Podcasts by The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
Join author John King for eclectic interviews with writers from a variety of genres, including fiction writing, poetry, memoirs, and journalism. From literature to genre writing to the movies, all writing is up for discussion. In particular, The Drunken Odyssey features discussion of all aspects of the writing process—not just the published manuscript, pristinely presented to the entire literate world, but also the scrawled notes and tortured drafts that lead writers there. In long-form interviews, writers discuss their process and the way that writing has influenced their lives. Besides this interview, each episode also features a short memoir essay from a writer about a beloved book, plus John King responds to listener’s questions and observations about the writing (and the drinking) life.
For more information, see our website at www.thedrunkenodyssey.com.
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604: A Discussion of William Gibson's Neuromancer, with Rachael Tillman! from 2023-12-02T09:00
Rachael and I return to the subject of William Gibson to discuss his 1984 classic science fiction novel, Neuromancer, which is wonderful in its fu...
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603: Mistie Watkins! from 2023-11-26T18:24
On today’s show, John talks to Mistie Watkins about her new book of flash essays, Hireath, which might be the mos...
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602: Walter Mosley! from 2023-11-17T11:00
On today’s show, John talks to best-selling author Walter Mosley about his process, especially when exploring unsettling, psychological science fiction in his new novel, Touched.
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601: Stephanie Land! from 2023-11-11T16:54
On this episode, John talks to best-selling author Stephanie Land about her newest book, Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education.
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600: Tom Lucas! from 2023-11-04T22:22
On today’s show, John talks to Tom Lucas about his brand new Lovecraftian YA-ish novel, Research Randy & the The Mystery of Grandma's Half-Eaten Pie of Despair, told by an unreliable na...
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599: Schloctoberfest Discussion of Shin'ya Tsukamot's Tetsuo: The Iron Man with Jeff Shuster from 2023-10-28T17:52
Jeff Shuster and I discuss the surreal techno-horror allegorical masterpiece that is Shin'ya Tsukamot's Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
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598: Schloctoberfest Discussion of Dario Argento's Phenomena [1985] with Jeff Shuster from 2023-10-21T17:52
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Dario Argento’s strange, mid-eighties masterpiece, Phenomena.
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597: A Schloctoberfest Discussion of David Cronenberg's Videodrome with Jeff Shuster from 2023-10-14T09:00
Jeff Shuster and I get rather turned around discussion the invo-convolutions of David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983).
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596: A Schloctoberfest Discussion of Oliver Stone's The Hand with Jeff Shuster from 2023-10-09T12:35
Jeff Shuster and I discuss Michael Caine's brilliant acting and deranged hair as they appeared in Oliver Stone's directorial debut, The Hand (1981).
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595: Rebecca Makkai (Interviewed by Chelsea Alice) from 2023-09-30T20:21
Chelsea Alice and Rebecca Makkai talk about diversity in novels, breaking genre conventions, student-teacher relationships, and how motherhood is represented in literature.
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594: Jack Houghteling! from 2023-09-23T16:37
On this week's show, I talk to novelist Jack Houghteling about Modernism, football, and the literary value of gangster movies, among other important topics.
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593: Ryler Dustin! from 2023-09-18T16:07
On #593, I speak with the poet Ryler Dustin about creating new forms of sanctification and representing rural landscapes with familiarity without fetishizing or satirizing the setting. We probab...
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592: Dan Lauer! from 2023-09-09T19:13
On today’s show, I speak with Dan Lauer about memoirs, Spalding Gray, depression, the glorious bygone culture of video stores, the less glorious culture of Hollywood, and other matters of dark i...
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591: Greg Proops from 2023-09-01T14:06
On today’s show, I speak with comedian Greg Proops about his new comedy album, French Drug Deal, the way time passes when sober and writin...
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590: Melanie Farmer! from 2023-08-26T19:24
On today’s show, I speak with creative non-fiction writer Melanie Farmer about memoir, Brazilian jiu jitsu, the relationship between one's family and one's public, the Hurtson-Wright prize, and ...
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589: Ian Patterson interviewed by Chelsea Alice from 2023-08-19T08:00
On today’s show, Chelsea Alice interviews Ian Patterson, who translated Finding Lost Time, the final volume of Penguin’s new edition of Proust’s novel cycle, In Search of Lost Time<...
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588: A Discussion of Kathleen Alcott's Emergency, with Samantha Nickerson from 2023-08-12T20:37
This week, I speak with Samantha Nickerson and I discuss the themes of friendship, relationships, depression, and death, and the craft of Kathleen Alcott in creating stories that are difficult t...
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587: A Discussion of Myhouse.wad for Doom, with Michael Merriam from 2023-08-06T17:38
This week, I speak with game designer Michael Merriam about the mysterious, recent addition to the world of Doomology that is the Myhouse.wad, a retro-fitted narrative freak out to one of the ea...
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586: Sarah Viren! from 2023-07-29T16:00
This week, I speak with Sarah Viren about memoir, the social structures of academic work, philosophy, and asking serious questions.
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585: A Discussion of Leonard Nathan's The Teachings of Grandfather Fox, with Brian Salmons! from 2023-07-23T13:39
On this week’s episode, I speak with Brian Salmons about Leonard Nathan's 1976 book of poems, The Teachings of Grandfather Fox.
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584: David Lipsky from 2023-07-15T08:00
This week, New York Times bestselling author David Lipsky discusses journalism, history, inventors, science, and the importance of storytelling to combine all of those ingredients.
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583: Blair Hurley! from 2023-07-08T09:00
On this week's episode, I speak with novelist Blair Hurley about her thrilling new literary novel, Minor Prophets.
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582: Andrew Porter Interviewed by David James Poissant from 2023-07-01T19:01
David James Poissant interviews fiction writer Andrew Porter about peripheral characters, quiet stories, writerly influences, the theme of disappearance, the importance of music, the teaching of...
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581: Joy Baglio! from 2023-06-24T20:34
Speculative fiction writer Joy Baglio talks with me about labels, the surprises needed for compelling stories, outgrowing being an MFA student despite the fabulousness of being an MFA student, b...
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580: A Discussion of Devin Watson’s Horror Screenwriting: The Nature of Fear, with Rachael Tillman from 2023-06-10T20:05
Rachael and I discuss horror screenplays and horror story podcasts on an episode in which the podcast turns 11 years old.
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578: Bob Kealing! from 2023-05-27T08:00
This week journalist and cultural historian Bob Kealing returns to The Drunken Odyssey to discuss the Beatles's two momentous visits to Florida in 1964.
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577: Sarai Walker, interviewed by Samantha Nickerson! from 2023-05-20T15:46
This week Samantha Nickerson returns to guest-hosting duties with a fabulous conversation with novelist writer Sarai Walker.
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576: A Discussion of William Gibson's Distrust That Particular Flavor with Rachel Tillman from 2023-05-13T19:54
Rachael and I return to the subject of William Gibson in a non-fiction collection that proved charming fun.
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575: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock for May the Fourth from 2023-05-04T04:01
Jeff Shuster and John King celebrate May the 4th by discussing three films trying to capitalize on the science fiction success of Star Wars.
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574: Nick Georgoudiou! from 2023-04-30T01:11
On this episode, I speak with the Nick Georgoudiou about owning a used bookstore, maintaining a murder of typewriters, literary citizenship, and many other matters of interest and whatnot.
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573: David van den Berg! from 2023-04-22T08:00
On this episode, I speak with the poet David van den Berg on the glories of tromping through swamps as a child, the knifeblade dialectic of cynicism and wonder, and discovering a sense of authen...
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572: Meng Jin, Eileen Myles, and Paul Tran interviewed by Chelsea Alice! from 2023-04-16T16:45
Back in November 2022, Chelsea Alice conducted three on-site interviews at Miami Book Fair. She discussed Self-Portrait with Ghost with Meng Jin, Pathetic Literature by Eileen ...
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571: Mark Scroggins! from 2023-04-09T01:11
On this episode, I speak with the scholar and poet Mark Scroggins about poetry that simultaneously compels and eludes the reader with its strange music, those depths of unknowing, the literary a...
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569: Lydia Millet interviewed by David James Poissant! from 2023-03-25T17:07
Lydia Millet and David James Poissant discuss geography, birds, earnestness, the characterization of children, the structure of plot and novels, and other matters of interest.
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568: A Conversation about Albert Camus's "The Guest" with Chelsea Alice from 2023-03-18T18:41
Chelsea Alice gave me homework, to read "The Guest" by Albert Camus, the result of which is this existentialist episode, or something like that.
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567: Brook Ziporyn! from 2023-03-11T10:00
This week, Brook Ziporyn and I discuss the complexities of interpreting the Daodejing, the humor of the book, and its applications to life philosophies, politics, literature, and many o...
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566: Ciera Horton McElroy from 2023-03-04T15:35
This week, I speak with Ciera Horton McElroy about following through with long form fiction and her extraordinary debut, Atomic Family.
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565: A Discussion of William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition with Rachael Tillman! from 2023-02-25T10:00
This week, Rachael Tillman and I discuss William Gibson's not especially science fictiony, but post-modern systems thriller, Pattern Recognition
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564: Patricia Smith! from 2023-02-18T22:29
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563: Stephanie McCarter, interviewed by Chelsea Alice! from 2023-02-11T05:01
This week, Chelsea Alice talks to Stephanie McCarter about Ovid’s self-reflection, making Ovid's humor visible to a contemporary audience, and feminism as it relates to translation.
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562: Mike Nagel! from 2023-02-05T01:58
This week, I speak with fiction writer Mike Nagel about comic existentialism, alcoholic literature, and the class complexities of real estate.
