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

In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Kelly Link,

Plus I share the reading she participated in, "Short Stories, Tall Tales," also featuring Adam Johnson and Padgett Powell.

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• A Quaker high school in Philadelphia has removed Huckleberry Finn from its curriculum.
• Mein Kampf will be published in Germany for the first time in 70 years.
• Neil Gaiman straightened out an impatient George R. R. Martin fan back in 2009, which is perhaps why fans are being nicer to Martin right now, after he missed a deadline for the latest installment of A Song of Ice and Fire.

In this week’s episode, I interview the poet and memoirist Nick Flynn,

Plus I share the reading he participated in about 45 minutes after our interview, a reading that also included Ed Skoog and Denise Duhamel (Episode 134).

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In this week’s episode, I interview Teege Braune,

who reads short story, "Top Takes a Top," which just appeared in Bridge Eight.

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Scott McCloud and Cory Doctorow: A Conversation is now available on TDO's youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqwnK1I2Xhg

In this week’s episode, I interview Cory Doctorow

and Amy Hempel,

plus Shawn McKee reads his personal essay, "A Confession."

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In this week’s episode, I interview Mary Karr,

and share her talk at Miami Book Fair International 2015, plus I share a Miami Bookfair Event I was in,

Tiffany Razzano's Saved by the Sunshine State.

In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Elizabeth McCracken,

and share her reading at Miami Book Fair International 2015,

plus Dallas Woodburn reads her personal essay, "First, Please Yourself."

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David Henry Hwang is apparently going to be okay after being seriously attacked with a knife in Brooklyn.

Special thanks to Lisa Martens, Don Royster, and Racquel Henry for sharing their impressions of NANOWRIMOing.

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In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Rick Moody

plus Ryan Rivas reads his essay, "Reporting from Inside the Vortex of Miami Book Fair," which first appeared on lithub.

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Check out Rick's new band, The Unspeakable Practices.

Episode 181 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 interview fiction writer Cate McGowan,

plus Shawn McKee reads his piece, "Job Letter."

& Racquel Henry discusses her experience with NANO-WRIMO.TEXTS DISCUSSED

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plus Nancy Caronia readers her personal essay, Postmortem.

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Read some of J. C. Sevcik's essays here, here, and here.

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Miami Book Fair is coming up: November 15-22.

TDO is now on Instagram.