The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
John King
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.
For more information, see our website at www.thedrunkenodyssey.com.
For more information, see our website at www.thedrunkenodyssey.com.
Episodes
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Jan 7, 2023 • 1h 2min
558: Jennifer Worley!
This week I speak with the prose writer Jennifer Worley, the fall 2022 resident of The Kerouac Project of Orlando.
Dec 31, 2022 • 1h 3min
557: Jason Roeder!
John speaks with his friend Jason about the creative joys of grieving and the power of earnestness and other matters of interest.
Dec 24, 2022 • 1h 14min
556: Lynn Melnick!
The poet and memoirist Lynn Melnick talks with me about the cleverness and heart of Dolly Parton, who can serve as more than a cultural icon as we try to discover how to make our unique ways in the world.
Dec 17, 2022 • 55min
555: Julia Koets (interviewed by Rochelle Hurt)
Rochelle Hurt interviews Julia Koets about romantic desire and loss, the villanelle form, the layouts of poetry volumes, growing up with the policing of restrictive gender norms, how research contributes to creativity, the linguistic surprises lurking in the mundane world.
Dec 3, 2022 • 1h 7min
554: Chrissy Kolaya!
On this week's program, I talk to the poet and novelist Chrissy Kolaya about the creative process, psychology, and the multitudinous tensions of being an American.
Nov 26, 2022 • 51min
553: Interview with Robert Pinsky!
Robert Pinsky discusses his memoir Jersey Breaks, and John and Mr. Pinksy compare some psychogeographic notes, as well as bragging rights.
Nov 19, 2022 • 1h 11min
552: A Celebration of Salman Rushdie and Miami Book Fair!
On this week's program, I talk to Chelsea Alice about Salman Rushdie's playful parable from 2020, "The Old Man in the Piazza," published in The New Yorker, plus I share Salman Rushdie's 2017 event from Miami Book Fair, in which he reads from his novel, The Golden House.
Nov 12, 2022 • 1h 1min
551: Elliot Ackerman!
Nov 5, 2022 • 1h 7min
550: Jonathan Ames!
On this week's show, I talk to the fiction writer and former memoirist Jonathan Ames.
Oct 31, 2022 • 1h 16min
549: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #14 (The Doom Generation)
On today's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss a wild, strange, deadpan, homicidal roadtrip story that is The Doom Generation.
