The Alabama Writers’ Forum
The Alabama Writers’ Forum, a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts, works to cultivate our state’s literary culture. We do that through supporting writers at all stages. We encourage our young writers to find their creative voice through the Father Goose Poetry Festival for Kids!–and through our Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards. We support the work of our state’s literary community through our Alabama Authors Directory, First Draft magazine, and other programming and opportunities for writers across the state. And we celebrate our state’s rich literary legacy through the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. We are, above all, a community of writers united by our desire to advance the literary arts in Alabama. If that describes you — join us! There are many ways to get involved.
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The Marshmallow Show Is Cancelled
The Marshmallow Show Is Cancelled By Debby Regan Outcast Press, 2023 Paper, $12.99 Genre: Fiction Reviewed by Danny Gamble What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas—unless it happens in the satirical romp through pop culture, The Marshmallow Show Is Cancelled. Debby Regan has conjured up a zany desert town inhabited by Marshmallow, a benign bunny puppet with its own kids TV show; Findley Luker, Marshmallow’s puppeteer after his father Kevin dies and a fledgling actor turned international movie star; Andrea Rizzo, a beautiful media heiress and Findley’s fiancé; Robbie Roberts, a drug and disease addled local talk show host; his colorful band leader Gouda; and an eccentric film director named Provocateur. And that’s just the major characters. Whew! Readers meet most of these characters long after The Marshmallow Show is cancelled and bought out by Sparkle, Inc., a Disneyesque media conglomerate, anchored not by a mouse, but by Mr. Glitz—a man in an orangutan suit. When Mr. Glitz shows up drunk for the Mr. Sparkle Christmas Special, Finley dons the orangutan suit and takes a turn at [...]