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561: Felicia Berliner and Deb Rogers, interviewed by Samantha Nickerson! from 2023-01-28T23:34
This week, Samantha Nickerson talks to Felicia Berliner about her new novel, Shmutz, and the challenges of existing within multiple identities,
560: A Discussion of Philip Schultz's Comforts of the Abyss with Rachael Tillman! from 2023-01-21T15:40
On #560, Rachael Tillman and I discuss the art of persona writing through the lens of Philip Schultz's recent book, Comforts of the Abyss.
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559: Laurie Rachkus Uttich! from 2023-01-14T09:00
This week I have a long overdue convo with the extraordinary poet Laurie Rachkus Uttich.
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558: Jennifer Worley! from 2023-01-07T18:13
This week I speak with the prose writer Jennifer Worley, the fall 2022 resident of The Kerouac Project of Orlando.
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557: Jason Roeder! from 2022-12-31T17:06
John speaks with his friend Jason about the creative joys of grieving and the power of earnestness and other matters of interest.
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556: Lynn Melnick! from 2022-12-24T20:29
The poet and memoirist Lynn Melnick talks with me about the cleverness and heart of Dolly Parton, who can serve as more than a cultural icon as we try to discover how to make our unique ways in ...
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555: Julia Koets (interviewed by Rochelle Hurt) from 2022-12-17T09:00
Rochelle Hurt interviews Julia Koets about romantic desire and loss, the villanelle form, the layouts of poetry volumes, growing up with the policing of restrictive gender norms, how research co...
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554: Chrissy Kolaya! from 2022-12-03T18:04
On this week’s program, I talk to the poet and novelist Chrissy Kolaya about the creative process, psychology, and the multitudinous tensions of being an American.
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553: Interview with Robert Pinsky! from 2022-11-26T09:00
Robert Pinsky discusses his memoir Jersey Breaks, and John and Mr. Pinksy compare some psychogeographic notes, as well as bragging rights.
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552: A Celebration of Salman Rushdie and Miami Book Fair! from 2022-11-19T00:12
On this week’s program, I talk to Chelsea Alice about Salman Rushdie’s playful parable from 2020, “The Old Man in the Piazza,” published in The New Yorker, plus I share Salman Rushdie’s...
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551: Elliot Ackerman! from 2022-11-12T19:17
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550: Jonathan Ames! from 2022-11-05T17:20
On this week's show, I talk to the fiction writer and former memoirist Jonathan Ames.
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549: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #14 (The Doom Generation) from 2022-10-31T16:47
On today's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss a wild, strange, deadpan, homicidal roadtrip story that is The Doom Generation.
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548: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #13 (Body Bags) from 2022-10-29T08:00
Jeff Shuster & John King discuss the 1993 anthology horror film, Body Bags, starring an excitable John Carpenter.
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547: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #12 (Dead Alive) from 2022-10-23T03:43
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the 1992 Peter Jackson masterpiece of a family drama, Dead Alive.
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546: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #11 (Delicatessen) from 2022-10-16T18:53:28
On #546, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the strange 1991 masterpiece from France that is Delicatessen.
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545: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #10 (Nightbreed) from 2022-10-08T08:30
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the belated masterpiece that is the director's cut of Clive Barker's Nightbreed.
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544: Ryan Rivas! from 2022-10-04T06:30
This week, I speak with my friend and colleague Ryan Rivas about his exciting, new, experimental memoir, Listen
543: Q&A Time! from 2022-10-01T15:45:05
This week, my colleagues Christopher Odom, Bethany Duvall, Jared Silvia, and I sling writing advice from Full Sail University's Fifth Annual Creative Writing Conference.
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542: Azar Nafisi! from 2022-09-24T09:00
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541: Marie Myung-Ok Lee! from 2022-09-19T18:54:13
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540: Mark Braude! from 2022-09-10T17:34:13
This week, I talk with historian and biographer Mark Braude about artist, model, and cabaret singer Kiki Man Ray and the art life in Paris in the 1920s....
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539: Chelsey Clammer! from 2022-09-03T23:28:21
This week, I catch up with longtime friend of the show, the brilliant creative nonfiction writer, Chelsey Clammer.
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538: A Discussion of John Bois's "17776" with Chelsea Alice! from 2022-08-28T18:31:11
This week, the brilliant Chelsea Alice & I discuss John Bois's postmodern masterpiece, "17776," which is partially about what football wi...
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537: Michael Wheaton! from 2022-08-20T22:47:06
On #537, I speak with the writer, publisher, and podcaster Michael Wheaton
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536: Nona Willis Aronowitz! from 2022-08-13T19:04:44
This week, I speak with nonfiction writer Nona Willis Aronowitz about sex and feminism and other matters.
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535: A Discussion of Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran, with Rachael Tillman! from 2022-08-06T17:55:51
This week, Rachael Tillman and I discuss Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran, a long overdue read for both of us.
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534: Rachel Kolman! from 2022-07-30T17:40:33
This week, I speak with Rachel Kolman about her immersion in creative non-fiction and her writing life after her UCF MFA.
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533: A Discussion of Don Marquis's Archy&Mehitabel, with Rachael Tillman! from 2022-07-23T02:35:26
This week, I speak with my occasional co-host, Rachel Tillman about Don Marquis's Archy & Mehitabel, a series of narrative poems written by a cockroach.
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532: Miranda Seymour! from 2022-07-16T08:00:57
This week, I speak with literary biographer Miranda Seymour about the extraordinary career of Jean Rhys.
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531: Loose Lips July 2022! from 2022-07-09T17:58:33
This week, I am happy to present a bootleg edition of the Loose Lips reading series, hosted by Dianne Turgeon Richardson and Tod Caviness, with readings by Rachel Kolman, Samantha Nickerson, moi...
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530: Jamie Hecker! from 2022-07-02T17:29:53
On this episode, I speak with Disney historian Jamie Hecker about the relationship Walt Disney and the Disney Company have had with Washington D.C.
529: Kathryn Harlan! from 2022-06-25T08:00:34
On #529, I speak with fiction writer Kathryn Harlan about her debut collection, Fruiting Bodies.
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528: A Discussion of Sally Rooney's Conversations with Friends, with Rachael Tillman! from 2022-06-18T15:29:48
On #528, Rachel Tillman and I discuss Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney's debut novel.
527: Mixtape 16: Sobering up the Muses from 2022-06-11T23:37:04
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526: Rochelle Hurt! from 2022-06-04T21:44:09
On #526 I talk to poet Rochelle Hurt about her latest book, The J Girls: A Reality Show.
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525: Brynne Rebele-Henry! from 2022-05-28T21:54:57
On #525, I talk to Brynne Rebele-Henry about divinity, sexuality, and historical imagination in her extraordinary latest collection of verse, Prelude.
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524: Yeoh Jo-Ann! from 2022-05-21T12:15:01
On #524, I talk to Yeoh Jo-Ann, the spring 2022 resident of the Kerouac Project of Orlando, about her novel, Impractical Uses of Cake, proper otter...
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523: Aaron Angello! from 2022-05-14T05:00:11
In this week’s episode, I talk to Aaron Angello about his new book, The Fact of Memory: 114 Ruminations and Fabrications, the creative benefits of dai...
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522: Ann Hood! from 2022-05-08T18:47:02
In this week’s episode, I talk to Ann Hood about the challenges of writing nonfiction, the intertwining of feminism and women’s rights and the history of av...
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521: Nita Noveno! from 2022-04-30T00:46:04
In this week’s show, I speak with the creative nonfiction writer Nita Noveno about the Peace Corps, having a writing community, the Kerouac House, gators, gators, and more gators, and bears, and al...
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520: A Discussion of Anne Sexton with Rachael Tillman! from 2022-04-24T05:30:13
In this week’s show, I speak with Rachael Tillman about the poetry and practice of Anne Sexton.
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519: Marisa Siegel! from 2022-04-16T19:13:52
In this week’s show, I speak with the poet Marisa Siegel about the value of combining poetry with graphic art, language poetry, discovering poetry early in life, and the Mills College MFA Progra...
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518: Vidhu Aggarwal! from 2022-04-09T17:29:49
In this week’s show, I speak with the poet Vidhu Aggarwal about humor in poetry, the physicality of laughter, symbology, physics and spirituality, The Mahabharata, Samuel Beckett, and Shakespear...
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517: Kimberly Ann Priest from 2022-04-02T15:36
In this week’s show, I speak with the poet Kimberly Ann Priest about purposeful ambiguity in poetry and the minor disturbing oddities in Hieronymus Bosch.
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516: A Discussion of Sally Rooney's Novels, with Rachael Tillman! from 2022-03-26T23:48:31
On #516 Rachel Tillman and I discuss the novels of Sally Rooney.
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515: Sara Manning Peskin! from 2022-03-19T17:37:28
On #515, I talk to Sara Manning Peskin about the history of the mysteries and discoveries of medical science.
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514: Laura Costas! from 2022-03-12T21:45:32
In this week’s show, I talk to Laura Costas about the pleasures of disorientation, the surprises of actual history, the complexity of myth, and postmodernism.
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513: Jane-Rebecca Cannarella! from 2022-03-05T00:56:54
In #513, I talk to Jane-Rebecca Cannarella about genre bending & blending, illustrating literature, and the dialectics of Disney's The Little Mermaid.
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512: Lan Samantha Chang! from 2022-02-26T16:08:56
In this week’s show, I talk to Lan Samantha Chan about writing a novel over a long period of time, learning and teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop, the value of writing communities, and balan...
