{"id":8965,"date":"2019-05-01T00:32:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T00:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=8965"},"modified":"2019-05-01T00:32:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T00:32:53","slug":"robert-stark-interviews-author-ben-arzate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=8965","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews Author Ben Arzate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Stark and Brandon Adamson<\/a> talk to Des Moines based author Ben Arzate. Ben blogs at dripdropdripdropdripdrop.blogspot.com<\/a>, writes book reviews for Cultured Vultures<\/a>, and is the author of The Story of the Y<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Saying Goodbye<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Topics:<\/p>\n

The Story of the Y<\/a>, inspired by <\/span>outsider musician Y. Bhekhirst whose life remains a mystery
\nRoad trip theme and importance of place in literature
\nSurreal super natural elements and dream narratives in the book
\nBen’s matter of fact minimalist writing style
\nComparisons to Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<\/a><\/i>
\nInfluences from Quentin Tarantino films, and neo-Westerns El Mariachi<\/a><\/i> and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia<\/a><\/i>
\nFringe and transgressive literature
\nBen’s review of Robert’s novel Journey to Vapor Island<\/a>
\nHow shorter attention spans influence literature
\nBen’s interest in the Post-Left and critique of the Woke Left
\nWomen’s March accuses Tulsi Gabbard-a woman of color-of not pandering to women of color<\/a>
\nBringing together the high and low in literature
\nGeorges Bataille<\/a>
\nHow Ben is best known for his\u00a0book reviews<\/a>, least favorite books he’s reviewed, and how to\u00a0write critical reviews
\nBen’s review of Girl Like a Bomb by Autumn Christian\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ben-Arzate.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click Here<\/a>\u00a0to download!<\/p>\n

This show is brought to you by Robert Stark\u2019s Paintings<\/a>, Stark Truth TV<\/a>, and his novel\u00a0Journey to Vapor Island<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n


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                                Robert Stark and Brandon Adamson talk to Des Moines based author Ben Arzate. Ben blogs at dripdropdripdropdripdrop.blogspot.com, writes book reviews for Cultured Vultures, and is the author of The Story of the Y and The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Saying … Continue reading Robert Stark interviews Author Ben Arzate<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[633,457,1144,687,336,429,459,484,1004,428,243,334,376,184,116,161,287,193,140,444,172,622,86,18,762,516,1164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anarchism","category-art","category-ben-arzate","category-brandon-adamson","category-censorship","category-cinema","category-culture","category-donald-trump","category-dreams","category-film","category-generation-x","category-humor","category-journalism","category-leftism","category-literature","category-marquis-de-sade","category-mexico","category-millennials","category-music","category-poetry","category-political-correctness","category-politics","category-psychology","category-sexuality","category-surrealism","category-travel","category-tulsi-gabbard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8965"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8978,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8965\/revisions\/8978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}