Lit!Pop!Bang!

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Anthony Moll and Cece discuss all things books, including awards, festivals and new trends in the publishing industry. They'll talk about the poetry, fiction and memoir on the their bookshelves. They'll also chat with fellow writers and lit educators from the local and national scene. And just like your Twitter feed, they will inject a dose of #popculture in every podcast. Think of it as a scholarly critique gumbo with a dash of ratchet. Tune in with a cup of coffee or some whiskey neat.

  1. 08/26/2021

    Ep 4.3 How to Resist Amazon

    Danny’s Website: https://www.dannycaine.com Danny’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mistercaine Raven Bookstore: https://www.ravenbookstore.com/ How to Resist Amazon and Why: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/12043 Microcosm Publishing: https://microcosmpublishing.com/ Lina Khan: https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/biographies/lina-khan John Waters fan mail @ Atomic Books: https://atomicbooks.com/pages/john-waters-fan-mail Danny and The Raven bookstore in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/a-kansas-bookshops-fight-with-amazon-is-about-more-than-the-price-of-books DMX Dead: https://www.vulture.com/2021/07/dmx-cause-of-death.html Prince Phillip Dead: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11437314 Monkey plays pong with brain chip! https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-neuralink-shows-monkey-with-brain-chip-playing-videogame-by-thinking-2021-04-09 Elon’s Boring tunnel: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-04-10/the-boring-company-s-las-vegas-loop-video Dolly’s Ice Cream: https://jenis.com/dolly/ Dolly and Moderna: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/world/dolly-parton-moderna-vaccine-covid.html “Mama Said Knock You Out” by LL Cool J: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimZj8HW0Kg “Lake Marie” by John Prine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exr-DOWJ3A0“Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXJhDltzYVQ “Freaks” by Stephen Trask and Girls Against Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhFaYhL4fVk

    48 min

  2. 06/22/2021

    Ep 4.2 You Don't Need to Invent Monsters

    Justin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ghostmoan?lang=en The Horror is Us: http://masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/the-horror-is-us Marcus Burke: https://authorsunbound.com/marcus-burke Periplushttps://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3098 Lambda Literary 2021 finalists: https://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ Issa Rae Inks Warner Media: dealhttps://variety.com/2021/tv/news/issa-rae-hbo-max-warnermedia-film-television-deal-1234935944/ Chrissy Teigen leaves Twitter: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/mar/25/chrissy-teigen-leaves-twitter-citing-abuse-hate Wrestlemania 37: https://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania Hulk Hogan v. Gawker: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/business/media/gawker-hulk-hogan-settlement.html Why Hogan Sucks: https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-racist-hulk-hogan-hasnt-earned-our-forgiveness Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match: https://deadspin.com/the-exploding-barbed-wire-death-match-was-the-worst-thi-1846431304 McMahon involved in money that funded the Jan 6 events: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/09/pro-trump-dark-money-groups-organized-the-rally-that-led-to-deadly-capitol-hill-riot.html Willy Wonka boat scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB401RfGMlM Candyman (1992): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103919/ Candyman (2021): https://variety.com/2020/film/news/candyman-release-date-jordan-peele-1234812189/ Horror Noire: https://www.routledge.com/Horror-Noire-Blacks-in-American-Horror-Films-from-the-1890s-to-Present/Coleman/p/book/9780415880206 Poltergeist: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/ American Short Fiction issue 66: https://americanshortfiction.org/issue-66/

    1h 6m

  3. 04/06/2021

    Ep 4.1 We're Back!

    Maryland Vaccine Rollout https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marylands-vaccine-rollout-is-failing-minorities-worse-than-almost-any-other-states/2021/03/08/21e20ca4-8051-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html AWPhttps://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/ Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Interviewhttps://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/watch-meghan-markle-prince-harry-interview-oprah-1136551/ WandaVisionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9J2ecsSpo The Falcon and the Winter Soldierhttps://io9.gizmodo.com/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-s-commentary-on-race-1846566829 Iron Hearthttps://www.cinemablend.com/television/2560304/marvels-ironheart-everything-you-need-to-know-about-riri-williams-before-her-disney-show Undonehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uWCNHQgfnc Tales from the Loophttps://www.indiewire.com/2020/04/tales-from-the-loop-review-amazon-sci-fi-series-1202222319/Black Art: In the Absence of Lighthttps://www.hbo.com/documentaries/black-art-in-the-absence-of-lightRamyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-_U6WfFz6EMrs. Americahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrKzOw49rMDetransition, Baby, Torrey Petershttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/621886/detransition-baby-by-torrey-peters/Ordinary Girls, Jaquira Diazhttps://www.npr.org/2019/10/29/774306278/jaquira-d-az-on-her-memoir-ordinary-girls Pass with Care, Cooper Lee Bombardierhttps://www.dottirpress.com/pass-with-care-cooper-lee-bombardier Homage to Catalonia, George Orwellhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Homage-to-CataloniaParable of the Sower, Octavia Butlerhttps://www.octaviabutler.com/parableseries Intimations, Zadie Smithhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669582/intimations-by-zadie-smith/ Susan Muaddi Darraj's Farah Rocks Summer Break https://shop.capstonepub.com/library/products/farah-rocks-summer-break/ Teri Ellen Cross Davis's a more perfect union https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814257784.html Danny Caine's How to Resist Amazon and Why https://www.ravenbookstore.com/how-resist-amazon-and-why

