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Like a Geek God #5: Geek is the New Cool
Like a Geek God #5 by Mark Pursell Geek is the New Cool My husband is an elementary school teacher. You can imagine the sort of anecdotes he brings home after spending every day teaching a formative generation born with smartphones in their hands. One thing that particularly struck me, however, happened last year. A… Continue reading
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Episode 65: Orlando Shakespeare Theater!
Episode 65 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 three of the stars of Orlando Shakespeare Theatre’s production of The Taming of the Shrew. Geoffrey Kent (Petruchio) And Deanna Gibson (Kate) John Ahlin (Baptista) And J. Bradley… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #5: Death Wish 2
The Curator of Schlock #5 by Jeffrey Shuster Death Wish 2: Who’s To Blame? Oh boy. I guess we have to talk about Death Wish 2 before we get to Death Wish 3. We know we’re in trouble as soon as we see producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus credits appear on the screen. Still, we… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #4: Marcel Dzama
Loading the Canon #4 by Helena-Anne Hittel Marcel Dzama “Marcel Dzama’s work is characterized by an immediately recognizable visual language that draws from a diverse range of references and artistic influences, including Dada and Marcel Duchamp.” Oh man. The moment you give me Marcel Duchamp, I kinda want to scream (although, if we looked at… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #5: Less is More in E Horne & J Comeau’s A Softer World
Gutter Space #5 by Leslie Salas Less is More in E Horne & J Comeau’s A Softer World A Softer World, written by Joey Comeau and photographed/designed by Emily Horne, is a webcomic that is “sometimes … sad or harsh … in the tradition of George Simenon’s ‘romans durs’ (or ‘hard novels’).” Each of these comics… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #5: Cultural Respect
Superhero Comics In 2000, Bryan Singer’s X-Men hit theaters. It made almost $300 million off a $75 million budget. Two years later, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man earned over $800 million on a budget of $139 million. Once money starts getting made, people pay attention. Comics became cool. Sure, they had their followers in certain circles for… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #5: Taking Setting off the Sidelines
Buzzed Books #5 by Alise Hamilton Taking Setting off the Sidelines Many authors, from James Joyce to Annie Proulx, have used place as a device for linking stories. Debut author Kristiana Kahakauwila follows in that tradition with six stories set across the islands of Hawai’i in her new collection, This is Paradise. This is Paradise… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #5: Why I love Violence
In Boozo Veritas #5 by Teege Braune Why I Love Violence If you haven’t read Mark Pursell’s Like a Geek God blog post “Dr. Who, An Unarmed Hero,” please do. The article is an homage to “the anti-gun pacifist alien espousing diplomacy and intellectualism” Dr. Who, an odd-duck amongst geek culture heroes and a respite from… Continue reading
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Like a Geek God #4: The Uncomfortable Question of Orson Scott Card
Like a Geek God #4 by Mark Pursell The Uncomfortable Question of Orson Scott Card Separating the art from the artist is a necessary element of art appreciation in any medium, but in the Information Age, it’s easier said than done. The Internet affords a heretofore never-experienced level of accessibility to one’s favorite singers, writers,… Continue reading
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Episode 64: Francesca Lia Block 2!
Episode 64 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 novelist Francesca Lia Block, whose work, whether labeled YA or not, consistently dazzles and charms me, a 42 year-old man, Plus I share Alise Hamilton’s essay… Continue reading
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