Teege Braune
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In Boozo Veritas #37: Words and Whiskey
In Boozo Veritas #37 by Teege Braune Words and Whiskey Two of Cups Press’ collection of bourbon-inspired poetry called Small Batch begins with a brief description and history of bourbon followed by this short piece by David S. Atkinson entitled “A Bourbon Poetry Submission,” I heard this press wanted poems about bourbon. This confused me, because… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #36: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
In Boozo Veritas #36 by Teege Braune The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám It is a shame that no one can talk about Edward FitzGerald’s best selling nineteenth century poem The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám without weighing in on the famous controversy surrounding the former’s admittedly un-literal translation of the Persian poets original quatrains. The never ending… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #34: Before the Tortoise Dons his Raincoat
In Boozo Veritas #34 by Teege Braune Before the Tortoise Dons his Raincoat: Preliminary Thoughts on an as of Yet Unwritten Piece of Music In the middle of my freshman year of college I met a shy young man named Nat Evans with whom I began a friendship after I wrote this haiku by Shiki on… Continue reading
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Episode 90: St. Patrick’s Day Roundtable!
Episode 90 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, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Matt Peters, Jared Silvia, and my brother James King join me for a wooly discussion of St. Patrick’s Day. Much was consumed. Episode 90… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #31: Just a Dab Will Do Ya
In Boozo Veritas #31 by Teege Braune Just a Dab Will Do Ya What would On the Road be if Jack Kerouac had never met the philandering, bisexual, petty thug madman Neal Cassady? The story of Sal Paradise, a drifting, directionless writer who wanders back and forth across the United States not getting into adventures. Let’s… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #30: In Tobacco Veritas
In Boozo Veritas #30 by Teege Braune In Tobacco Veritas Like many children, my elementary school public education was peppered with fear-based demonizations of multifarious social evils. The DARE program taught us that there are only slight differences between marijuana, cocaine, and heroin, and while the legal status of alcohol and tobacco made these vices more… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #28: Ecce Junky
In Boozo Veritas #28 by Teege Braune William S. Burroughs: Ecce Junky This past Wednesday was the one-hundredth birthday of the novelist madman William S. Burroughs. As enigmatic as he is significant, Burroughs presence has permeated American art, literature, and music without ever being fully understood even by those who have most vehemently championed him. As… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #27: Some Velvet Morning
In Boozo Veritas #27 by Teege Braune Some Velvet Morning In the months after I first heard “Some Velvet Morning” I listened to the Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra duet easily hundreds of times. Unquestionably psychedelic in nature while existing firmly outside of the genre of rock ‘n roll, the song is simultaneously timeless and an… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #26: An Open Letter To Misogynist Bloggers
In Boozo Veritas #26 by Teege Braune An Open Letter To Misogynist Bloggers Thanks to the internet everybody now has the opportunity to share their opinion about everything. Most of the time I use this technology to talk about drinking and literature. These are subjects I enjoy and perhaps, once in awhile, I can write something… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas # 24: There’s a Space for Us
In Boozo Veritas #24 by Teege Braune There’s a Space for Us Located above Anthony’s Pizza on Colonial Drive, The Space is an aptly named community arts center that has recently filled a local niche as venue to some of the most experimental, underground, and exciting events to take place in Orlando in the last six… Continue reading
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