    53 min

  4. 10/14/2020

    Ep 3.7 Place Is Our First Poetics

    Links Steven’s website:https://stevenleyva.wordpress.com/Steven on Twitter:https://twitter.com/sdleyva The Understudy’s Handbook:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54719190-the-understudy-s-handbook Best American Poetry 2020:https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Best-American-Poetry-2020/David-Lehman/The-Best-American-Poetry-series/9781982106591 "Playing Levee" by Steven Leyva:https://scalawagmagazine.org/2017/04/playing-levee/ Billy Porter talking Kinky Boots audition:https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901959775/pose-star-billy-porter-love-always-wins “At Pegasus” by Terrance Hayes:https://poets.org/poem/pegasus Nene Leakes retires:https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/nene-leakes-leaves-the-real-housewives-of-atlanta Andy Cohen's Shady NeNe Leakes goodbye IG post:https://www.etonline.com/andy-cohen-reacts-to-nene-leakes-real-housewives-of-atlanta-exit-153238 National Book Award Longlist, Poetry:https://www.nationalbook.org/2020-national-book-awards-longlist-for-poetry/ National Book Award Longlist, Nonfiction:https://www.nationalbook.org/2020-national-book-awards-longlist-for-nonfiction/ How to Make a Slave, Jerald Walker:https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814255995.html Star Trek: Picard Emmy:https://www.emmys.com/shows/star-trek-picard Star Trek trans and nonbinary characters:https://www.startrek.com/news/star-trek-discovery-introduces-first-trangender-and-non-binary-characters Baltimore Tornado Watch:https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/08/04/maryland-weather-tornado-watch-issued/

    1h 6m

  5. 09/14/2020

    Ep 3.6 Tell the Truth—Artfully

    Links Raising King, Joseph’s latest book:https://aquariuspress.myshopify.com/products/raising-king-by-joseph-ross-pre-order Joseph’s Website:https://josephrossnet.wordpress.com/ Selma:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_(film) NBA Strike:https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/9/4/21420033/jacob-blake-nba-strike-2020-black-lives-matterWNBA Protest:https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/the-myth-of-learning-styles/557687/ NFL:https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/266223514/nfl-joins-nba-racial-injustice-protestMLB:https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/27/mets-marlins-walk-off-field-in-social-injustice-protest.html#:~:text=The%20New%20York%20Mets%20and,not%20to%20play%20Thursday%20nightNHL:https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-08-05/nhl-players-kneel-protest-police-brutality Vera:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1693592/ Mrs. America:https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/mrs-america Cash Cab:https://www.bravotv.com/cash-cab Halt and Catch Fire:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543312/ Supermarket Sweep:https://www.mashed.com/168597/the-untold-truth-of-supermarket-sweep/ Smashmouth/Sturgis News:https://nypost.com/2020/08/27/smash-mouth-posts-hate-mail-after-sturgis-concerts-covid-19-backlash/ Update: Worse News about Sturgis:https://uproxx.com/indie/smash-mouth-sturgis-rally-coronavirus-cases/ Jacquard Topper Jacket:https://www.macys.com/shop/product/alfani-metallic-print-jacquard-topper-jacket-created-for-macys?ID=10287852 USPS Political Delays:https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/08/28/usps-mail-delays-still-persisting-workers-say-despite-dejoy-pausing-some-changes/#124a870f36cd USPS Crop Top:https://www.businessinsider.com/usps-crop-top-save-us-postal-service-online-store-funding-2020-7 Designer Jonathan Olivares:https://www.jonathanolivaresdesign.com/who-am-i DC Poets Against the Warhttp://washingtonart.com/beltway/dcpaw.html Roger Goodell's Kapernick roll-backhttps://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29727180/wished-listened-earlier-colin-kaepernick-was-protesting

