the children. It’s unnatural. It’s the principle of the thing. I don’t care if the other kids are doing it. Because people can see you. I can see you. What will the neighbors think? Because what the neighbors think matters.… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #69: How to Understand That a Man Can Fly
Heroes Never Rust #69 by Sean Ironman How to Understand That a Man Can Fly Lana Lang was Clark Kent’s high school sweetheart, and, like most high school sweethearts, she thought that they would get married and spend the rest of their lives together in their hometown. She narrates the last issue of Superman: For… Continue reading
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