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The Troubled Maker: Transgressive Art, Public Shame, and Mike Tyson

December 16, 2020January 5, 2021 - by Ric Royer

In many ways, my personal experience with life after public shaming has gone exactly as one might expect: depressing, painful, and weird. Yet, at some point over the past three …

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Looking for Love; A Utopian Legacy Turned Toxic

February 23, 2022February 24, 2022 - by Ric Royer

On William T. Love, Love Canal, and Model City. Originally published in Western New York Heritage Magazine, Winter 2022.

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99

February 19, 2022March 19, 2022 - by Ric Royer

Finally watched that Woodstock 99 doc on a plane. Figured I should since I live in that neck of the woods. What a fine pairing of a garbage fire event …

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My Review of the First 40 Pages of My Struggle

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 - by Ric Royer

I’ve always been curious about this book, My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård.   I was working in bookstores when the first book of this 2,700 page memoir of someone …

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Be sure to tell her I said hello.

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021 - by Ric Royer

I overheard a guy in a diner tell his friend that his wife was having difficulties: “…her joints flare up, she moans in her sleep, psoriasis, you know. She can …

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Ric Royer review of Jeff Schneider’s “Therapists Gone Wild”

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 - by Ric Royer

[originally published on Vol. 1 Brooklyn, http://vol1brooklyn.com/2021/08/09/best-of-all-possible-worsts-a-review-of-jeff-schneiders-therapists-gone-wild/] There is nothing particularly wild about Jonathan Epstein, the main character in Jeff Schneider’s new book, Therapists Gone Wild. He’s hardly protagonist material: a sheepish, soft-spined  …

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My Hot Take on Simone Biles, Vaccines & Viking Dick

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 - by Ric Royer
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How to read poetry

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 - by Ric Royer

How to read poetry: Buy a book of poetry from a poet everyone is talking about. Skim through the book if you want, or put it straight on your bookshelf …

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The Horror is that There is No Horror

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 - by Ric Royer

On the surprising conservatism of “progressive horror” [Originally published in Arc Digital, Feb 25, 2021. ] “Climate of the Hunter is an Atmospheric Slow-Burn that Skewers Patriarchal Hierarchies & Misogyny,” declares …

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FEARLESS AND LOVING NEAR LAS VEGAS: A REVIEW OF LISA CARVER’S “THE PAHRUMP REPORT”

March 10, 2021March 30, 2021 - by Ric Royer

[First published at http://vol1brooklyn.com/2021/02/26/fearless-and-loving-near-las-vegas-a-review-of-lisa-carvers-the-pahrump-report/] There is a moment in her new book The Pahrump Report, when Lisa Carver responds to a question about her occupation by answering: “I am a writer.” …

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Pandemic, Berkshires Style; From disdain for regulations, to passion for bureaucracy, notes on day tripping during the coronavirus.

March 9, 2021March 30, 2021 - by Ric Royer

I can’t say that the Berkshires is the first place that would normally come to my mind when I think of a nice little getaway, but what I can say …

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Ric Royer

Ric Royer is a writer, performer, performer of writings and performer of writings. He is the founder and artistic director of Psychic Readings Co, a performance collective that has entertained, frightened and confused audiences with their interdisciplinary hysterics since 1999. The company has produced their strange brand of challenging and original theatre work at various venues in the U.S. and Europe.

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