Saturday Show Podcast
A podcast about literary fiction techniques, and writing more broadly. It's fun and quirky, while also providing straight-up hardcore info on craft.
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Saturday Show #93: I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane (Excerpt)
With the explosive successes of the work by Frank Miller, ...
With the explosive successes of the work by Frank Miller, Alan Moore, and others, it may be time for the literary world to ponder the questions that their noir and bleak worlds raise for us. What, in particular,
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Saturday Show #92: The Laughing Man by J.D. Salinger
The Austin Writing Workshop returns from hiatus to discuss a ...
The Austin Writing Workshop returns from hiatus to discuss a piece of micro-fiction and then "The Laughing Man" by J.D. Salinger. Buy Nine Stories here. Click here to read what Goodreads readers have to say about the story (and compare/contrast with th...
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Infinite Ending Sample #2: Load-Out by Frank Marcopolos
This is one of the ten stories collected in INFINITE ...
This is one of the ten stories collected in INFINITE ENDING. Click here to purchase. - "The Load-Out/Stay" by Jackson Browne (video) below:
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Saturday Show #91: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (+ Lecture on THEME)
On this episode of the podcast, Professor Jim gives a ...
On this episode of the podcast, Professor Jim gives a fascinating lecture on theme. Also, a member-submitted story is discussed. Pull quote: "William Shakespeare's entire canon is concerned with the pathos of the irretrievability of time." Discuss. -
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Saturday Show #90: The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
For this episode, a brief discussion of irony in literature ...
For this episode, a brief discussion of irony in literature and then a performance of the classic short story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry, the punster and trick endingster. Enjoy!
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Saturday Show #89: 21 Down by David Sedaris
You may think of David Sedaris as the smart, funny, ...
You may think of David Sedaris as the smart, funny, gay writer that everyone seems to love. But he's also something else entirely and it is *this* identity that holds the key to his phenomenal success. David Sedaris is an iconoclast. -
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Saturday Show #88: Expelled by John Cheever
Read "Expelled" by clicking HERE. - A modernish fairy tale? ...
Read "Expelled" by clicking HERE. - A modernish fairy tale? What is the traditional role of the fairy tale in human life? According to Robert Bly, "The knowledge of how to build a nest in a bare tree, how to fly to the wintering place,
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Saturday Show #87: Everything is Green by David Foster Wallace
The Austin Writing Workshop discusses a short story by the ...
The Austin Writing Workshop discusses a short story by the legendary David Foster Wallace and a member story. Wine flowed, food was consumed, and good times were had by all. Also, too: writing techniques galore, literary theory,
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Saturday Show #86: Where Will All the Buildings Go? by Laura van den Berg
The Austin Writing Workshop is led by a former professor ...
The Austin Writing Workshop is led by a former professor of literature and philosophy at Texas State University. The group meets more-or-less weekly in Austin, Texas to improve members' writing, drink wine, and eat gluten-free snacks.
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Saturday Show #85: Today’s Special by David Sedaris
What can we do with humor in literature? Listen to ...
What can we do with humor in literature? Listen to this episode of Saturday Show as the Austin Writing Workshop discusses the finer points of comedic writing and much, much more. - 0:00 Introduction to Podcast -
