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

On this week's show, I talk to my friend Nathan Holic, who is an Orlando writer and editor of the 15 Views of Orlando anthology series. While in situ at The Contemporary Resort, we discuss the stressors of theme park-going, the uses of such postmodern settings, and the odd counterbalances of melodrama and dark satire in Stanley Elkin's The Magic Kingdom.

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Mary Cottle's room? The equivalent of room 822 now, but perhaps not back in 1986. (No, we didn't knock on the door.)

Check out Nathan's books!

• On June 16th, I am hosting a fundraiser for the S.A.F.E. Words poetry slam at Writer's Atelier.
• On July 28th, I am hosting a reading by Jaimal Yogis at the Kerouac House.

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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Shasta's chapbook is now available from Split Lip Press.

On June 16th, I am hosting a fundraiser for the S.A.F.E. Words poetry slam at Writer's Atelier.

On July 28th, I am hosting a reading by Jaimal Yogis at the Kerouac House.

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, plus Malcolm Kelly reads his poem, "Visual Vignettes of Some Gay Shit."

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• Check out The Drunken Odyssey's classic Bloomsday show, episode 104.
• Read Nicole Oquendo's poem, "Binding We," over at The Florida Review.

In this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Jhumpa Lahiri's experiment in becoming an Italian writer, In Other Words.

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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Follow the Annie Russel theatre here.

Check out Episode 119 for Sam Slaughter's essay about Denis Johnson.

David James Poissant reads his keynote at Litlando, from February 25th, 2017! TEXTS DISCUSSED

Episode 261, I interview the prose writer Sarah Gerard about her essay collection, Sunshine State, and her novel, Binary Star.

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 books, during those last days of his being an undergraduate at the University of Central Florida. Five years, one MFA, and one novel later, Jaroslav is an international literary phenomenon. We try to catch up and manage to talk about writing along the way, plus Heleen Sikorski reads her poem "Autoerotic Alliteration."

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 questionable genius of George Lucas, the role of Disney in anticipating the needs and desires of the SW audience, the imposition of romance in war narratives, and the profound role of play in our development of self. A lot of beer was drunk. We made fun of each other.