Episode 4: Circle of One; Short Autofiction and Creative Essays

Story Circle Jerk

English - April 29, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 3: Short Stories, Writing Groups and Puns, With Gavin Cameron

Next Episode: Episode 5: Me, Myself and Kai

In this episode, Kai Durkin goes it alone to read a semi-true short story, followed by a creative essay about said short story. Discussion topics: memoir, essays, tabletop role playing games, semantics/semiotics and author intent.

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Essay Bibliography/Further Reading:

Barthes, Roland, The Death of the Author, (1967), <http://tbook.constantvzw.org/wp-content/death_authorbarthes.pdf>, [accessed 17/11/17].

Guin, Ursula Le, Steering the Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story, (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1998).

Jamie, Kathleen, Findings, (London: Sort of Books, 2005).

Martin, George R. R., A Storm of Swords 1: Steel and Snow, (London: HarperCollins, 2011).

McCloud, Scott, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, (New York: HarperCollins, 1993).

McElroy, Griffin (producer), ‘The Adventure Zone Episode 56: The Suffering Game – Chapter Six’, The Adventure Zone, podcast recording, MaximumFun, 03 February 2017, <http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/adventure-zone?page=2>, [accessed 25/11/2017].

McElroy, Justin, (producer), ‘The Adventure Zone Episode 70: The The Adventure Zone Zone: Balance Finale Edition’, The Adventure Zone, podcast recording, MaximumFun, 24 August 2017, <http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/adventure-zone>, [accessed 25/11/2017].

Smith, Zadie, Changing My Mind, (London: Penguin Books, 2011).