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Live By The Pen
A selection of articles about writers, books, and the kind of men who hammer out words on a busted typewriter in a rotten appartment with a 9mm in their belt and a bottle of vodka waiting on the sideboard. From art to pulp and back again.
The Man Who Invented Russian RouletteThe Forgotten Life of Georges Surdez (1900-49)The suicidal gun game of Russian Roulette originated in Tsarist Russia but remained nameless until it hit America just before the Second World War. Its gambling moniker was the invention of Georges Arthur Surdez, a Swiss-born and Brooklyn-based writer of pulp fiction stories. CHRISTOPHER OTHEN examines the career of a writer from the literary underbelly of American culture.
Black SheepOne Hundred Years of Bankrupt British Aristocrats, Corrupt Golden Youths, and Frankly Untrustworthy Remittance Men Murdered Earls, bisexual public school men, and war heroes with dark secrets. The political power of Britain’s upper classes may have declined in recent years but their instinct to lie, cheat, murder and steal is as strong as ever. CHRISTOPHER OTHEN is your guide through a library of wrong doing. Please check your morals at the door.
Site TimelineInformation on the construction and administration of Bright Review
The page for dates, contact information, and an easy-on-the-eye list of the Bright Review articles.
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