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

July 05, 2014 Episode 107: Boris Fishman!
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Boris Fishman,
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Plus Lisa Korthals shares her essay about reading Lolita as a child.

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1 hr 31 min
June 28, 2014 Episode 106: Nicole Callihan
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet and essayist Nicole Callihan,

plus Maureen Vance writes about Jane Eyre.

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According to The Guardian, British publishers and the Society for Authors (a trade union for UK writers) are trying to push back against Amazon’s fierce demands for more power in the book industry. They liken Amazon's terms to a form of "assisted suicide."

According to The Times, Barnes and Noble will spin off its Nook division as a separate company from its traditional bookseller endeavors.

Carlton Melton's "Spiderwebs" accompanies Maureen Vance's "Jane and Me." This song is available on the album Always Even.

The Tequila Worms have generously offered their album Cantina as a free download.

1 hr
June 21, 2014 Episode 105: Alden Jones!
On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and memoirist-extraordinaire Alden Jones,

plus Peter Demarco writes about discovering Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

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According to The Guardian, Salman Rushdie has won the PEN/Pinter award for 2014.

Also according to The Guardian, Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner will collaborate on a Django/Zorro crossover comic book.
1 hr 5 min
June 16, 2014 Episode 104: Bloomsday!
On this bonus episode, I guide listeners through a lovely tour of Ulysses on today, which is Bloomsday.

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Check out Black 47's music here, or wherever you buy music. "I Got Laid on James Joyce's Grave" appears on Trouble in the Land.
1 hr 33 min
June 14, 2014 Episode 103: Alan Michael Parker!
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer and poet Alan Michael Parker,

Plus Andrew Gretes offers his "Ode to Zorba."

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Davis Sedaris talked about the Amazon/Hachette battle to Parnassus Books, a bookstore in Tennessee.
1 hr 20 min
June 07, 2014 Episode 102: A Donald Duck Roundtable!
On this week’s show, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Sean Ironman of Heroes Never Rust fame, Jeff Shuster, who is the Curator of Schlock, and Dianne Turgeon Richardson join me for a roundtable discussion of Donald Duck on his 80th birthday.

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1 hr 48 min
May 31, 2014 Episode 101: Erica Dawson!
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Erica Dawson,

Plus Nicole Callihan reads her memoir essay, "The Week in News."

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Nicole Callihan's "The Week in News" originally appeared on The Well and Often Press.

Nicole Callihan's poetry collection, Superloop.

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Jeremy Greenfield, in an article for The Atlantic, has explored the continuing struggle between Amazon.com and the Hachette publishing group.

The Peyton James Freeman Prize for nonfiction essays is now accepting submissions. There is no reading fee, and the contest is being judged by Cheryl Strayed.

Horoscopes penned by my signature character Guy Psycho are now available online at The Newer York's site.

On this show, I eulogized Bunny Yeager and Maya Angelou.
1 hr 25 min
May 24, 2014 Episode 100: Mailbag Episode 5 (The Dream Child)
On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant,

plus Rose Tran shares a memoir essay about her unpleasantly Proustian relationship to Florida weather.

56 min
May 17, 2014 Episode 99: Kseniya Melnik!
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Kseniya Melnik,

Plus Matt Berman writes about Jean Craighead George's My Side of the Mountain.

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1 hr 20 min
May 10, 2014 Episode 98: Kelly Luce!
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Kelly Luce,

Plus Nicole Callihan meditates on motherhood, sustenance, autism, and language in "Notes Toward: Babies, Bananas, Boxes."

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Nicole Callihan's "Notes Toward: Babies, Bananas, Boxes" first appeared on River and Sound Review.

According to The Guardian and Publishers Weekly, some members of South Carolina's state legislature is trying to punish its state universities that support gay and lesbian culture. For more information about the protest over this, check out the website of Writers Speaking Out Loud.

Congratulations to Laura Van Den Berg for her story O-Pah-Locka (published in the southern review), and for Dylan Landis for her story, “Trust” (published in Tin House) for winning O'Henry Prizes for 2014. Laura was my guest on episode 91, and Dylan was my guest on episode 48.
1 hr 20 min

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

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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.