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511: David A. Bossert! from 2022-02-19T17:10:57
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510: Drew Barth Redux from 2022-02-12T16:09:50
On today’s show, I talk to TDO's comic book blogger Drew Barth to discuss Walt Simonson's astounding mythical, iconoclastic run on Thorback in the 1980s.
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509: Sandra Lim! from 2022-02-05T20:11:45
Sandra Lim talks about optimism, editing through the pile of a poem, letting oneself go in the current of the stream, and finding a grounding in the abstractions of mind and word.
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508: Laura Blackett&Eve Gleichmann from 2022-01-29T09:00:40
On today’s show, co-novelists Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman talk about corporate cults, collaborative writing, and satire.
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507: Sonya Huber from 2022-01-22T09:00:29
Memoirist Sonya Huber discusses how to write the way that we think, including the semiotic leapfrogs of memory, and trying to depict the precarious balance of reality.
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506: Shruti Swarmy! from 2022-01-15T10:00
On #506, Shruti Swarmy talks about calling the reader into a complete, already alive imaginary world, and writing about dance in ways that transc...
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505: Brian Broome! from 2022-01-08T20:40:46
On today’s show, I speak with the memoirist Brian Broome, winner of the 2021 Kirkus Prize for nonfiction.
504: Zaina Arafat! from 2022-01-01T21:07:52
On today’s show, I speak with fiction writer Zaina Arafat about love, identity, sarcasm, and their complications for storytelling.
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503: 3 Poets on Geography, Intimacy, and Dislocation from 2021-12-25T16:15:01
Raymond Antrobus, Carlie Hoffman, and Tiana Nobile read & discuss their poetry in this 2021 Miami Book Fair event.
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502: David Morgan O'Connor! from 2021-12-19T01:08:23
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501: Sandra M. Gilbert&Susan Gubar! from 2021-12-11T20:42:15
On today’s show, legendary scholars Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar discuss the history of feminism and women's studies, and the turns of current events that make activism more necessary than ...
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500: Paul Auster! from 2021-12-05T19:56:42
On today’s show, I discuss the power of Stephen Crane with novelist Paul Auster.
499: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh! from 2021-11-27T04:32
Back from the dead, I discuss Beckett, Kafka, wry sardonic world-weariness, & other matters of interest with fiction writer & memoirist Saïd Sayrafiezadeh.
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498: Craig Pitman! from 2021-11-13T06:11:31
On today’s show, I discuss Florida journalism, the tragic side of Florida Man, iguana hunters, bespoke mermaid tales, and other topics of great interest with Craig Pittman.
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497: Lenny Dellarocca&Michael Mackin O'Mara from 2021-11-07T17:39:02
On #497, I discuss poetry, literary magazines, and The Miami Book Fair with editors Lenny Dellarocca and Michael Mackin O'Mara, of The South Florida Poetry Journal.
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496: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #9 (Tokyo Gore Police) from 2021-10-30T17:29:19
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495: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #8 (Repo! The Genetic Opera) from 2021-10-23T05:00
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Repo! The Genetic Opera!
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494: Lindsay Eillis! from 2021-10-19T03:34:28
On today's show, I talk to science fiction novelist Lindsay Ellis!
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493: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #7 (The Midnight Meat Train) from 2021-10-16T23:34:35
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss an underrated adaptation of a Clive Barker short story, the delicately-titled The Midnight Meat Train.
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492: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #6 from 2021-10-09T08:00
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss an quietly beautiful independent movie from 2005 called The Devil's Rejects. Jeff & I get off track a lot.
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491: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #5 from 2021-10-02T06:00
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss 2002's classic horror film, Ju-on: The Grudge.
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A TDO Update from 2021-09-27T00:12:40
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490: A Commentary on Martin Scorcese's Casino, with Patrick Jehle! from 2021-09-18T08:00
On this week's show, Patrick Jehle and I talk our way through all of Casino. This episode's a long one. Enjoy!
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489: Aimee Bender! from 2021-09-13T21:00:24
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487: Todd James Pierce! from 2021-08-28T22:14:40
In this week’s show, I talk to Disney historian Todd James Pierce about how Covid-19 and the home streaming of entertainment might affect the future of visual storytelling, plus we discuss his c...
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486: Jan Elizabeth Watson! from 2021-08-22T01:06:20
In this week’s show, I talk to the novelist Jan Elizabeth Watson about a great many things.
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485: Drew Barth! from 2021-08-14T03:29
In this week’s show, I talk to Drew Barth about comic book obsessions.
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484: James Tate Hill from 2021-08-07T18:18:28
In this week’s show, I interview fiction writer and memoirist, James Tate Hill.
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483: Tim Parks! from 2021-07-31T10:32:11
In this week’s show, I interview a writer I'm obsessed with, the prose writer Tim Parks.
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482: A Discussion of Introducing Cultural Studies, with Leslie Salas! from 2021-07-24T16:18:38
In this week’s show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Ziauddan Sardar and Borin Van Loon's Introducing Cultural Studies.
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481: Catherine Raven! from 2021-07-18T01:40:25
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480: Tanya Grae! from 2021-07-10T23:23:57
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479: A Discussion of The Departed, with Will Dowd! from 2021-07-03T21:12:57
On this episode, I talk to writer Will Dowd about Martin Scorcese's 2006 film, The Departed.
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478: Tyler Gillespie! from 2021-06-26T17:51:19
n this week’s show, journalist & poet Tyler Gillespie & I discuss long-form journalism and the epic wildness and weirdness of Florida.
477: A Summer Solstice Special with Jefff Shuster! from 2021-06-19T05:00
In this week’s show, Jeff Shuster (our glorious Curator of Schlock) kick off summer by discussing two vintage summer camp films released in a two year span, Ivan Reitman's Meatballs (19...
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476: Anahid Nersessian! from 2021-06-12T22:24:29
In this week’s show, literary scholar Anahid Nersessian & I discuss John Keats, the potential for personal observations in academic work, the sexual politics of art, theme parks, and academic in...
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475: Kathleen Rooney! from 2021-06-05T06:00
In this week’s show, I talk to the novelist Kathleen Rooney about finding the spark to begin stories, the shape for long-form narratives, and the whimsy to make discoveries along the way.
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474: Nat Segaloff&Thomas Warming! from 2021-05-29T20:21:31
In this week’s show, I talk to Nat Segaloff and Thomas Warming about writing for and about Hollywood.
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473: A Discussion of Tom Waits's "Swordfishtrombones" with Stephen McClurg! from 2021-05-22T23:31:04
In this week’s show, I bring music blogger Stephen McClurg aboard as we talk about one of the most transformative, dramatic, atmospheric, strange, American pastoral phantasmagorical musical albu...
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472: Spencer Huffman! from 2021-05-15T18:03:56
In this week’s show, I talk to the spring 2021 resident of The Kerouac Project of Orlando, playwright Spencer Huffman.
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471: A Discussion of Kurt Vonnegut's Pity the Reader with Leslie Salas from 2021-05-09T01:35:44
In this week’s show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Kurt Vonnegut' and Suzanne McConnell's compendious Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style.
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470: Mixtape 14: I Don't Know How to Talk to You Outside of a Poem from 2021-05-01T20:35:33
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469: Geoffrey Kent! from 2021-04-24T05:06:33
In this week’s show, I speak with the actor Geoffrey Kent about Shakespeare in performance, how actors make the texts come alive, the modern English translation of Shakespeare plays, the agony o...
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468: Alfred Corn! from 2021-04-17T22:50:22
In this week’s show, I speak with the poet and translator Alfred Corn about Rainer Maria Rilke's sublime Duino Elegies.
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467: Ciara Shuttleworth! from 2021-04-10T18:38:14
In this week’s show, I speak with Ciara Shuttleworth about poetry, telling factions, limerence, running with the Muses, being open to delight, and the importance of daydreaming.
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466: Maxim Loskutoff! from 2021-04-04T01:03:21
In this week’s show, I speak with Maxim Loskutoff about Montana and the messy importance of setting, the fecund symbolism of reality, and attending NYU's creative writing program.
465: Samantha Hart! from 2021-03-27T03:05:56
In this week’s show, I speak with Samantha Hart about her wonderful debut memoir, Blind Pony,
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464: A Discussion of Allie Brosh's Solutions and Other Problems (with Leslie Salas)! from 2021-03-20T04:09:31
In this week’s show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Halfand Solutions and Other Problems.
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463: Raphael Cormack! from 2021-03-13T20:18:19
In this week’s episode, theater scholar Raphael Cormack and I discuss the allure of Arabian music, the revolutionary times in Egypt between the world wars, and the women who dominated Cairo’s en...
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462: Denise Duhamel! from 2021-03-07T02:39:14
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461: Isaac Fitzgerald/Brigette Barrager/Leigh Hobbs! from 2021-02-28T01:34:55
In this week’s episode, I speak with Isaac Fitzgerald and Brigette Barrager and Leigh Hobbs about children's books.
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460: Gwen Mullins! from 2021-02-20T22:13:33
In this week’s episode, fiction writer Gwen Mullins and I discuss many, many things from the front of the Kerouac Project of Orlando's porch.
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459: Nicklaus Rupert! from 2021-02-14T22:33:43
Nicklaus Rupert and I discuss the PhD in Creative Writing, the creative and professional benefits of working for a literary magazine, how working in a cinema house can turn one into a storytelli...
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458: A Discussion of Lynda Barry's Syllabus, with Leslie Salas! from 2021-02-06T19:28:08
In this week’s show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Lynda Barry's composition book-inspired musings on art, Syllabus, and how not just craft, but creativity itself is a skill.
