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 #53: The Country Husband by John Cheever (Or, The Universe Doesn’t Care About Your Nonsense)
Analyzing "The Country Husband" by John Cheever and the documentary ...
Analyzing "The Country Husband" by John Cheever and the documentary "Searching for Sugar Man." - Show Notes: - John Cheever Searching for Sugar Man Almost Home
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Saturday Show #52: The Cloak by Isak Dinesen (Secretly Known as Karen Blixen) + A Secret History of the American Crash by Gonzalo Lira
What is the purpose of a postmodern literary story? How ...
What is the purpose of a postmodern literary story? How is it different from storytelling styles of the past? And why should you care? Plus, Frank reads an excerpt from "The Cloak" by Isak Dinesen (pen name of Danish author Karen Blixen) and from the n...
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Saturday Show #51: A Very Short Story by Ernest Hemingway
A podcast with Papa. And other thoughts, theories, things. - ...
A podcast with Papa. And other thoughts, theories, things. - Show notes/relevant links: - In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway Hardcore History - Must-Listen Podcasting The Lost Generation Geniuses Together: American Writers in Paris
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Saturday Show #50: I Could See the Smallest Things by Raymond Carver (Or, The Wed Night Slaughter)
We worship at the altar of the slaughter. We bow ...
We worship at the altar of the slaughter. We bow down and make sacrifice to its Holy Being. We grace ourselves in its glow. Because in the cathedrals of literature, no other Deity can bestow upon you such Grace. - * - Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr.
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Saturday Show #49: Talpa by Juan Rulfo
From WikiPedia: "Juan Rulfo (16 May 1917 – 7 January ...
From WikiPedia: "Juan Rulfo (16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986) was a Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer. One of Latin America's most esteemed authors, Rulfo's reputation rests on two slim books, the novel Pedro Páramo (1955),
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Saturday Show #48: Eventide by James Purdy (Plus, Holding Amazon Accountable)
In this episode of Saturday Show Podcast, Frank explains how ...
In this episode of Saturday Show Podcast, Frank explains how to get free stuff from Amazon.com. Then, he relays the lessons learned from the analysis of "Eventide" by James Purdy by the Real Writers Workshop in Austin, Texas. - Show notes: -
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Saturday Show #47: Nirvana by Adam Johnson (Plus, A-Roid Bounced!)
A-Rod found guilty! 162-game suspension! An entire career built on ...
A-Rod found guilty! 162-game suspension! An entire career built on 'roidy fraud! And Frank discusses how this illuminates some of the deepest philosophical concepts of our time. (No, it isn't a stretch.) Also discussed are "Nirvana" by Pulitzer Prize w...
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Saturday Show #46: Find the Bad Guy by Jeffrey Eugenides (Or, The End of Men?)
Are we in the American era of the disappearance of ...
Are we in the American era of the disappearance of men? How does this manifest in literature and the arts? Have men become nothing more than spectators watching other men slap each other on the ass? What can be done about the epidemic of boy-men runnin...
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Saturday Show #45: The Advantages of the Well-Read Gentleman
@InverseDelirium Thanks, Geoffrey!— Frank Marcopolos (@FrankMarcopolos) December 24, 2013 @FrankMarcopolos ...
@InverseDelirium Thanks, Geoffrey!— Frank Marcopolos (@FrankMarcopolos) December 24, 2013 @FrankMarcopolos LOVE the quote:“It’s not the same. You can’t just tell someone what the meaning of a great book is.Doesn’t work like that.
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Saturday Show #44: The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls by J.D. Salinger (Part 2)
In this episode of the show, Frank discusses the enigmatic ...
In this episode of the show, Frank discusses the enigmatic nature of the J.D. Salinger estate. The estate has been silent since the death of the famous author in 2010, even as documentaries come out about him,
