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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Jun 12, 2021 • 60min
476: Anahid Nersessian!
In this week's show, literary scholar Anahid Nersessian & I discuss John Keats, the potential for personal observations in academic work, the sexual politics of art, theme parks, and academic institutions, the dialectic of the indeterminacy & the permanence of art, & the scope of Keats's personae.
Jun 5, 2021 • 1h 12min
475: Kathleen Rooney!
In this week's show, I talk to the novelist Kathleen Rooney about finding the spark to begin stories, the shape for long-form narratives, and the whimsy to make discoveries along the way.
May 29, 2021 • 1h 6min
474: Nat Segaloff & Thomas Warming!
In this week's show, I talk to Nat Segaloff and Thomas Warming about writing for and about Hollywood.
May 22, 2021 • 1h 58min
473: A Discussion of Tom Waits's "Swordfishtrombones" with Stephen McClurg!
In this week's show, I bring music blogger Stephen McClurg aboard as we talk about one of the most transformative, dramatic, atmospheric, strange, American pastoral phantasmagorical musical albums of all time, Tom Waits's Swordfishtrombones (1983).
May 15, 2021 • 1h 14min
472: Spencer Huffman!
In this week's show, I talk to the spring 2021 resident of The Kerouac Project of Orlando, playwright Spencer Huffman.
May 9, 2021 • 1h 12min
471: A Discussion of Kurt Vonnegut's Pity the Reader with Leslie Salas
In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Kurt Vonnegut' and Suzanne McConnell's compendious Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style.
May 1, 2021 • 1h 9min
470: Mixtape 14: I Don't Know How to Talk to You Outside of a Poem
NOTES This episode is sponsored by the excellent people at Scribophile. 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.
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.