457: Ryan Rivas! from 2021-01-31T19:20:23
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456: Lily-Brooks Dalton! from 2021-01-23T05:46:34
In this week's show, Janna Benge and I talk to Lily Brooks-Dalton about the experience of having her novel adapted into a prominent Netflix flick, how to enjoy letting a story take a new life wi...
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455: Elif Shafak! from 2021-01-17T00:27:34
In this week’s show, I talk to the novelist Elif Shafak about the importance of the structure of literary novels, the sublime oddity of the mind, how politics deepen literature (so long as polit...
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454: Sarah Kuhn! from 2021-01-09T18:26:52
This week, I talk to the novelist and graphic novel writer Sarah Kuhn about writing about Cassandra Cain for a YA audience, the demographics of fandom, the fun of the depth of the character pool...
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453: Carolyn Forché! from 2021-01-02T07:01
The poet and memoirist Carolyn Forché discusses elegies, the role of the unconscious in composition, and being willing to avoid plans.
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452: Grace Elizabeth Hale! from 2020-12-26T17:32:50
This week, I talk to historian Grace Elizabeth Hale about how Athens, Georgia helped launch an indie music revolution with the B52s, REM, Pylon, and other bands, and the art and college scene th...
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451: A Panel of Debut Poets, with Tommye Blount, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado,&Joy Priest! from 2020-12-19T23:32:17
This week, I share a Miami Book Fair panel of poets with debut books: Tommye Blount, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, & Joy Priest!
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450: Tron Legacy Roundtable! from 2020-12-13T02:03:03
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449: A Very German Christmas Discussion from 2020-12-05T06:49:36
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448: Peniel E. Joseph from 2020-11-29T02:27:08
On #448, Dr. Peniel E. Joseph and I discuss the careers of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X, and how examining them together reveals the complexities of both of their evolving understandings...
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447: Candacy Taylor! from 2020-11-21T05:30
Candacy Taylor and I discuss her new book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America. We talk about how research can transform a project, and how our ...
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446: Phil Klay! from 2020-11-14T07:00
The fiction writer and veteran Phil Klay and I discuss finding the right form for a novel, war literature, the uplift of humor, and winning the National Book Award.
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445: A Discussion of The Selected Works of Audre Lorde, with Audi Barnes! from 2020-11-07T05:34:27
On this week's show, poet and scholar Audi Barnes and I discuss the essays and poetry of Audre Lorde.
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444: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #4 (with Jeff Shuster) from 2020-10-31T04:30
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Jordan Peele's Us, and a lot of other things, too.
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443: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #3 (with Jeff Shuster) from 2020-10-24T02:19:58
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Richard Stanley's recent film of H.P. Lovecraft's The Color Out of Space.
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442: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #2 (with Jeff Shuster) from 2020-10-18T03:59:46
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441: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #1 (with Jeff Shuster) from 2020-10-10T01:26:54
On this week’s show, I talk with Jeff Shuster about Cosmos Panatos's 2018 classic horror film, Mandy, as part 1 of our series of discussions on horror films of the last decade.
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440: Dmetri Kakmi! from 2020-10-03T15:22:33
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439: Chuck Palahniuk! from 2020-09-26T06:09:49
On this week's show, I talk to novelist Chuck Palahniuk about The Invention of Sound, Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different, Adjust...
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437 Steve Davenport! from 2020-09-12T03:34:45
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436: Alex Miller! from 2020-09-07T22:33:59
On this episode, personal essayist Alex Miller and I talk about the intimate power of the personal essay, pitches, politics, and universities in NYC.
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435: Ariel Francisco! from 2020-08-29T21:23:06
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434: Nick Flynn! from 2020-08-22T05:00
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433: Darin Strauss! from 2020-08-15T02:32:13
Darin Strauss and I discuss the utility of outlines, the utility of abandoning outlines, love, pain, stream-of-consciousness, love, Lucille Ball, Fred Trump, Coney Island, the semiotic intimacy ...
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432: Kyle Eagle! from 2020-08-09T20:49:32
This week, I talk to podcaster Kyle Eagle about music and everything.
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431: TDO After Dark #1 with Vanessa Blakeslee from 2020-08-01T19:24:26
In this week's show, Vanessa Blakeslee and I discuss two online pieces on the subject of sex writing, and the conversation roves from there.
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429: Lindsay Ellis! from 2020-07-18T03:12:43
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428: David James Poissant from 2020-07-11T17:36:58
In this week’s show, I talk to my friend David James Poissant about novel-writing, sex scenes, The X-Men, graphic art, focus, and many other things.
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427: Bruce Janz! from 2020-07-04T20:48:37
In this week’s show, I talk to my friend, the philosopher Bruce Janz, about how to calm our monkey brains in the time of the pandemic, and what the pandemic can teach us about life before Listen
425: Mixtape 13: Tender Ballads for Subhuman Lovers (2005) from 2020-06-20T01:12:44
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423: Protest (Interview with Alexander Pate) from 2020-06-06T20:23:16
This week, my intern, Alexander Pate, and I discuss the Salisbury, NC protests that he has participated in, and discuss this point in history.
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422: Discussion of Scott Pilgrim, with Michael Merriam! from 2020-05-30T20:26:56
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420: Tom Papa! from 2020-05-16T03:01:04
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417: Jason Z. Morris! from 2020-04-25T04:30
This week I talk with the novelist Jason Z. Morris about structuring a novel, learning the confidence to write a novel, how the peer review process in science helps in receiving creative writing...
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416: Kimiko Hahn! from 2020-04-18T04:20:23
This week I talk with the poet Kimiko Hahn about the mysteriousness of objects, the mourning involved in memory, the strange penchant of Dr. Chevalier Quixote Jackson, and discovering the scheme...
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415: Emily Brandt! from 2020-04-11T13:51:26
This week I talk with poet EmilyBrandtabout her new book Falsehood by After Hours Press. We delve into her personal connection ...
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414: Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway Review, with Todd James Pierce! from 2020-04-04T04:00
In this week’s episode, I talk with creative writer and Disney historian Todd James Pierce about the new Disney's Hollywood Studios attraction that let's guests cross into the screen of a cartoo...
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412: A Discussion of Douglas Glover's The Erotics of Restraint, with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2020-03-28T05:11:07
This week, my occasional co-host, Vanessa Blakeslee, and I discuss Douglas Glover's latest collection, The Erotics of Restraint: Essays on Literary Form. We explore his insights on time and plot...
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411: Paul Lisicky! from 2020-03-21T17:38:24
This week I sit down with novelist and memoirist Paul Lisicky to discuss his new memoir, Later: My Life at The Edge of The World. We dive into the process of memory in writing memoir, t...
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410: Ron Schneider! from 2020-03-14T17:05:39
This week, I speak to actor, show writer, and memoirist Ron Schneider about the show business life, theme park creativity, and learning to master new creative challenges.
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409: Shane Hinton! from 2020-03-07T18:27:28
This week, I speak to fiction writer Shane Hinton about his poetic, spooky apocalyptic novel, Radio Dark.
408: A Discussion of Paul Fussell's Class with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2020-02-29T02:25:14
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407: Nathan Holic! from 2020-02-22T16:59:45
This week, I talk to my friend and colleague Nathan Holic about his new novel that is a true epic of our hometown (Orlando), Bright Lights, Medium-S...
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406: Amy Watkins! from 2020-02-15T20:47:44
This week, I talk to my friend and colleague Amy Watkins about becoming more systematic about submitting work, and about conceiving of book-length projects of poetry.
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405: Corwin Moore on Richard Pryor! from 2020-02-08T19:39:25
This week, I talk to my friend Corwin Moore, who is a comic and comedy writer.
404: Susan Lilley! from 2020-02-01T20:04:51
This week, I talk to my friend, and Orlando's poet laureate, Susan Lilley!
403: Jericho Brown&Richard Blanco! from 2020-01-25T06:06:17
This week, I talk to two poets.
First, I speak with the joyous Jericho Brown about his complex relationship to poetic tradition, identity, and music. Frankly, I kept making tangents to mu...
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402: A Craft Discussion of T.S. Elliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent" and "Hamlet and Its Problems"! from 2020-01-18T04:03:49
This week, Vanessa Blakeslee and I assail more essays on the craft of literature, this time two by T.S. Eliot.
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401: Steve Almond and Carolyn Forché! from 2020-01-11T19:49:36
This week, I offer another round of conversations from Miami Book Fair International, in which I talk to Steve Almond about his favorite novel, Stonerby John Williams,
400: Nathan Englander! from 2020-01-04T06:50:35
This week, I talk to fiction writer Nathan Englander about the pressurized form of fictional worlds, giving the reader something worth their time and money, getting to the pain as soon as possib...
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399: Rion Amilcar Scott! from 2019-12-28T05:00
This week, I talk to fiction writer Rion Amilcar Scott about his extraordinary fiction collection, The World Does Not Require You. We discuss the academic world, African-American folklo...
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398: E. Jean Carroll and Jonathan Safran Foer! from 2019-12-23T22:23:32
This week's show features another pair of episodes from Miami Book Fair International.
397: Tim O'Brien, Chris Ware,&Chip Kidd! from 2019-12-15T02:49:03
On today's show, I share two interviews. The first is with the fiction writer and memoirist Tim O'Brien about how to live in this world.
The second is with the comic creator Chris Ware an...
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396: A Very Scandinavian Christmas! from 2019-12-08T00:58:29
In our discussion, Vanessa Blakeslee and I manage to talk about yuletide fellowship, hallucinogens, the possibility of St. Patrick's Day cookies, and other perennial holiday topics.
