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

On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer Vanessa Blakeslee,

And Anthony Seidman writes about James Thompson's The City of Dreadful Night.

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If you live in NYC, check out this wonderful event with my friends Gilbert King (episode 60) and my fellow NYU alum, Maaza Mengiste. RSVP is required.

Find Burrow Press’s releases here, & check out the discounted subscription rate.

If you live in Orlando, do come to Vanessa's book release party.

On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and memoirist Kevin Sampsell,

Plus Kevin Bray writes about finding Men on Divorce.

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Find Burrow Press's releases here, & check out the discounted subscription rate.

On this week’s show, I talk to the musician Rich Millman from the band Carlton Melton,

Plus Kelsey Liebenson-Morse writes about reading Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome.

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The Florida Writers’ Conference goes from February 13th-15th, ending with the Florida premiere of Terry Giliam’s new film, written by Pat Rushin, The Zero Theorem. Click here to learn how to register for the conference.

Read Beating Windward’s call for essays for its forthcoming anthology, The Things They Did for Money: How Writers, Artists, and Creatives Support the Habit.

The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant, is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of his book, which is wonderful reading.

On this week’s show, I talk to the journalist Lynn Waddell,

Plus D. S. Jones writes about how the Charles Bukowski's Post Office changed his life.

The Florida Writers’ Conference goes from February 13th-15th, ending with the Florida premiere of Terry Giliam’s new film, written by Pat Rushin, The Zero Theorem. Click here to learn how to register for the conference.

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On this week's show, I talk to the poet Susan Lilley,

Plus Anthony Jacobson writes about how the books of Irvine Welsh changed his life.

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Quentin Tarantino vows to shelve his upcoming film project, The Hateful Eight, after the screenplay's first draft was leaked (according to Deadline).

The Florida Writers' Conference goes from February 13th-15th, ending with the Florida premiere of Terry Giliam's new film, written by Pat Rushin, The Zero Theorem. Click here to learn how to register for the conference.

Carlton Melton's "Smoke Drip," from their album Photos of Photos, accompanied Anthony Jacobson's "Hang-Up at the Gorgie Venture Hostel for Exceptional Young Men."

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Night Windows

On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant,

According to The Guardian, the short list for the Hatchet Awards has been announced.

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On this week’s show, I present my interview with the memoirist Melanie Neale,

plus Andrew Simpson Guthrie shares his memoir essay-in-verse, "The Weighty Page."

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Check out the Transit Interpretation Project here, or read Ryan Rivas's essay, "Rider's Block," here.

Amiri Baraka, author of Dutchman, dies at 79.

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Read Kip Robisch's "Fun Dads, Loss, and 'Saving Mr. Banks.'"

The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant (my co-host of the mailbag episodes), is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of this stellar story collection.

On this week’s show, I present my interview with Sharon Olds,

and my interview with Robert Pinsky,

plus I share Robert Pinsky and Laurence Hobgood's performance of Creole.

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I am in the running for the "Best of 2013" show of Jesse Bradley's reading series, There Will be Words. The current poll is here until midnight, January 6.

The Drunken Odyssey now has a youtube channel.

In the New York Times's Bit blog, David Steitfield has wrung his hands about the analytics coming out of subscription services for ebook libraries. There is a nice still photo of Keria Knightly from the film of Pride and Prejudice.

Amiri Baraka seems to be recovering after his hospital visit last week, according to The New York Daily News.

The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant (my co-host of the mailbag episodes), is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of this stellar story collection.

On this week’s show, I present my interview with Edwidge Danticat,

and my interview with Koren Zailckas,

plus Samantha Stemler writes about Neil McKenna's The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde.

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The Drunken Odyssey now has a youtube channel.

According to the Kids' Right to Read Project, 2013 has been a record year for attempts to ban books in libraries in schools. The Diary of Anne Frank, you know, is too pornographic for American children to be exposed to. This was reported in The Guardian.

The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant, is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of his book, which is wonderful reading.