Welcome to our Black History Month Lit for Christmas party!
In this episode, Marty and Beth sip Blue Eyes and discuss Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye.
BONUS POINTS: Take a shot every time you hear Beth make a bad pun. CAUTION: You WILL get very drunk.
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT:
The Blue Eye
Ingredients:
· 2 shots Vodka
· 1 shot Blue Curacao
· 3 shots Baja Blast Mountain Dew
· 1 shot white cranberry juice
· 3 or 4 whole blueberries
Directions:
1. Gently mix vodka, Blue Curacao, Baja Blast Mountain Dew, white cranberry juice to a shaker over ice.
2. Strain into martini glass.
3. Add three or four whole blueberries for garnish.
Directions for Non-Alcoholic The Blue Eye Recipe
Follow same directions as above, eliminating vodka and Blue Curacao. Increase amount of Baja Blast Mountain Dew to 4 shots and white cranberry juice to 2 shots.
Lit for Christmas Party Hosts:
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. He has an 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 as U.P. Poet Laureate, and has published the poetry collections The Mysteries of the Rosary from Mayapple Press and A Bigfoot Bestiary and Other Wonders from Modern History Press. For more of Marty's thoughts and writing visit his blog Saint Marty (saintmarty-marty.blogspot.com).
Beth has a BS in English Secondary Education. She hasworked as a substitute teacher, medical transcriptionist, medical office receptionist, deli counter attendant, and Office Max cashier. Currently, she works in a call center and enjoys discussing/arguing about literature withher loving husband.
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:
UB40. "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain." Getting Over the Storm. Virgin/Universal, 2 September, 2013.
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:
Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. New York, Penguin Group, 1970.