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395: Karen Best! from 2019-12-01T03:42:41
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393: Peter Kuper! from 2019-11-16T22:01:48
In this week’s episode, I talk once again with the graphic novelist, Peter Kuper, this time about his latest literary adaptation, Heart of Darkness.
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392: Jonathan Small! from 2019-11-09T20:15:29
In this week’s episode, I talk with podcaster, editor, journalist, and journeyman writer Jonathan Small about how to build a career as a writer who gets paid and merges into the cultural styles ...
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391: Carmen Maria Machado! from 2019-11-02T15:03:12
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389: Ron Cooper! from 2019-10-19T20:37:48
In this week’s episode, I interview Ron Cooper about Florida literature, research, the cultural tensions of Florida, and the mystery of existential characters.
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388: Erik Deckers! from 2019-10-12T23:14:01
In this week’s episode, I interview Erik Deckersabout ...
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386: A Craft Discussion of Mystery and Manners, with Vanessa Blakeslee and Lisa Roney! from 2019-09-28T19:44:56
In this week’s episode, I wear an ugly shirt from outer space to speak with Vanessa Blakeslee and Lisa Roney about Flannery O'Connor's Mysteries and Manners.
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384: Review of Galaxy's Edge, with Todd James Pierce! from 2019-09-14T04:30
In this week’s episode, I talk with creative writer and Disney historian Todd James Pierce about the new developments in role-play storytelling that were and perhaps still are planned for Star W...
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383: Scott Phillips! from 2019-09-07T18:01:04
In this week’s episode, I talk with crime novelist Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest, Cottonwood,Rake, The Adjustment, and other books.
382: Rick Moody! from 2019-09-01T01:48:47
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381: Deirdre Coyle! from 2019-08-24T22:40
In this week’s episode, I talk with the fiction writer and essayist Deirdre Coyle about why fantasy can be more real than realism, the video game experience that happens inside our minds, and th...
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380: Binnie Kirshenbaum! from 2019-08-17T16:07:09
In this week’s episode, I talk with the novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum about finding one's voice, finding the right point-of-view, avoiding boredom, and the occasional hell of marketing literature....
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379: Katharine Smyth! from 2019-08-10T14:59:12
In this week’s episode, I talk with the memoirist Katherine Smyth about how literature fills our lives, and is there for us in peculiarly reassuring ways when we lose everything.
378: Tim J. Myers! from 2019-08-03T05:45:50
In this week’s episode, I talk with the poet Tim J. Myers about spirituality, open systems of belief, and the passion of our favorite music and favorite people.
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377: Liz Prato! from 2019-07-27T23:58:58
In this week’s episode, I talk with Liz Prato about being the best haole possible in Hawaii, the mixing of history and memoir, respecting the natural environment, and other important matters. Listen
376: Kendra Decolo! from 2019-07-20T15:35:17
In this week’s episode, I talk with Kendra DeColo about poetry, bohemian misadventures, editing, performing, and more.
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375: Chet Weise! from 2019-07-13T05:38:28
In this week’s episode, I talk with Chet Weise, the publisher of Third Man Books.
374: Loose Lips, July 2019! from 2019-07-06T21:32:46
In this episode, I share the most recent Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing run by Burrow Press, who selected me to curate and emcee this installment.
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373: Erica Jong! from 2019-06-29T04:26:38
In this week’s show, I talk with the great Erica Jong about writing in one's voice, being in love with language, the discipline of literature, revision, 18th century fiction, living healthy, and...
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372: Arielle Haughee! from 2019-06-22T19:43:33
In this week’s show, I talk with the fiction writer, children's book writer, and revision guru Arielle Haughee.
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371: C.H. Hooks! from 2019-06-15T18:19:57
In this week's show, C.H. Hooks and I sit down with some questionable red wine to discuss Florida, Florida literature, and the uses we make of writing.
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370: A Discussion of Cory Doctorow's Down&Out in the Magic Kingdom from 2019-06-08T19:15:08
This week, we go to Walt Disney World with Nathan Holic and David James Poissant in order to discuss Cory Doctorow’s science fiction novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.
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369: Deborah Landau! from 2019-06-01T18:22:46
In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet Deborah Landau about her wonderful new poetry collection, Soft Targets,
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368: Mitchell S. Jackson! from 2019-05-27T00:36:58
In this week’s episode, I talk to Mitchell S. Jackson about finding joy in voice while dwelling on painful material in a memoir and novel.
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367: A Discussion of Eudora Welty's "Place in Fiction" from 2019-05-20T00:30:39
In this week’s episode, Vanessa Blakesleeand I discuss Eudora Welty's "Place in Fiction" (1955).
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366: Mixtape #10! from 2019-05-11T03:41:56
In this week’s episode, I share my first mixtape in almost 2 years.
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365: Campbell McGrath from 2019-05-04T22:26:57
In this week’s episode, I talk with poet Campbell McGrath about his his new book, Nouns & Verbs, from a luminous lob...
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364: Elisa Gabbert! from 2019-04-27T19:43:12
In this week’s episode, I talk with poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert about the excitement of short-form essays, the glories of book design, not reading Moby Dick, and other literary conf...
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363: John King? from 2019-04-20T04:00
In this week’s episode, David James Poissant turns the tables on John King and interviews him about the miraculous release of his epic novel, Listen
362: Whither, Life Balance? (An AWP Panel) from 2019-04-13T02:20:21
In this week’s episode, Chelsey Clammer, David James Poissant, Rion Amalcar Scott, and I discuss how to survive in the writing life before an AWP audience in Portland, Oregon.
361: Sara Batkie! from 2019-04-06T17:47:43
In this week’s episode, I go back to Jack Kerouac's house to talk to fellow fiction writer and NYU alum Sara Batkie about Realism, Magic Realism, historical fiction, the composition of a story c...
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360: Poetry Jazz BBQ at jack Kerouac's Place! from 2019-03-30T05:00
In this week’s episode, Karen Price, Erik Deckers, Terry Ann Thaxton and I read Jack kerouac's poetry to the accompaniment of Ben Deckers's walking bass.
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359: Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman! from 2019-03-23T22:11:34
In this week’s episode, I talk to Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman about classical music, social class, memoir, and authenticity.
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358: Mark Blake, Part 2! from 2019-03-16T05:50:20
In this week’s episode, I talk again with Mark Blake, biographer of Peter Grant, about what happened to Led Zeppelin after Led Zeppelin.
357: Mark Blake, Part 1! from 2019-03-09T05:35:53
In this week’s episode, I talk to music writer Mark Blake about his new biography of Peter Grant, the man who empowered Led Zeppelin to become the most popular rock band of all time.
356: Chad Anderson! from 2019-03-02T05:23:29
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Chad Anderson near the end of his residency at The Kerouac House here in Orlando, Florida. We spoke about the importance of memories, including l...
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355: Teresa Carmody! from 2019-02-23T04:33:43
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Teresa Carmody about the joys of making books, the patterns needed for experimental work, and approaching the musicality of writing like meditati...
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354: Todd James Pierce! from 2019-02-16T06:22:09
In this week’s episode, I talk to Todd James Pierce about his new biography of Ward Kimball from an epic corridor of The Wilderness Lodge at Walt Disney World.
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353: A Discussion of Two Classic French Post-structuralist Essays! from 2019-02-10T05:28:49
In this week’s episode, Vanessa Blakeslee and I survive reading Roland Barthes's "The Death of the Author" and "What is an Author?" by Michel Foucault.
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352: Terry Ann Thaxton from 2019-02-02T05:43:31
In this week’s episode, I chat with my friend Terry Ann Thaxton about poetry, parents, mortality, yard work, mud, and the underrated useful of writing prompts for professional writers. We were t...
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351: Elliot Ackerman! from 2019-01-27T01:28:20
In this week’s episode, I speak with the war veteran, journalist, and novelist Elliot Ackerman about composition and revision strategies, and the emotional access points from our own experience ...
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350 Eleanor Matthews! from 2019-01-20T09:04:20
In this week’s episode, I speak with the Kerouac House's fall 2018 resident, Eleanor Matthews about Victorian novels, characterization and plots, and the connections between physical activity an...
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349: A Craft Discussion of The Birth of Tragedy! from 2019-01-13T04:33:38
In this week’s episode, I croak with Vanessa Blakeslee and Mark Pisczek about the Apollonian and Dionysian origins of storytelling as explored in Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy Listen
348: Ben Fountain, Celeste Ng,&Gary Shteyngart! from 2019-01-05T05:54:44
This week has Miami Book Fair International conversations with Ben Fountain,Celeste Ng, and Gary Shteyngart!
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347: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Juan Felipe Herrera, and Billy Collins! from 2018-12-29T20:54:04
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346: A Bootlegged Xmas Gift! from 2018-12-22T04:27:51
Here's a present, something I acquired when collecting bootlegs in the 1990s. I hope you enjoy it while I get over this damned cold.
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345: Chip Kidd! from 2018-12-15T23:17:14
In this week’s episode, I share a conversation I had with author, editor, comic book fan, and book designer Chip Kidd, from about 40 feet away from Biscayne Bay. We spoke about the DC/Marvel div...
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344: Loose Lips December 2018 from 2018-12-08T05:24:30
In this week’s episode, I share a recording of Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing run by Burrow Press, who selected Katherine J. Parker to curate and host this installment. Listen
343: A Very Italian Christmas! from 2018-12-01T05:52:44
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about the new story anthology, A Very Italian Christmas, from New Vessel Press. Listen
342: Linda Buckmaster! from 2018-11-24T04:26:04
In this week’s episode, I talk to poet and memoirist Linda Buckmaster about how our subjects sometimes choose us, the wondrous weirdness of Florida, and how the find form in the flux of composit...
