

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 29, 2022 • 1h 20min
508: Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichmann
 On today's show, co-novelists Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman talk about corporate cults, collaborative writing, and satire. 

Jan 22, 2022 • 1h 7min
507: Sonya Huber
 Memoirist Sonya Huber discusses how to write the way that we think, including the semiotic leapfrogs of memory, and trying to depict the precarious balance of reality. 

Jan 15, 2022 • 56min
506: Shruti Swarmy!
 On #506, Shruti Swarmy talks about calling the reader into a complete, already alive imaginary world, and writing about dance in ways that transcend rational, orderly prose. 

Jan 8, 2022 • 1h 13min
505: Brian Broome!
 On today's show, I speak with the memoirist Brian Broome, winner of the 2021 Kirkus Prize for nonfiction.  Photo by Annie O'Neill TEXT DISCUSSED  

Jan 1, 2022 • 55min
504: Zaina Arafat!
 On today's show, I speak with fiction writer Zaina Arafat about love, identity, sarcasm, and their complications for storytelling. 

Dec 25, 2021 • 50min
503: 3 Poets on Geography, Intimacy, and Dislocation
 Raymond Antrobus, Carlie Hoffman, and Tiana Nobile read & discuss their poetry in this 2021 Miami Book Fair event. 

Dec 19, 2021 • 1h 14min
502: David Morgan O'Connor!

Dec 11, 2021 • 48min
501: Sandra M. Gilbert & Susan Gubar!
 On today's show, legendary scholars Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar discuss the history of feminism and women's studies, and the turns of current events that make activism more necessary than ever. 

Dec 5, 2021 • 56min
500: Paul Auster!
 On today's show, I discuss the power of Stephen Crane with novelist Paul Auster.  Photo by by Spencer Ostrander.[/caption] 

Nov 27, 2021 • 1h 4min
499: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh!
 Back from the dead, I discuss Beckett, Kafka, wry sardonic world-weariness, & other matters of interest with fiction writer & memoirist Saïd Sayrafiezadeh. 


