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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Apr 24, 2021 • 1h 18min
469: Geoffrey Kent!
In this week's show, I speak with the actor Geoffrey Kent about Shakespeare in performance, how actors make the texts come alive, the modern English translation of Shakespeare plays, the agony of having to cut Shakespeare's texts down, the scenes that are rehearsal-eaters, -linging steel, how action sequences by themselves tell stories, and other important matters.
Apr 17, 2021 • 53min
468: Alfred Corn!
In this week's show, I speak with the poet and translator Alfred Corn about Rainer Maria Rilke's sublime Duino Elegies.
Apr 10, 2021 • 58min
467: Ciara Shuttleworth!
In this week's show, I speak with Ciara Shuttleworth about poetry, telling factions, limerence, running with the Muses, being open to delight, and the importance of daydreaming.
Apr 4, 2021 • 1h 7min
466: Maxim Loskutoff!
In this week's show, I speak with Maxim Loskutoff about Montana and the messy importance of setting, the fecund symbolism of reality, and attending NYU's creative writing program.
Mar 27, 2021 • 1h 19min
465: Samantha Hart!
In this week's show, I speak with Samantha Hart about her wonderful debut memoir, Blind Pony, Plus I speak with Scott Cunningham about the monthlong poetry festival, O, Miami. Photo by Alexander Ruiz.[/caption]
Mar 20, 2021 • 1h 10min
464: A Discussion of Allie Brosh's Solutions and Other Problems (with Leslie Salas)!
In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Halfand Solutions and Other Problems.
Mar 13, 2021 • 1h 7min
463: Raphael Cormack!
In this week's episode, theater scholar Raphael Cormack and I discuss the allure of Arabian music, the revolutionary times in Egypt between the world wars, and the women who dominated Cairo's entertainment scene in the 1920s and 30s.
Mar 7, 2021 • 1h 10min
462: Denise Duhamel!
Feb 28, 2021 • 1h 11min
461: Isaac Fitzgerald/Brigette Barrager/Leigh Hobbs!
In this week's episode, I speak with Isaac Fitzgerald and Brigette Barrager and Leigh Hobbs about children's books.
Feb 20, 2021 • 1h 20min
460: Gwen Mullins!
In this week's episode, fiction writer Gwen Mullins and I discuss many, many things from the front of the Kerouac Project of Orlando's porch.