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341: The Interplanetary Acoustic Team! from 2018-11-17T04:00
In this week’s episode, I talk to Brian Turner & Jared Silvia about making a beautiful, experimental poetic album of space ballads and duets.
340: LaTanya McQueen! from 2018-11-10T06:01:21
In this week’s episode, I talk to creative nonfiction writer LaTanya McQueen about how our stories sometimes choose us, how to write a really good footnote, and how to try to talk about history ...
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339: Kimberly Lojewski! from 2018-11-03T01:06:33
In this week's episode, I talk to fiction writer Kimberly Lojewski!
338: Horror Movie Poetry Night V! from 2018-10-27T04:30
In this week’s episode, I am joined by Joshua Begley, AC Warner, Katherine Parker, Elise McKenna, Tom Lucas, Amy Watkins, Joshua Dull, Dianne Turgeon Richardson, and Vincent Crampto
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337: A Roundtable About Stephen King's Danse Macabre! from 2018-10-20T04:01
In this week’s episode, I am joined by Dale Lucas, Tom Lucas, and Elise McKenna for a deep dive into Stephen King's 1981 treatise on the horror genre, Listen
336: Sean M. Conrey! from 2018-10-13T04:00
In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet Sean Conrey about poetry, religion, trees, and our long ago time at Purdue University.
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335: Jane Ridgeway! from 2018-10-06T06:02:59
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Jane Ridgeway about our stories and characters choosing us instead of the other way around, the delicious problem of historical fiction, and what...
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334: Ben Gwin! from 2018-09-29T04:40:43
In this week’s episode, I talk to novelist Ben Gwin about postmodern satire, addiction, whether MFAs ruin or sustain writers, and for some reason I insist that he needs to write poetry,
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333: Peter Kuper! from 2018-09-22T03:39:22
In this week’s episode, I talk to Peter Kuper about Kafka, the remarkable art form of comic books, the indie comic book scene in the late 1980s, Spy Vs. Spy, finding your Muse when it leaves the...
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332: A Craft Discussion of Chuck Palahniuk's Stranger Than Fiction from 2018-09-15T04:30
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331: A Celebration of Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums from 2018-09-08T01:55:30
In this week’s episode, I host a party in honor of the 60th anniversary of the publication go my favorite Jack Kerouac work, The Dharma Bums.
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330: Kurt Vonnegut Roundtable! from 2018-09-01T04:00:38
In this week’s episode, I am joined by Chris Lafave, Erik Deckers, and David James Poissant for a discussion of Kurt Vonnegut.
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329: Blair Hurley! from 2018-08-25T04:31:57
In this week’s episode, I chat with novelist Blair Hurley about our experiences in NYU's MFA program, how to plot novels, religion, and how to really dress like a ...
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328: Dale Lucas! from 2018-08-18T17:32:34
This week, I interview Dale Lucas, the author of the <...
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327: Adrian Todd Zuniga! from 2018-08-11T21:16:43
In this week’s episode, I interview Adrian Todd Zuniga, the host of ...
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325: Abraham Smith! from 2018-07-28T02:38
In this week’s episode, I talk with the poet Abraham Smith about his latest release, the book-length work, Destruction of Man.
324: Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2018-07-21T19:01:06
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about short story writing over the long haul, and about her brand new book, Perfect Conditions.
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323: Emily Wilson! from 2018-07-14T20:27:28
In this week’s episode, I chat with the classicist and translator, Emily Wilson, whose translation of the Odyssey feels both superbly magical and contemporary.
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322: Sean Pratt! from 2018-07-07T05:14:16
In this week’s episode, I chat with the actor Sean Pratt, who is approaching his 1,000th audiobook reading. We talk ab...
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321: A Craft Discussion of Aspects of the Novel, with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2018-06-30T04:05:28
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel as my copy of it crumbled and dissolved. I defend the honor of Henry James at great leng...
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320: Bloomsday 2018! from 2018-06-23T16:30:10
On this week’s program, The Drunken Odyssey enjoys perhaps its final Bloomsday live show, and its perhaps final visit to The Gallery at Avalon Island.
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319: Julian Chambliss! from 2018-06-16T20:16:26
On this week’s program, Julian Chambliss returns to the secret headquarters of TDO so we could share notes about the first season of the new television show of Black Lightning, and consider the ...
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318: Condoms&Hot Tubs Don't Mix Party! from 2018-06-09T03:30:55
On this week’s show, I present the readings from the book release party for Condoms and Hot Tubs Don't Mix.
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317: Michael A. Ferro! from 2018-06-02T04:57:06
On this week’s program, I talk to novelist Michal A. Ferro about the midwest and Postmodernism and alcoholism and other matters of interest.
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316: Laura Lee Bahr! from 2018-05-26T02:33:04
On this week’s program, I talk to the fiction writer, screenwriter, and film director Laura Lee Bahr at the close of her residency at the Listen
315: Terri Witek! from 2018-05-19T03:51:16
On this week’s program, I talk to the poet Terri Witek.
314: Tom Stern! from 2018-05-12T04:09:01
On this week’s program, I talk to the novelist and filmmaker, Tom Stern.
313: A Discussion of Alexander Pope's Essay on Criticism, with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2018-05-05T07:46:50
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism and twitter and other stuff.
312: Gerald Stern&Victor Hernandez Cruz from 2018-04-28T03:10:50
On this week’s program, I talk to poets Gerald Stern and Victor Hernandez Cruz, plus we hear John McMahon's prologue to his work in progress, A Boy from Nantucket.
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311: M. Evelina Galang! from 2018-04-21T03:40:56
On this week’s show, I talk to M. Evelina Galang about writing about the insistence of history, collaborating with other voices, being inspired by our elders, and conveying the true flux of lang...
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310: Chelsey Clammer! from 2018-04-15T00:13:45
On this week’s show, I talk to essayist Chelsey Clammer about the lyric essay, finding humor in trauma, and being honestly surprising.
309: David McLoghlin! from 2018-04-07T05:25:35
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet David McLoghlin about the pains and joys of being a third culture kid, the aesthetic fun of the poetic sketch, the importance of travel and being present ...
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307: Brian Turner! from 2018-03-31T00:49:53
On this week’s show, I talk to poet, memoirist, and editor Brian Turner about how to build a strong anthology, how working in other media helps our writing, and working with our instincts in the...
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306: Sean Patrick Mulroy! from 2018-03-24T05:01:13
On this week’s show, I share my interview with poet Sean Patrick Mulroy,
305: Jim Shepard&Jennifer Egan! from 2018-03-17T04:09:23
On this week’s show, I share interviews I did with the short story writer Jim Shepard
304: Book Fight! vs. The Drunken Odyssey (AWP Edition)! from 2018-03-10T06:41:04
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303: Drunky and Rhiannon! from 2018-03-03T05:39:28
On this week’s program, I drive West of Orlando to meet up with two adventurers named Drunky & Rhiannon who've just happened to write the best guide to Walt Disney World as far is this show is c...
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302: Cheryl Della Pietra! from 2018-02-24T07:21:59
On this week’s program, I talk to the novelist Cheryl Della Pietra, an editorial assistant to Hunter S. Thompson in 19...
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301: Loose Lips! from 2018-02-17T01:49:15
In this week’s episode, I share a recording of Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing hosted by the inestimable Tod Caviness,
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300: A Craft Discussion of David Mamet's 3 Uses of the Knife, with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2018-02-10T18:37:57
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about David Mamet's Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama. We manage not to ki...
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299: Laleh Khadivi! from 2018-02-03T00:48:56
On this week’s program, I talk to the novelist Laleh Khadivi about empathy, anticipating the future, the snarl of time management, challenging oneself as a writer as a form of motivation, the ab...
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298: A Night of Protest Poetry! from 2018-01-27T20:59:04
On January 19th, 2018, Dianne Turgeon Richardson hosted an evening of protest poetry at Milk Bar in Orlando, Florida!
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297: Paul Muldoon&Patricia Smith! from 2018-01-20T23:08:01
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296: Denise Duhamel from 2018-01-13T03:19:24
On this week’s program, I talk to the poet Denise Duhamel about the role of politics and play in poetry.
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295: Charles Simic&Richard Blanco! from 2018-01-06T06:59:50
On this week's program, I talk to Charles Simic about James Tate, Kansas surrealism, humor in poetry, and embracing the unconscious,
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294: Ben Blum! from 2017-12-30T05:23:51
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292: On the Road 60th Anniversary Celebration! from 2017-12-16T04:48:51
In this week’s episode, we return to September 5th, 2017, the 60th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. This celebration included...
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291: A Very French Christmas! from 2017-12-09T05:37:43
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about the new fiction anthology, A Very French Christmas, from New Vessel Press. Listen
289: Laurie Stone from 2017-11-25T04:17:50
This week I talk to the fiction writer Laurie Stone, and we talk about the need for more craft in experimental work, what New York means for writers, the tricks of memory and aging, and our belo...
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288: Will Dowd! from 2017-11-18T03:30
This is a special episode, for Will Dowd, checks in to talk about how he turned his Drunken Odyssey blog, Areas of Fog, into a book! We try to get to the bottom of our editorial relationship, th...
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287: A Craft Discussion of Ann Hood's Morningstar from 2017-11-11T05:09:22
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Ann Hood's MorningStar: Growing Up With Books.
