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Shakespearing #5: Richard III
Shakespearing #5 by David Foley Richard III Richard III is Shakespeare’s first transtemporal hit, the first of his plays to be a hit not only in his own time but across the centuries. Why? The most obvious answer is Richard himself, a character type now so familiar that he seems always to have been with… Continue reading
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Episode 109: Pauline Hawkins!
Episode 109 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to writer, teacher, and advocate Pauline Hawkins, plus Caitlin McDonnell writes about discovering her urge to teach, from a night spent in jail, in “The Capacity of Language to… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #48: Rocky IV
The Curator of Schlock #48 by Jeff Shuster Rocky IV: Apollo Creed Is Dead We’re back with Patriots Month here at The Museum of Schlock. Many of us kids back in the 80s were waiting for that final fight between the United States and the Soviet Union. We expected nukes to be flying all over the… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #50: Bad Dog. Bad Dog.
Heroes Never Rust #50 by Sean Ironman Bad Dog. Bad Dog. The second issue of We3 picks up a few minutes after the premiere issue. The three animals run from military helicopters and jeeps. This is my favorite of the three issues. It’s basically a series of action scenes displaying the power of the robotic… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas # 50: Divertissement with Kittens
In Boozo Veritas #50 by Teege Braune Divertissement with Kittens A man dreams, his visions, hopes, loves, anxieties all bubbling to surface of his unconscious mind with out logical transition, referents lost, his thoughts incoherent to himself. In brief: Chaos reigns. How to order this miasma? How to peer into phantasmagoria, to find a thread of… Continue reading
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Episode 108: Matt Peters!
Episode 108 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to the publisher of Beating Windward Press, Matt Peters, Plus Stephen Scully writes a memoir essay about meeting two baseball legends. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES The deadline for Beating… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #4: Henry VI, Part 3
Shakespearing #4 by David Foley Henry VI, Part 3 I imagine Henry VI, Part 3 must have been a rip-roaring experience for its original audience. The last part of the trilogy (or the third part of a tetralogy if you count Richard III) finds the War of the Roses in full swing. Battles, betrayals, blood.… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #47: Invasion U.S.A.
The Curator of Schlock #47 by Jeff Shuster Invasion U.S.A., or Chuck Norris Kills Communists! I’ve never understood the appeal of Chuck Norris. Is it the beard? Maybe it’s the red hair. Or does he have brown hair? He sure did star in a lot of those Golan Globus movies back in the ’80s. I used… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #49: Is Gud Dog?
Heroes Never Rust #49 by Sean Ironman Is Gud Dog? To me, the comics medium is my favorite medium for stories. I like movies. I like TV. Prose. Poetry. Music. I like stories, but I love comics. One of the reasons I love comics is that I feel artists can do more in a comic… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas # 49: Lana Del Rey Vs. The Cult of Authenticity
In Boozo Veritas # 49 by Teege Braune Lana Del Rey Vs. The Cult of Authenticity While I never went nuts for Lana Del Rey’s 2012 premier album Born to Die in its entirety, I did become obsessed with the single “Summertime Sadness.” I was captivated by a brand of pop-music that cannot be easily… Continue reading
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