We Defy Augury

Thoughts (loosely) based on Lynn Steger Strong's novel Flight and Steven Johnson's book Farsighted.

Special Guests: George Eliot, Grady Hendrix, and Peter Griffin.

Thoughts (loosely) based on the writings of the master of meta-fiction: Mark Leyner . . . particularly Et Tu, Babe, Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog, and Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit.

Special Guests: Elaine's cool boyfriend, El Guapo, Hefe, Vincent Vega, Jules, Jerry, George, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein.

Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Natalie Goldberg's creative writing primer Writing Down the Bones.

A couple of critically crucial creative concepts to help you captivate, compel, and command the crowd.

Professor G. Truck's Inspirational List of Titles

This episode as a blog post.

Thoughts (loosely) inspired by the William Carlos Williams poem "This Is Just To Say" and the Wallace Stevens poem "Of Mere Being."

A poetic battle from the kitchen counter to the edge of space.

Modernism at it's finest.

Special Guests: The Dude, Vivaldi, Ezra Pound, Stravinsky, Better Than Ezra, The Red Wheelbarrow, Mike Marino, and Steve Trevelise.

Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Gabrielle Zevin's novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Simon Parkin's book Death by Video Game: Tales of Obsession from the Virtual Frontline.

Special Guests: Jerry and Elaine, Oregon Trail, Lewis Gordon, Adrienne So, Geoff Dyer, Super Columbine Massacre RPG!, Cart Life, Random Idiots, and Meryl Silverburgh.

Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Riley Sager's ridiculous mystery novel The House Across the Lake.

Special Guests: Bart and Lisa Simpson, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, Prahka Lasa, Rust Cohle, Marty Hart, and God.

Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Kate Beaton's graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands.

Special guests: Al Swearengen, Michael Scott, Dr. Strangelove, Dallas, Nigel Tufnel, and a lady who gets burned to death in an especially horrific PSA.

Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Jennifer Egan's novel The Candy House.

Special guests: John Barth, Jennifer Coolidge, and Professor G. Truck's subconscious mind.

"Beware the Candy House"

Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Neil deGrasse Tyson's book Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization.

Special Guests: Thomas Dolby, Carl Sagan, Johnny Carson, the moon.

Thoughts loosely inspired by Ottessa Moshfegh's novel Lapvona.

Special Guests: The Dead Collector, Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, and Maggie Nelson.