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
Mentioned books
Jun 18, 2022 • 1h 30min
528: A Discussion of Sally Rooney's Conversations with Friends, with Rachael Tillman!
On #528, Rachel Tillman and I discuss Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney's debut novel. TEXT DISCUSSED
Jun 11, 2022 • 1h 21min
527: Mixtape 16: Sobering up the Muses
Jun 4, 2022 • 57min
526: Rochelle Hurt!
On #526 I talk to poet Rochelle Hurt about her latest book, The J Girls: A Reality Show.
May 28, 2022 • 49min
525: Brynne Rebele-Henry!
On #525, I talk to Brynne Rebele-Henry about divinity, sexuality, and historical imagination in her extraordinary latest collection of verse, Prelude.
May 21, 2022 • 1h 12min
524: Yeoh Jo-Ann!
On #524, I talk to Yeoh Jo-Ann, the spring 2022 resident of the Kerouac Project of Orlando, about her novel, Impractical Uses of Cake, proper otter behavior, the role of agency in happiness, cat envy, teaching Shakespeare to teenagers, and the small ways teachers entertain themselves every day.
May 14, 2022 • 1h 7min
523: Aaron Angello!
In this week's episode, I talk to Aaron Angello about his new book, The Fact of Memory: 114 Ruminations and Fabrications, the creative benefits of daily ritual, writing (cough) early in the morning, David Lynch, the mysteries of the word and, and ditching academic rules for the Muses.
May 8, 2022 • 1h 7min
522: Ann Hood!
In this week's episode, I talk to Ann Hood about the challenges of writing nonfiction, the intertwining of feminism and women's rights and the history of aviation before and after deregulation, the value of non-writing jobs for young writers, and so much more.
Apr 30, 2022 • 1h 13min
521: Nita Noveno!
In this week's show, I speak with the creative nonfiction writer Nita Noveno about the Peace Corps, having a writing community, the Kerouac House, gators, gators, and more gators, and bears, and all of Florida's wild charms, including the people.
Apr 24, 2022 • 1h 15min
520: A Discussion of Anne Sexton with Rachael Tillman!
In this week's show, I speak with Rachael Tillman about the poetry and practice of Anne Sexton.
Apr 16, 2022 • 58min
519: Marisa Siegel!
In this week's show, I speak with the poet Marisa Siegel about the value of combining poetry with graphic art, language poetry, discovering poetry early in life, and the Mills College MFA Program in Oakland.
