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My Own Private Avignon Papacy

Jesus. Mary, and Joseph!

Apr 9 • Susie Bright

8 O’Clock, Eh? Waiting for the End of the World

How is Never? Is Never Good for You?

Apr 7 • Susie Bright

37:58

Birthday Cancer Vanquished! Persian War Rules— & How A.I. Failed the Sex Test . . .

This past week — the week I turned 68 — has been one for the history books, hasn’t it?

Mar 30 • Susie Bright

Irish are Spaniards Who Got Lost in the Mist

Mar 17, 2023 • Susie Bright

Your Golden Ticket: the March ‘26 Storytime Hour

Susie Bright reads stories and poems by Dorothy Allison, Margaret Atwood, Judy Grahn, Diane Di Prima, Wendy Rose, Diane Wakoski, and Danielle Willis

Mar 14 • Susie Bright

Podcasts

Back to Bed with Susie Bright

Birthday Cancer Vanquished! Persian War Rules— & How A.I. Failed the Sex Test . . .

Top posts

“Terminated”

Jun 17, 2022 • Susie Bright

Los Angeles Fighting in the Streets: 2025 and 1975

Jun 10, 2025 • Susie Bright

Dorothy Allison - Cut Off The Lights

Nov 8, 2024 • Susie Bright and Dorothy Allison

The Radiance of Bettie Page, 1923 - 2008

Apr 11, 2025 • Susie Bright

Alison Bechdel Knows What Happened To Your Money — and your Sex Life

May 31, 2025 • Susie Bright

Recent posts

How Do I Let Readers Know About My Kindle Edition?

For the new, and recently re-born, Ebook author

Apr 8 • Susie Bright

29:17

Should I Use a Pen Name?

The conundrum of publishing your authentic work in public

Apr 8 • Susie Bright

21:48

The Witness Exhibition - Jon Bailiff

The ICE Murders in Oil Crayon on Canvas; the Ukraine hand-carved and stamped monoprints, and the Santa Cruz Watercolors.

Published on Jon Bailiff • Mar 30

The Night I Go Power Mad with Poetry

You’re invited to the most esoteric Saturday Night You’ll Ever Hear

Mar 12 • Susie Bright

When Girls Look at Boys - Beyond Heated Rivalry

The Lesbian View of Gay Men’s Porn

Mar 6 • Susie Bright

A Coalition of 2, & the Blood-Soaked Backpacks

Listen now (26 mins) | On the Warpath, Susie and Jon, 3-1-26

Mar 1 • Susie Bright and Jon Bailiff

25:44

Recommendations

Daniel Lavery

Sarita’s Substack

Sarita Johnson

Ron Charles

Honolulu Blotter

Scott Kikkawa

Ken Klippenstein

Ken Klippenstein

Deep Background

Susie Bright CV

The Susie Bright Archive at Cornell Library

Movies/TV

Uncensored BluRay Directors Cut has commentary from myself, Gina Gershon, the Wachowskis, Jennifer Tilly, and Joey Pants

The Celluloid Closet

Susie Bright, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks, Harvey Fierstein, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Shirley MacLaine

Belle de Jour (The Criterion Collection)

Commentary by Susie Bright and Linda Williams

Agency/Classes

Agent Services - Consult

Partial Client List

Books & Audio

Books I’ve Authored and Edited

Ebooks, Paperback, Hardback, and Audiobooks

The Bright List on Audible.com

Susie Audiobook Imprint, Editor and Executive Producer

Social Media

Movie Quiz

I Love Movies. I Love Movie Quizzes

Grab your pencils and your vast cinema encyclopedia - we’re going for a summer ride

Jun 20, 2024 • Susie Bright

The Pre-Apocalypse Holiday Movie Quiz

Some Holiday Cinema Deep Thoughts

Dec 23, 2023 • Susie Bright

Thrill Ride Horror Movie Quiz - No Cheating!

Professor Abraham Setrakian’s Virulently Vampiric, Malevolently Monsterrific, Super-Strain Halloween Movie Quiz Strikes Again!

Sep 29, 2023 • Susie Bright

Movie Frenzy July

Susie reviews Barbie’s Outlaw Nation, Not-Nolan Oppenheimer, Soderbergh’s Full Circle, and Survival of the Thickest

Jul 25, 2023 • Susie Bright

The Summer Vacation Movie Quiz — Attacks!

Jun 26, 2023 • Susie Bright

It would be nice, eh?

Big V

Big V’s Last Chapter: I Don’t Honky Tonk Near Often Enough

Faust, Belle Waxing, Buc-ee’s, Rent-a-Center, Comal County Tacos, Anytime Fitness, ShadeTree Saloon, The Loft, & Richter’s Antler Cafe

May 25, 2023 • Susie Bright

Big V - PostDivorce Spoils, Baby Brother, & Smokes

Chapter 7: Sure, Big V’s been cheated on and asked to move out of her family home but the combination of Hibiscus Mint and shave ice have seemed to…

May 18, 2023 • Susie Bright

Big V - The Past is Not Dead; It’s Not Even the Past

Chapter 6: Foot Skeeve, Faulkner, Divorce Waxing, Fry Daddies, Reiki, Bad Loans and Bad Credit

May 11, 2023 • Susie Bright

Big V - Debt, Divorce, Prozac, & Pumpkin Spice

Chapter 5: Austin City Limits, Midget Wrestling, Perky Peacock Lingerie, Money Mart Pawn Shop, Trudy’s Hallmark, 24/7 Car Wash & Make It Sweet, Taco…

May 4, 2023 • Susie Bright

Big V - Full Moon and a Fresh Pack

Chapter 4: 416 Bar & Grille, Fork & Vine, Dallas Nightclub, Mustang Jewelry & Pawn, The Bread Basket, Lala’s Pool Hal, H-Town Mobile Cellular, Draught…

Apr 27, 2023 • Susie Bright

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