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286: Bruce Janz! from 2017-11-08T05:01
Episode 286 is a bonus episode, on the 1 year-anniversary of our national tragedy, the election day of 2016. I talk to the philosopher Bruce Janz about how to stay sane and process the current s...
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285: YA Panel from Litlando 2017 from 2017-11-03T23:06:31
On this week’s show, Sara Nicolas,Christina Farley, and Ella Martin, discuss the world of young adult fiction at Litlando, from February 25th, 2017.
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284: Horror Movie Poetry Night IV! from 2017-10-28T04:30
283: Jay Baron Nicorvo! from 2017-10-21T05:31:57
On this week’s show, I talk about discovering character in the process of novel writing with Jay Baron Nicorvo!
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282: Loose Lips October 2017! from 2017-10-14T00:04:34
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281: A Craft Discussion of Colum McCann's Letters to a Young Writer from 2017-10-07T03:56:12
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Colum McCann's Letters to a Young Writer.
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280: Mailbag 9 (with David James Poissant) from 2017-09-30T01:05:28
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279: Leslie Salas! from 2017-09-23T05:22:10
On this week’s show, I talk editing and publishing and writing and the post-MFA malaise with Leslie Salas.
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278: Brittany Perham! from 2017-09-16T05:33:45
On this week’s show, I talk poetry with Brittany Perham!
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277: Jaimal Yogis! from 2017-09-09T05:49:43
On this week’s show, I have a fun conversation with the journalist, surfer, and Buddhist Jaimal Yogis about the provisionality of our knowledge, philosophy, zen, surfing, writing, avoiding preci...
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276: Tina Giannoukos! from 2017-09-02T05:06:08
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275: A Craft Discussion of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet from 2017-08-26T04:30:02
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Rainer Maria Rilke's famous Letters to a Young Poet, plus we pay homage to Rilke's poetry with readings by Craig Moreau, Hyejung Kook,...
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274: Memoir Panel with Lisa Roney and Kristen Arnett from 2017-08-19T17:08:08
271: Mixtape #9 (Summer Overtime Blues) from 2017-07-29T05:02:03
In this week’s episode, I curate more blues music that has sustained me in this summer of working too hard.
270: The Slam Summit! from 2017-07-22T04:28:34
In this week’s episode, I talk with Curtis X. Meyer and Caleb Zachary Matthews about the Slam Nationals that Team Orlando will be attending, the upsides and downsi...
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269: A Craft Discussion of Robert Paul Lamb’s Art Matters with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2017-07-15T03:05:23
In this week’s episode, I talk...
267: A Discussion of Stanley Elkin's The Magic Kingdom, with Orlando author Nathan Holic! from 2017-07-01T03:09:15
266: Shasta Grant! from 2017-06-24T03:00
On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer, Shasta Grant, the Kerouac House resident from the spring of 2017.
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265: Todd Boss! from 2017-06-17T00:59:02
On this week’s show, I talk to Todd Boss, whose new book, Tough Luck, includes a poem sequence inspired by the disaster of the I-35W Bridge's collapse in Minneapolis,
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264: A Craft Discussion of Jhumpa Lahiri''s In Other Words with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2017-06-10T05:53:42
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Jhumpa Lahiri’s experiment in becoming an Italian writer, In Other Words.
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263: Missy Barnes, Lena Barker, and Nicholas D'Allesandro! from 2017-06-03T17:33:16
On this week's show, I talk to Missy Barnes, Lena Barker, and Nicholas D'Allesandro about their production of Urinetown.
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262: David James Poissant's Litlando Keynote! from 2017-05-27T02:04:42
David James Poissant reads his keynote at Litlando, from February 25th, 2017!
261: Sarah Gerard! from 2017-05-20T02:15:39
Episode 261, I interview the prose writer Sarah Gerard about her essay collection, Sunshine State, and her novel, Binary Star.
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260: Jaroslav Kalfař! from 2017-05-13T06:34:09
260 shows equals a fifth anniversary, I've decided, so it was a pleasure to talk to someone who was here at the very beginning. Jaroslav Kalfař was my occasional co-host to talk about craft book...
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258: A Star Wars Roundtable! from 2017-05-04T01:51
On Episode #258, I am joined by Julian Chambliss, Dianne Turgeon Richardson, Tod Caviness, and Kevin Hutchinson to talk about Star Wars in honor of May the 4th. We talk about the questi...
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257: A Craft Discussion of Margaret Atwood's In Other Worlds with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2017-04-29T23:31:14
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Margaret Atwood's In Other Worlds and The Handmaid's Tale.
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256: Getting Published in Lit Mags! from 2017-04-22T04:30:44
In this week’s episode, I shut up and let Ephraim Scott Sommers, Vanessa Blakeslee, and David James Poissant discuss how to get published in lit mags, plus Tiffany Fussell discusses how The ...
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255: Holly Tavel! from 2017-04-15T02:40
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Holly Tavel about the urge to experiment in fiction, the need to subvert grand narratives, and the joys of the avant-garde and children's schlock...
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254: Words of Advice for New Writers (with David James Poissant) from 2017-04-08T04:10:57
On this week’s show, David James Puissant and I offer words of advice for new writers and answer some of their questions, in the equivalent of our 8th mailbag episode, almost 2 ...
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252: The Intoxicators! from 2017-03-25T05:39:19
In this week’s episode, I talk to Gary Evans, Brian Crum, and Adam Watson of The Intoxicators about wri...
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251: Ephraim Scott Sommers! from 2017-03-18T06:13:44
In this week’s episode, I talk with the poet Ephraim Scott Sommers.
250: Loose Lips Live Show! from 2017-03-11T04:30:23
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249: Ashley Inguanta! from 2017-03-04T05:00
In this week’s episode, I talk with the poet Ashley Inguanta, plus Daniela Chamorro writes about how Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street change...
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248: A Discussion About E. L. Doctorow's Creationists, with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2017-02-25T06:28:27
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about E. L. Doctorow's Creationists.
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247: A President's Day Special! from 2017-02-18T05:07:41
This week’s episode is an eclectic mix of poetry, fiction, and an interview on the subject of the American presidency. This show features Jennifer Berne, Sh...
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245: Tom McAllister! from 2017-02-04T03:35:04
In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist and memoirist Tom McAllister about structuring long-form fiction, the mystery of love, the addictive horrors of foot...
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244: Lily Brooks-Dalton! from 2017-01-28T18:23:49
In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist and memoirist Lily Brooks-Dalton.
243: Joy Harjo, Kim Addonizio, and Paul Lisicky! from 2017-01-21T17:14:08
In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet Joy Harjo, the poet and fiction and creative nonfiction writer Kim Addonizio, and the m...
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242: Ann Hood and Art Spiegelman! from 2017-01-14T19:31:53
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Ann Hood,
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241: A Craft Discussion About Jennie Jarvis's Crafting the Character Arc, with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2017-01-07T01:52:25
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Jennie Jarvis's Crafting the Character Arc: A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Development.
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240: Irvine Welsh! from 2016-12-31T03:57:09
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer, Irvine Welsh, and share his reading from his new novel, A Decent Ride, at Miami Book Fair. Aleksander Hemon also ...
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239: Rita Dove and Robert Pinsky! from 2016-12-24T17:34:46
In this week’s episode, I talk to the poets Rita Dove and Robert Pinsky, and share the reading they gave together at Miami Book Fair International.
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238: Sarah Sweeney! from 2016-12-17T17:57:46
In this week’s episode, I talk to the essayist Sarah Sweeney about her debut collection, Tell Me If You're Lying, the impediment...
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237: Glendaliz Camacho! from 2016-12-10T06:23:44
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Glendaliz Camacho near the end of her residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando.
Episode 236: Bill Savage (Bonus Episode)! from 2016-12-04T22:54:30
On this week’s show, I talk to the literary historian Bill Savage about the re-release of George Ade's 1931 classic, breezy history of drinking culture in America.
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235: There Will Be Words and/or Doom! from 2016-12-03T04:03:04
In this week’s episode, I present an Election Day version Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will ...
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234: Sayantani Dasgupta! from 2016-11-26T18:24:06
On this week’s show, I talk to the nonfiction writer Sayantani Dasgupta about creative nonfiction, the romance of reading, and the powerful appeal of the in-between. Listen
233: A Craft Discussion About David Foster Wallace’s E Unibus Plurim: Television and U.S. Fiction with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2016-11-18T05:16:27
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about David Foster Wallace’s “E Unibus Plurim: Television and U.S. Fiction.”
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232: Pamela Skjolsvik!! from 2016-11-12T19:06:45
On this week’s show, I talk to the nonfiction writer Pamela Skjolsvik about creative nonfiction, anxiety, and death,
231: Craig Pittman! from 2016-11-05T20:08:59
In this week’s episode, I talk to the journalist and nonfiction writer, Craig Pittman.
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230: Horror Movie Poetry Night III from 2016-10-29T04:11:27
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229: The 6th Annual Flash Fiction Spooktacular! from 2016-10-22T14:49:12
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228: HP Lovecraft readings from 2016-10-15T17:03:03
On this week’s show, I present a quartet of readings from HP Lovecraft: "The Beast in the Cave," "The Tree," "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," and "From Beyond."
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227: HP Lovecraft Roundtable! from 2016-10-08T20:02:37
In this week’s episode, I and my inestimable guests have a fine conversation about Lovecraft and his bizarre tales and his rather strange life and his exceptionall...
