The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life 223: Vu Tran!
Sep 10, 2016
01:09:59
In this week's episode, I talk to the novelist Vu Tran about the appeal of detective fiction, the importance of literary substance over style, the problem with femme fatale characters, the Iowa MFA experience, and many, many other things,
plus Jared Silvia sings another Woody Guthrie number in honor of Labor Day, as part of his annual Labor Day musical project.
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On September 30th, Richard Blanco is coming to Valencia College for the Winter Park Writers' Festival.
Richard Blanco's reading is FREE, but you MUST reserve a seat via the Festival's Eventbrite page.
EVENT DETAILS
- Location: Winter Park Campus, Valencia College, Rooms 237/2424
- 4 PM: Community Writing Class with Richard Blanco
- 5:30 PM: Open Mic Reading (Emceed by John King)
- 7:00 PM: Richard Blanco Reading