Happy Birthday, Thomas Gagnon

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Happy Birthday, Thomas Gagnon

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Happy Birthday Thomas Gagnon

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Some of the Mountain?

Thomas Gagnon tackles the 1985 TV movie adaptation of James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain. Reel Talk is back at Oddball Magazine.

Movie/Book Talk

Thomas Gagnon looks at the novel and film adaptation of Affliction by Russell Banks. Reel Talk is back at Oddball Magazine.

Here's Something You Don't See Everyday

It started with a book review. Now it's turned into a dialogue between the author and the review. A very special Oddball Spotlight today at Oddball Magazine.

Nice Film Treat Today

Today Thomas Gagnon looks at a 2015 film adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's "Diary of a Madman." There's even a link to the movie for free in todauy's Reel Talk at Oddball Magazine.

A Tale of Four Sherlocks

Thomas Gagnon's Reel Talk is ready now at Oddball Magazine.

Oisín Breen's New Book Reviewed

Oisín  Breen's latest collection is looked at by Thomas Gagnon, who's Reel Talk column will be taking today off and going biweekly starting next week. Three Cents is back at Oddball Magazine.

Gagnon Goes Phantasmagorical!!

Thomas Gagnon takes a look at Lon Chaney's Phantom of the Opera. Read this week's Reel Talk now at Oddball Magazine.

One Thing More...Another Film...Another Review...or Three

Thomas Gagnon's Reel Talk is up now at Oddball Magazine.

Time on the Island

Here's Thomas Gagnon's latest Reel Talk at Oddball Magazine.

SAFE DISTANCE EDITION: Stone Soup Croutons, 4-22-20, Basket Cases, Sans Picnic

Stone Soup Croutons is a weekly poem I write using lines and impressions picked from Stone Soup's open mic readers and features. I figure out a title (and sometimes the rest of the poem) later. You can read the other ones I've done since 2015 here. To paraphrase Lorne Michaels, this poem doesn't go up because it's ready, it goes up because it's Friday morning.

I'm very thankful for this past Wednesday's gathering. I'm also excited for next week's 49th anniversary reading on Friday May 1st. We're getting more people I haven't seen or heard from in ages to read on Zoom. I hope we get double those numbers next week. I'm working to make that happen. The people who have come are giving me hope. I've been wondering if I should keep Zoom going in some capacity even after the current crisis has passed.

I've been writing my usual weekly challenges while doing thirty poems for National Poetry Writing Month. I'm sure I'm burning out, but the work I hear on the open mic helps make this easier.

It's another pandemic poem today. The pandemic themed pieces from Patricia Carragon, Jason Wright and James Van Looy helped to shape this. To do anything differently would have meant ignoring all that work.

The 49th open mic announcement has gotten quite a response, so I'm excited to see what the overall vibe will be that night. For now, enjoy this sampling. Thanks for reading.


Basket Cases, Sans Picnic

Let's wonder if a robot overlord
will be undone because
they don't know what color
to choose for their face.

Do they keep everything as
tangential as dry erase marker,
old data discarded, camoed
when among the debris,

Apples, Oranges and Serial Killers

Thomas Gagnon takes on Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde, from the book to the 2008 film adaptation. It's Reel Talk today at Oddball Magazine.

The Lost World

Thomas Gagnon's delves into the 1992 movie based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book. Reel Talk is up now at Oddball Magazine.

A Tale of (at least two versions of a) Murder

Catch Thomas Gagnon's take on the 2017 film adaption of Murder on the Orient Express. Reel Talk is up now at Oddball Magazine.

Sorry Not Sorry?

Thomas Gagnoe takes a look at Can You Ever Forgive Me? Check out Reel Talk at Oddball Magazine.

Thomas Takes On Emma

Catch this week's Reel Talk with Thomas Gagnon today at Oddball Magazine.

Getting Reel

Thomas Gagnon tackles Little Women in this week's Reel Talk over at Oddball Magazine.

That Crazy Rich Film Talk

Check out Thomas Gagnon's latest article on Crazy Rich Asians. Reel Talk is up now at Oddball Magazine.