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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 #23: Ann Sterzinger, Hunter S. Thompson, and Richard Ford

    Saturday Show #23, The Austin Writing Group #12 (Special Snooper ...

    Saturday Show #23, The Austin Writing Group #12 (Special Snooper Edition). Relevant Links and Show Notes: - Richard Ford - Rock Springs Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger,

    Jun 8, 2013 Read more
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    Saturday Show #22: Pan’s Labyrinth, Robert Coover, and Hunter S. Thompson

    Saturday Show #22, The Austin Writing Group Podcast Episode 11. ...

    Saturday Show #22, The Austin Writing Group Podcast Episode 11. Relevant Links and Various Show Notes: - Robert Coover Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Pan's Labyrinth The Talkative Corpse by Ann K. Sterzinger Almost Home by Frank Marcopolos

    Jun 1, 2013 Read more
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    Saturday Show #21: James M. Cain, Jim Thompson, and Margaret Atwood

    Relevant Links and Various Show Notes and Such: - Memento, ...

    Relevant Links and Various Show Notes and Such: - Memento, directed by Christopher Nolan Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood The Talkative Corpse: A Love Letter by Ann K. Sterzinger The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson James M.

    May 25, 2013 Read more
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    Saturday Show #20: Ann Sterzinger and Hunter S. Thompson

    Saturday Show #20, The Austin Writing Group, Episode 9. Relevant ...

    Saturday Show #20, The Austin Writing Group, Episode 9. Relevant Links and Various Show Notes and Such: - "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J.D. Salinger "The Talkative Corpse" by Ann K.

    May 18, 2013 Read more
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    Saturday Show #19: Ernest Hemingway and J.D. Salinger

    In episode 19 of Saturday Show Podcast, Frank ponders whether ...

    In episode 19 of Saturday Show Podcast, Frank ponders whether Ernest Hemingway was a sexist and a racist. Also, too, what have post-modernism, MFA degrees, and professional writing workshops done to our literature?

    May 12, 2013 Read more
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    Saturday Show #18: Susan Sontag

    Swashbuckling adventures in literary fiction, continued. Saturday Show #18 Relevant ...

    Swashbuckling adventures in literary fiction, continued. Saturday Show #18 Relevant Links and Show Notes: - Teaching Salinger's Nine Stories by Brad McDuffie Susan Sontag Unguided Tour by Susan Sontag

    May 5, 2013 Read more
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    Saturday Show #17: Sophia Coppola and Dwight Swain

    The swashbuckling techniques of the modern literary fictioneer. With jokes. ...

    The swashbuckling techniques of the modern literary fictioneer. With jokes. Saturday Show #17-The Austin Writing Group, Episode 6. Some of the topics discussed: - - The relative weight of scenes vs. "pacing" and different terminology used by different...

    Apr 20, 2013 Read more
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    Saturday Show #16: Woody Allen and Ernest Hemingway

    Saturday Show #16 Topics: - - "Midnight in Paris" -- ...

    Saturday Show #16 Topics: - - "Midnight in Paris" -- themes, characters, Owen Wilson - The "weight" of scenes - Narrative flow - "The Contest" by Grace Paley - Noir

    Apr 13, 2013 Read more
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    Saturday Show #15: Ayn Rand, Bobbie Ann Mason, and John Cheever

    In episode 15 of Saturday Show, Frank covers why Jonathan ...

    In episode 15 of Saturday Show, Frank covers why Jonathan Safran Foer is a "Face-ist" and a bunny rabbit murderer, traditional literary fiction versus commercial fiction, theme of the movie "As Good As It Gets" starring Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson,

    Apr 6, 2013 Read more
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    Saturday Show #14: Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver

    Saturday Show Podcast #14 Topics: - - Theme and message ...

    Saturday Show Podcast #14 Topics: - - Theme and message in stories, including "The Bath" and "A Small, Good Thing" by Raymond Carver and the movie "Sideways." - The evolution of Raymond Carver's writing style,

    Mar 30, 2013 Read more
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