Welcome to our very, very, very late Lit for Christmas in July party! In a day's time, look for our August Lit for Christmas party!
In this episode, Marty and his friend, Madeline, charm some Copperheads and discuss opioid addiction, foster care, and Kingsolver love.
BONUS POINTS: Take a drink every time Marty or Madeline make a bad exorcism pun.
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT:
Copperhead (recipe adapted from https://www.thedrinkkings.com/copperhead-recipe/)
Ingredients
· 2 shots of vodka (omit for nonalcoholic alternative)
· 5 shots of ginger ale (7 shots for nonalcoholic alternative)
· Lime wedge or 1 shot of lime juice
· Ice
Directions:
1. Add all the ingredients in a shaker with ice.
2. Shake, strain, and pour into a highball glass with ice.
3. Squeeze the lime wedge into drink (or add lime juice), drop wedge into drink, and serve.
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT NONALCOHOLIC ALTERNATIVE:
Use ingredients and follow above directions, omitting vodka and using 7 shots of ginger ale.
Marty has a Master's in fiction writing, MFA in poetry writing, and teaches in the English Department at Northern Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He served two terms at Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula, and has published the poetry collection The Mysteries of the Rosary from Mayapple Press. For more of Marty's thoughts and writing visit his blog Saint Marty (saintmarty-marty.blogspot.com) or listen to his other podcast Confessions of Saint Marty, also on Anchor.fm. Marty is a writer, blogger, wine sipper, easy drunk, and poetry obsessor who puts his Christmas tree up in mid-October and refuses to take it down until the snow starts melting.
Madeline has a BA in English Creative Writing and gin drinking. Currently, she is pursuing a Library Science graduate degree and avoiding the Lizard Man of Bloomington. In her spare time, she enjoys reading eco-lit, true crime, and Alice Hoffman books.
Music for this episode:
"Jingle Bells Jazzy Style" by Julius H, used courtesy of Pixabay.
"A Christmas Treat" by Magic-828, used courtesy of Pixabay.
Other music in the episode:
"Christmas Time’s A Comin’." O’Connor, Mark. An Appalachian Christmas. OMAC Records, 2011.
A Christmas Carol sound clips from:
The Campbell Theater 1939 radio production of A Christmas Carol, narrated by Orson Welles and starring Lionel Barrymore.
This month's Christmas lit:
Kingsolver, Barbara. Demon Copperhead. HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.