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

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

March 19, 2016 Episode 197: A Craft Discussion About Carole Maso's Break Every Rule, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
In this week’s episode, I talk about Carole Maso's Break Every Rule with Vanessa Blakeslee,

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plus Jeremy DaCruz writes about a lucky day on the Econlockhachee River.

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1 hr 19 min
March 12, 2016 Episode 196: Joe Vincent!
Episode 196 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I interview the actor Joe Vincent,

Plus John McMahon writes about how Moby Dick changed his life.

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Check out Orlando Shakespeare Theater's current offerings, and use the discount code mentioned at the beginning of this week's episode.

See my reviews of OST's Tempest and Pericles.

Check out C.T. McMillan's blog, McMillan's Codex.

Check out Lisa Marten's blog, On Top of It.

I am so proud to share this wonderful Kerouac House/Burrow Press event from last month, My Queer Valentine, starring Ashley Inguanta, Claire Robin Thorne, Amber Norman, and Sarah Viren. Episode 196 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.
1 hr
March 05, 2016 Episode 195: Sarah Viren!
In this week’s episode, I interview the creative nonfiction writer Sarah Viren,

Plus Amy Oestreicher writes about a book that changed her life.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Sarah Viren's My Murderer's Futon.
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NOTES

Learn more about Sarah Viren here.

Learn more about Amy Oestreicher, including upcoming dates of her one-woman show, Gutless and Grateful, here.
1 hr 30 min
February 27, 2016 Episode 194: J. Scott Brownlee!
In this week’s episode, I interview the poet J. Scott Brownlee,

plus Dan Lauer reads his memoir essay, "Helen of Troy."

TEXTS DISCUSSED

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1 hr 36 min
February 20, 2016 Episode 193: Mary Gaitskill!
In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Mary Gaitskill, and share her reading from Miami Book Fair International,

plus Beverly Army Williams and I discuss Mary Gaitskill's new novel, The Mare.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

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Check out Beverly Army Williams's site, Mothershould.

Get tickets for Litlando here.

The music used in this show was by Michael Hearst. "Alprazolam" (Songs for Fearful Flyers) and "Nicht Lustig Fight" (Film Music and Other Scores, Vol. 1) appeared in the opening, and "Theme From Magic Camp" (Film Music and Other Scores, Vol. 1) at the close.

Check out his wonderful music.

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Greg Thornton (Prospero) & Lisa Wolpe (Antonia) in OST's The Tempest. (Photo by Luke Evans.)
1 hr 9 min
February 12, 2016 Episode 192: Erotic Poetry Night IV

This week features our 4th annual Erotic Poetry Night, featuring Jesse Bradley, Teege Braune, Stephanie Rizzo, Danielle Kessinger, Amy Watkins, David James Poissant, Ashley Inguanta, Sarah Viren, and (ahem) John King.

1 hr 9 min
February 06, 2016Episode 191: Erin Belieu!
In this week’s episode, I interview poet Erin Belieu,

plus I share the Miami Book Fair International reading she participated in with Carl Phillips, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, and Kevin Young.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

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Check out my first interview with Erin Belieu back on episode 44, when we talked about VIDA and the count.

On Superbowl Sunday, February 7, 7 P.M., The Drunken Odyssey will be Super Balling at Writer’s Atelier. More info is here.

Get tickets for Litlando here.
1 hr 28 min
January 30, 2016 Episode 190: Adrian Todd Zuniga!
In this week’s episode, I interview Adrian Todd Zuniga, the host of Literary Death Match,

plus Heather Whited writes about how Susanna Clark's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.

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NOTES

Learn More about Literary Death Match here.

Get tickets for Litlando here.
1 hr 16 min
January 23, 2016 Episode 189: A Craft Discussion About Ferlinghetti's Poetry as Insurgent Art, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
In this week’s episode, I talk about Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Poetry as Insurgent Art with Vanessa Blakeslee,

Plus Alice Lowe writes about how Virginia Woolf's A Writer's Diary changed her life.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

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NOTES

Coney Island was much more interesting in 1907 than it turned out to be in 2007 when I visited.
The line for food was onerous. And no funnel cake. His philtrum is a bit too feline for someone serving food. This was not as much fun as it looked. This ride was, disappointingly, all facade. It covered half-a-ring at most, with mostly tetanus to frighten you with.
Parachute Literary Arts managed a much better poetic experience at Coney Island.
Wonder Wheel, photographed by Jim McDonnell.

Amanda Deutch hosting the night of poetry in and on The Wonder Wheel. Emcee and Coney Island Hysterical Society co-founder (on the left, outside the car) Richard Eagan. Julie Ezelle Patton. Wanda Phipps reading.

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Episode 189 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.
1 hr 3 min
January 15, 2016 Episode 188: J.J. Anselmi!
In this week’s episode, I interview memoir writer J.J. Anselmi,

Plus Patty Hawkins eulogizes David Bowie.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

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Check out Drew Perlmutter's kickstarter campaign for his upcoming documentary, US Highway 98: The Florida I Never Knew. He was my cinematographer for The Drunken Odyssey's first documentary, The Weeki Wachee Spectacular.

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Patty Hawkin's recommends Bowie's Jazzin for Blue Jean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXvAaNcXNzI
1 hr 18 min

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

From the publisher's feed

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.