The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

In this week's episode, Vanessa Blakesleeand I discuss Eudora Welty's "Place in Fiction" (1955).

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Check out my adventure novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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In this week's episode, I share my first mixtape in almost 2 years.

Happy writing. Let me know what you think below.

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In this week's episode, I talk with poet Campbell McGrath about his his new book, Nouns & Verbs, from a luminous lobby in Portland.

Photo by Freesia McKee.

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Check out my previous interview with Campbell from 3 years ago, back on episode 203.

If a literary adventure might be your jam, please consider buying my exciting new novel.

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 confessions.

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If you are into literary adventure stories, please pick up a copy of my debut novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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Here is the original Guy Psycho short story.

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.

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If you are anywhere near Miami, check out the O, Miami Poetry Festival.

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My novel comes out next week.

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 collection, NYU's MFA program, the upsides of reading for literary magazines, and our evolutions as writers.

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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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Episode 360 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week's episode, I talk to Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman about classical music, social class, memoir, and authenticity.

Photo by Vanessa Borer.

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TDO will be sharing a table with Black Fox Literary Magazine at AWP at table T14104, plus I am moderating a panel on life-balance, which I clearly know nothing about.

Also, my novel has a release date of April 16, 2019.

In this week's episode, I talk again with Mark Blake, biographer of Peter Grant, about what happened to Led Zeppelin after Led Zeppelin.

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