    1h 2m

  6. 08/21/2020

    Ep 3.5 OutWrite 2020: A World of Community

    Links OutWrite 2020https://thedccenter.org/outwrite/ WATCH this month’s episodehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLgKV745FH8LyAXo1QoB9PKHndx5WDzMJz&v=Qbge_4WtI5I&feature=emb_title Saida’s Websitehttps://www.saidaagostini.com/ Saida’s Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/princeandtherevolution/?hl=en STUNThttps://www.neonhemlock.com/books/stunt-saida-agostini The Black Trans Prayer Bookshttps://theblacktransprayerbook.org/ J Mase IIIhttps://jmaseiii.com/ And Then I Got Firedhttps://jmaseiii.com/and-then-i-got-fired-book/ Lady Danehttps://www.ladydanefe.com/ Lady Dane’s Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/LadyDane

    52 min

  7. 07/29/2020

    Ep 3.4 Walking the Distance Together

    Lilly’s websitehttps://www.lillydancyger.com/ Burn it Downhttps://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43886164-burn-it-down Publishing during a catastropheessayhttps://electricliterature.com/my-book-comes-out-next-year-do-i-even-still-believe-in-next-year/ Santa Fe Writers Project (SFWP)https://www.sfwp.com/ Kanye West & Chance The Rapperhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-chance-the-rapper-twitter-0713-20200713-tivko6dn6zgyrboiyvdrcs5cm4-story.html Jada & Willhttps://www.cinemablend.com/news/2551148/why-jada-pinkett-smith-initially-waited-to-address-affair-accusations-with-will-smith-on-red-table-talk Correcting Hamiltonhttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/10/correcting-hamilton/ Full-Circle Donutshttps://www.instagram.com/fullcircle_doughnuts/Donut Alliancehttps://www.instagram.com/donut_alliance/?hl=en Undone trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uWCNHQgfnc Terry Crews Tweet about Yeezyhttps://www.indy100.com/article/terry-crews-chance-the-rapper-kanye-west-twitter-endorsement-9617556 Nas's Documentary, Nas: Time is Illmatichttps://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/nas-time-is-illmatic-movie-review-an-emotional-look-at-a-complex-life/2014/10/09/2311f256-4a89-11e4-891d-713f052086a0_story.html

    52 min

  8. 04/30/2020

    Ep 3.3 Clean Oxygen for Intimate Gatherings

    Links Charm City Books: https://www.charmcitybooks.com/ CCB on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charmcitybooks/?hl=en CCB on YouTube (with Once Upon a Time: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_5sDm4f2-aWz8vFZPXwMg/featured Raven Bookstore : https://www.ravenbookstore.com/ Danny Caine: https://www.dannycaine.com/about.html Continental Breakfast: http://masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/continental-breakfast El Dorado Freddy’s: https://beltpublishing.com/products/el-dorado-freddys?variant=12944098164834 Book Benefactors https://www.bookbenefactors.com/ Amazon fires whistleblowing employees: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/14/21220353/amazon-covid-19-criticism-protest-fired-employees-cunningham-costa-climate-change Vince McMahon Advising Trump: https://www.sbnation.com/wrestling/2020/4/15/21222367/vince-mcmahon-donald-trump-advising-economy-reopening-xfl-bankruptcy WWE as essential business: https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29031903/wwe-deemed-essential-business-florida-mayor-says WWE cutting on-screen talent: https://www.insider.com/wwe-fires-wrestlers-essential-business-vince-mcmahon-rusev-zack-ryder-2020-4 Hulk Hogan sucks: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/26/hulk-hogan-wrestling-racism-gawker Ultimate Warrior sucks: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59y3nb/wwe-is-whitewashing-the-ultimate-warriors-bigoted-past Sami Zayn does not suck(Correction: Syria, not Palestine): https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2751247-sami-zayn-the-heel-and-humanitarian-of-wwe-smackdown-live SNL at home: https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/tom-hanks-athome-monologue/4149394 Ottobar: http://www.theottobar.com/ Grand Central: https://www.grandcentralclub.com/

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Anthony Moll and Cece discuss all things books, including awards, festivals and new trends in the publishing industry. They'll talk about the poetry, fiction and memoir on the their bookshelves. They'll also chat with fellow writers and lit educators from the local and national scene. And just like your Twitter feed, they will inject a dose of #popculture in every podcast. Think of it as a scholarly critique gumbo with a dash of ratchet. Tune in with a cup of coffee or some whiskey neat.

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  • Creator
    Mason Jar Press
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2021
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Lit!Pop!Bang!