Email Author Amanda McCorquodale

2010 Stories by Amanda McCorquodale

• 68. Spencer Morin

  published Nov 26, 2010

  In honor of our Mastermind genius awards (we're accepting submissions until January 7), Cultist proudly presents "100 Creatives," where we feature Miami's cultural superheroes. Have suggestions for fu... More >>

• Shanghai Dreams

  published November 25, 2010

  In 2004, 21 clam diggers, who were also illegal Chinese immigrants, drowned at high tide off the coast of England. Known as the Morecambe Bay... More >>

• The Standard Opens O.H.W.O.W. Book Club; Sells Tracey Emin Towels

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Thinking about skipping out on the Basel pretension by spending a few days submerged in mud at the Standard Spar Well, look for an escape elsewhere, because the boutique hotel is just as infected with... More >>

• Reefer Madness

  published November 25, 2010

  Just off shore, miles past South Beach's glowing neon marquees, there are graceful and ethereal creatures, pulsing with their own natural... More >>

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  Coral Morphologic Resurrects the Reef for Art Basel

  published Nov 23, 2010

  Just off shore, miles past South Beach's glowing neon marquees, there are graceful and ethereal creatures, pulsing with their own natural fluorescence. These jellyfish, zoanthids, and corals, which pi... More >>

• Holly Peno: Burlesque Babe

  published November 25, 2010

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• Jillian Mayer: Fast Artist

  published November 25, 2010

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• Attack of the Snails

  published November 25, 2010

  Giant pink snails on South Beach? What's next, famine and a plagues of locusts? The bubble-gum pink creepers spotted throughout Miami Beach... More >>

• Taking Down Britto

  published November 18, 2010

  This Saturday, take Romero's smiling cats and geometric flowers to Artformz Alternative Gallery and rip them to shreds. You read that right. It's... More >>

• Class Warfare

  published November 18, 2010

  After witnessing too many Muffys and Duffys exiting beat-up Volvos, wearing Lacoste, and reeking of old money and afternoon G&Ts, Lisa... More >>

• Capital Vices

  published November 18, 2010

  Do you know who had a tough job? Pope Gregory the Great, the guy who narrowed down the deadly sins to just seven. He had to roll vainglory into... More >>

• Orgasmic Origami

  published November 18, 2010

  “Chase me! Mate with me! Seduce me!” yells Isabella Rossellini, dressed in red spandex and bug eyes. “He’s so strong and... More >>

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  ArtFormz Hosts BYOB: Bring Your Own Britto (to Destroy)

  published Nov 18, 2010

  This Saturday, take Romero's smiling cats and geometric flowers to Artformz Alternative Gallery and rip them to shreds. You read that right. It's time for BYOB  -- Bring Your Own Britto to Destro... More >>

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  John Waters Is Scared of Shopping Malls

  published Nov 18, 2010

  What's the difference between the bad taste of say the Jersey Shore variety and the bad taste of John Watersr "You have to have good taste to have bad taste. You have to know which rules to break," Wa... More >>

• Get Lit with Waters

  published November 18, 2010

  The 27th annual Miami Book Fair International begins this Sunday and runs through November 21. Though most of the big names make appearances late... More >>

• Snail Space

  published November 18, 2010

  Giant pink snails on South Beach? What's next, famine and a plagues of locusts? The bubble-gum pink creepers spotted throughout Miami Beach... More >>

• Wizards on E

  published November 18, 2010

  With his novel The Magicians, author Lev Grossman offers an astringent antidote to Pollyanna Harry Potter mania. As he told the... More >>

• Near-sighted Monkeys

  published November 18, 2010

  How do you beat writer's block? Do you thrash your head against the wall? Down a fifth of Jack and start muttering atonal Bob Dylan songs? Do you... More >>

• Inferior Men

  published November 18, 2010

  Comedy writer and former Upright Citizens Brigade member, Julie Klausner has news from the frontlines - of shitty relationships. Like most... More >>

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  Miami Beach Attacked by Giant, Pink Snails; No Christo in Sight

  published Nov 16, 2010

  Giant pink snails on South Beachr What's next, famine and a plagues of locustsr The bubble-gum pink creepers spotted throughout Miami Beach are not a sign of end times. And no, they're not the work of... More >>

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  Julie Klausner Sounds Off on Kermit, Tucker Max, and Other Inferior Men

  published Nov 16, 2010

  Comedy writer and former Upright Citizens Brigade member, Julie Klausner has news from the frontlines - of shitty relationships. Like most of us, she spent her twenties ricocheting from douchebag to d... More >>

• Cartoonist Lynda Barry and Her Near-Sighted Monkeys

  published Nov 15, 2010

  How do you beat writer's blockr Do you thrash your head against the wallr Down a fifth of Jack and start muttering atonal Bob Dylan songsr Do you give up and start selling insurancer Next time a blank... More >>

• Hipster Puppies, This Is Why You're Fat, and Other Recent Blog Books

  published Nov 12, 2010

  After Eva Talmadge told us about her blog-book deal on literary tattoos (that was actually more book-deal to blog), we wondered what other web logs have recently landed book advances. (We're just thi... More >>

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  Second Saturdays Art Walk Guide: Pop Portraits and Fake Churches

  published Nov 12, 2010

  To quote No. 36 in our list of 50 reasons to love living in Miami, "Ain't no party like an Art Walk party." On the Second Saturday of every month, from 7 to 10 p.m., we throw our own mini Art Basels -... More >>

• Correction to Freedom

  published November 11, 2010

  When Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections was published in 2001, the literary world treated him like a god. Author Bret Easton Ellis... More >>