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

John King
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Sep 13, 2021 • 53min

489: Aimee Bender!

Photo by Mark Miller. In this week's show, I talk to fiction writer Aimee Bender about the subterranean connections that literary fiction makes between one and oneself, and between one and others; the difficult epistemology of sanity; the possibility of fiction not driven by interpersonal conflict; and other subjects of interest.
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Sep 5, 2021 • 1h 42min

488: Mixtape #15: Sailing an Ocean of Violets in Bloom.

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Aug 28, 2021 • 1h 9min

487: Todd James Pierce!

In this week's show, I talk to Disney historian Todd James Pierce about how Covid-19 and the home streaming of entertainment might affect the future of visual storytelling, plus we discuss his current historical work on Disney Legend John Hench.
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Aug 22, 2021 • 1h 16min

486: Jan Elizabeth Watson!

In this week's show, I talk to the novelist Jan Elizabeth Watson about a great many things.
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Aug 14, 2021 • 1h 8min

485: Drew Barth!

In this week's show, I talk to Drew Barth about comic book obsessions.
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Aug 7, 2021 • 1h 5min

484: James Tate Hill

In this week's show, I interview fiction writer and memoirist, James Tate Hill.
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Jul 31, 2021 • 58min

483: Tim Parks!

In this week's show, I interview a writer I'm obsessed with, the prose writer Tim Parks. We talk about walking and its relationship to composition, plus the historical vision of Garibaldi, and the provoking contradictions of historical record.
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Jul 24, 2021 • 1h 3min

482: A Discussion of Introducing Cultural Studies, with Leslie Salas!

In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Ziauddan Sardar and Borin Van Loon's Introducing Cultural Studies.
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Jul 18, 2021 • 1h 16min

481: Catherine Raven!

On this episode, I talk to biologist Catherine Raven about her wonderful new memoir, Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship. TEXT DISCUSSED
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Jul 10, 2021 • 1h 2min

480: Tanya Grae!

On this episode, I talk to the poet Tanya Grae about finding surprises in poetry, losing one's hearing at the Hollywood Sportatorium, the solitude of earning a PhD in English, and the sexual politics of American life. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO Listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go herewhile still logged in to upgrade the account with the discount. Check out my literary adventure novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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