Jonathan Ball's Blog, page 12
November 11, 2018
Pisces
Steamy steam room sex Sounds good, but is the leading Cause of heart attacks
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Aries
With age comes wisdom— The wisdom to know you are Being lied to, now
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Taurus
Your odds of winning Would be much, much better if You were still alive
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Gemini
This screenplay that you Wrote would be improved if you Added a lit match
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Cancer
There are no “rules” in Life, just a complex system Of unwritten laws
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Leo
Don’t be difficult And especially don’t be Difficult to kill
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November 7, 2018
The Second Sex (Michael Robbins)
Michael Robbins's The Second Sex, like his previous collection, Alien vs. Predator, seems to have grown out of a compost heap in which popular culture and the poetic tradition have been tossed aside to rot. Robbins's style combines a dense, Simpsons-like pace of allusions with extreme formal rigour and a casual, almost careless attitude. Robbins [...]
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November 6, 2018
Hot Sauce + Editing an Anthology Part 1 with Adam Petrash, Darren Ridgley, and Keith Cadieux – 012
Why not eat crazy hot sauce while talking about the complexities of editing an anthology? Listen and find out why. This is a two-part episode. Featuring Adam Petrash & Darren Ridgley, co-editors of PARALLEL PRAIRIES, and Keith Cadieux, co-editor of THE SHADOW OVER PORTAGE AND MAIN. This episode is inspired by my favourite YouTube show [...]
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November 4, 2018
Scorpio
It’s not a party If you do not fill out all Of the proper forms
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Sagittarius
I’ll level with you: The stars and I fought and fell Out, so who knows, Sag
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