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226: VIdhu Aggarwal! from 2016-10-01T15:37:58
In this week’s episode, I talk to poet Vidhu Aggarwal,
225: Bob Kealing! from 2016-09-24T06:44:57
In this week’s episode, I talk to the journalist and historian, Bob Kealing,
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224: Another Craft Discussion About Virgina Woolf with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2016-09-17T19:17:24
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Virginia Woolf’s "Modern Fiction" and "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown,"
223: Vu Tran! from 2016-09-10T19:41:36
In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist Vu Tran about the appeal of detective fiction, the importance of literary substance over style, the problem with fem...
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222: Ryler Dustin! from 2016-09-03T04:20:30
In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet and novelist Ryler Dustin near the end of his residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando, after a weeklong tour of weddin...
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Episode 221: There Will Be Fan Fiction 2! from 2016-08-26T18:48:47
In this week’s episode, I share There Will Be Fan Fiction 2, a special edition of Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, Listen
Episode 220: Sam Slaughter! from 2016-08-20T04:56:53
In this week’s episode, I talk to my friend, fiction writer Sam Slaughter, who I met back in 2014, when he wrote a little something about Denis Jo...
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Episode 219: Loose Lips Live Show! from 2016-08-13T01:44:06
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Episode 218: Todd James Pierce! from 2016-08-06T17:17:09
In this week’s episode, I talk to historian and creative writer Todd James Pierce,
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Episode 217: A Discussion Of Charles Bukowski's On Writing, with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2016-07-29T23:27:59
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about On Writing, a book of selections from Charles Bukow...
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Episode 216: J. Bradley from 2016-07-22T17:24:07
In this week’s episode, I talk to J. Bradley about his new novel, Jesus Christ, Boy Detective,
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Episode 215: Lisa Wolpe! from 2016-07-16T16:48:59
In this week's episode, I interview actor and author Lisa Wolpe about her one woman show, Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender, plus Mistie Watkins reads her essay "Why I Write."
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Episode 214: Mixtape 6 (slouching towards a perspiring glass of water, in the quivering shade of the world’s oldest banyan tree) from 2016-07-09T02:41:56
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Episode 213: The Pink Fire Revue! from 2016-07-02T15:08:31
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Episode 212: Erik Deckers! from 2016-06-25T02:01:23
In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer and humorist Erik Deckers,
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Episode 211: Hunter S. Thompson Roundtable! from 2016-06-18T05:02:57
In this week’s episode, we have a roundtable discussion of Hunter S. Thompson.
The participants included Geoffe Benge, Frank Messina, Josh Dull, Shawn McKee,
Episode 210: Ron Cooper and Jeremy Palko! from 2016-06-11T14:57:53
In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer and philosopher Ron Cooper,
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Episode 209: The Ink Show! from 2016-06-04T03:14:28
In this week’s episode, I share a recording of the latest live performance of The Drunken Odyssey All Stars, in The Ink Show.
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Episode 208: Mark Leyner! from 2016-05-28T14:03:38
In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Mark Leyner,
Episode 207: Jeffrey Ethan Lee from 2016-05-21T00:23:01
In this week’s episode, I interview the novelist and poet Jeffrey Ethan Lee,
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Episode 206: The Best of There Will Be Words from 2016-05-13T19:52:23
In this week’s episode, I share a recording of latest Best Of show in Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, Listen
Episode 205: A Craft Discussion of Wallace Stevens's "The Noble Rider and the Sound of Words"! from 2016-05-07T21:15:27
In this week’s episode, I talk about Wallace Stevens's "The Noble Rider and the Sound of Words" with Vanessa Blakeslee,
Episode 204: Star Wars Day Bonus Episode from 2016-05-04T20:10
In this week’s episode, I throw myself into the Star Wars universe from a writer's perspective.
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Episode 203: Campbell McGrath! from 2016-04-30T03:20:39
In this week’s episode, I
interview poet Campbell McGrath about XX, his tenth book
of poetry.
Episode 202: Publishers Speak! from 2016-04-23T19:06:14
In this week’s episode, I share Litlando 2016's publishing panel, featuring Danita Berg, Lisa Roney, Raquel Henry, and Ryan Rivas.
Episode 201: Postmodernism for Creative Writers from 2016-04-16T19:34:52
In this week’s episode, I present my lecture, Postmodernism for Creative Writers.
Episode 200: Brian Turner! from 2016-04-09T19:46:29
In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet and memoirist Brian Turner,
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Episode 199: Ridley Pearson! from 2016-04-02T19:33:35
In this week’s episode, I talk to the New York Times bestselling novelist Ridley Pearson from Walt Disney World,
Episode 198: Mixtape #6 (Who Put my Spurs in the Fire?) from 2016-03-26T17:35:38
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Episode 197: A Craft Discussion About Carole Maso's Break Every Rule, with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2016-03-19T05:38:47
In this week’s episode, I talk about Carole Maso's Break Every Rule with Vanessa Blakeslee,
Episode 196: Joe Vincent! from 2016-03-12T18:30:39
Episode 196 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available o...
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Episode 195: Sarah Viren! from 2016-03-05T19:07:03
In this week’s episode, I interview the creative nonfiction writer Sarah Viren,
Episode 194: J. Scott Brownlee! from 2016-02-27T10:04:01
In this week’s episode, I interview the poet J. Scott Brownlee,
Episode 193: Mary Gaitskill! from 2016-02-20T20:47:11
In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Mary Gaitskill, and share her reading from Miami Book Fair International,
Episode 192: Erotic Poetry Night IV from 2016-02-12T04:00:12
Episode 191: Erin Belieu! from 2016-02-06T05:29:32
In this week’s episode, I interview poet Erin Belieu,
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Episode 190: Adrian Todd Zuniga! from 2016-01-30T01:00
In this week’s episode, I interview Adrian Todd Zuniga, the host of Literary Death Ma...
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Episode 189: A Craft Discussion About Ferlinghetti's Poetry as Insurgent Art, with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2016-01-23T20:59:43
In this week’s episode, I talk about Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Poetry as Insurgent Art with Vanessa Blakeslee,
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Episode 188: J.J. Anselmi! from 2016-01-15T05:25:45
In this week’s episode, I interview memoir writer J.J. Anselmi,
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Episode 187: Kelly Link! from 2016-01-09T20:41:44
In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Kelly Link,
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Episode 186: Nick Flynn! from 2016-01-02T21:51:03
In this week’s episode, I interview the poet and memoirist Nick Flynn,
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Episode 185: Teege Braune! from 2015-12-26T17:52:56
In this week’s episode, I interview Teege Braune,
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Episode 184: Cory Doctorow and Amy Hempel! from 2015-12-19T19:46:51
In this week’s episode, I interview Cory Doctorow
Episode 183: Mary Karr! from 2015-12-14T00:19:03
In this week’s episode, I interview Mary Karr,
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Episode 182: Elizabeth McCracken! from 2015-12-05T22:43:06
In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Elizabeth McCracken,
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Episode 181: Rick Moody! from 2015-11-28T22:41:40
In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Rick Moody
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Episode 180: Mixtape 5 (The Difference Between Luminescent Dreams and My Grandmother's Typewriter) from 2015-11-20T01:03:52
Episode 179: Cate McGowan! from 2015-11-14T18:32:06
In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Cate McGowan,
Epsiode 178: J. C. Sevcik! from 2015-11-07T20:59:21
Episode 177: Horror Movie Poetry Night 2! from 2015-10-30T15:48:09
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Episode 176: Tom Lucas! from 2015-10-24T16:33:58
In this week’s episode, I interview bizarro fiction writer Tom Lucas,
Episode 175: The 5th Annual Flash Fiction Spooktacular! from 2015-10-17T19:28
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Episode 174: Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2015-10-10T01:06:10
In this week’s episode, I interview my occasional co-host Vanessa Blakeslee about her new novel, Juventud,
Episode 173: An Edgar Allen Poe Roundtable! from 2015-10-03T16:07:28
In this week’s episode, we have a roundtable discussion of Edgar Allen Poe.
Episode 172: Michele Roldán Shaw! from 2015-09-26T23:22:48
In this week’s episode, I talk to chronicler of the rambling life, Michele Roldán Shaw,
Episode 171: A Craft Discussion About Borges's This Craft of Verse, with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2015-09-19T23:46:06
In this week’s episode, I talk about Jorge Luis Borges's This Craft of Verse with Vanessa Blakeslee,
Episode 170: Danita Berg! from 2015-09-12T19:35:46
In this week’s episode, I talk to prose writer and educator, Danita Berg,
Episode 169: J.R. Miller! from 2015-09-05T22:26:01
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer J. R. Miller,
Episode 168: Eleanor Lerman from 2015-08-29T17:08:03
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Episode 167: There Will Be Fan Fiction! from 2015-08-22T16:00:53
In this week’s episode, I share a recording of a fan fiction installment of Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, Listen
Episode 166: A Craft Discussion About VIrginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own with Vanessa Blakeslee! from 2015-08-15T20:44:22
In this week’s episode, I talk about Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own with Vanessa Blakeslee,
Episode 165: Brian Spears! from 2015-08-08T19:31:10
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Episode 164: A Live Event on the Theme of Childhood, with Wilson Santos, Ashley Inguanta, Vincent Crampton, Amy Watkins, and Moi! from 2015-07-31T22:07:05
This week features a live Event on the theme of childhood, with Wilson Santos, Ashley Inguanta, Vincent Crampton, Amy Watkins, and moi, as your humble emcee.
This reading was in hon...
Episode 163: David Z. Morris! from 2015-07-25T03:05:18
In this week’s episode, I talk to the journalist David Z. Morris,
Episode 162: Charles Blackstone! from 2015-07-18T17:59:50
Episode 162 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Listen
Episode 161: Mailbag 7 from 2015-07-11T18:31:32
On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant,
