Literary Guise: A Book Club for Modern Men Men's Book Club

Get to the chopaaaaah!!! We return to the 'roid-biceped, greased-gun, day-glo fantasia of violence that was our 1980s action movie childhood... specifically this memoir about how the movie Predator has affected one American man, and in turn, so many of us. Join us for a discussion that includes gay poets, gay rock n' roll singers, and totally straight, nothing-to-see-here, bros who just like admiring each other's strength while getting sweaty in the jungle. **Our apologies to Lee Marvin for being misidentified as Lee Majors in this episode. Literary Guise: apologizing to character actors who have been dead for 36 years after misidentifying them for character actors who haven't worked in 36 years! Follow us @literaryguise for a continued discussion on the movies that made us. 

We're drinking Aperol Spritzes out of comically oversized wine glasses by the beach club for this second episode on Mike White's HBO series. Join us for an examination of father-son dynamics, toxic male friendships, and whether or not the gay mafia really is trying to murder Jennifer Coolidge. And we finally answer the question: is Quentin really Tom Ripley from the Patricia Highsmith-verse? (Yes.)

Join us for a special episode recorded in Hawai'i! We'll be discussing one of the best novels of the  decade, learning from its perspective on native Hawaiian culture, and exploring its unique relationship to "The Big Island." 
Did we take this opportunity to record from  white sand beaches over-looking clear-turquoise bays where sea turtles glide and dolphins play? Of course not! Instead we take a tour of some of Hilo's finest dive bars where the windows are shaded and the pu-pus are served on paper plates. Our thinking was-- hey, didn't one of the novel's characters get kicked out of the same bar where a problematic DC-universe actor was recently arrested? Let's go drinking there!

Love him or... more than likely hate him, it cannot be denied that Charles Bukowski has left this mark on the literary landscape with his singular approach to masculinity. We present a dramatic reading of one of his best known prose poems, a surprisingly sensitive and nuanced piece, and discuss it in the context of his greater oeuvre.It's a podcast sure to upset diehard Bukowski fans and we just know he'd love that. 

We thoroughly enjoyed our read of this recent, Pulitzer-prize winning novel celebrating the ennui and folly of an American abroad. Join us table-side at the Stardust Lounge as we talk about Arthur Less: a man of many facets, all of them semi-tragic. 

The Guys are binge-watching The White Lotus season 1 while getting Tiki drunk (if only to honor the season's themes of colonization and appropriation). We'll be sharing our thoughts on Armond's best dinner service ever, debating whether or not Shane did, in fact, book the Pineapple Suite; and sharing what we learned from Quinn once he stopped viewing the world through a screen.

So, join us, Jennifer Coolidge-style (aka tipsy chic), at the piano bar and lets talk about this modern touchstone of a series.