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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Mar 24, 2018 • 2h 4min
306: Sean Patrick Mulroy!
On this week's show, I share my interview with poet Sean Patrick Mulroy, plus I chat with my veteran friend Joshua Dull (on the right) about his plans to do more mission work in Costa Rica. NOTES If you can, throw a few bucks into the can to send Joshua back to Costa Rica to work on clean water projects. The Kerouac Project of Orlando is accepting applications for its 3-month residency program until April 16th.
Mar 17, 2018 • 1h 3min
305: Jim Shepard & Jennifer Egan!
On this week's show, I share interviews I did with the short story writer Jim Shepard and one of my favorite novelists, Jennifer Egan. [caption id="attachment_22997" align="alignnone" width="1430"] Jennifer Egan © Pieter M. van Hattem.[/caption] TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Please leave a review of the show on iTunes. Episode 305 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.
Mar 10, 2018 • 42min
304: Book Fight! vs. The Drunken Odyssey (AWP Edition)!
Episode 304 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week's special AWP program, Vanessa Blakeslee and I face off against Book Fight's Tom McAllister and Barrelhouse's Poetry Editor, Dan Brady. TEXTS DISCUSSED Episode 304 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.
Mar 3, 2018 • 1h 34min
303: Drunky and Rhiannon!
On this week's program, I drive West of Orlando to meet up with two adventurers named Drunky & Rhiannon who've just happened to write the best guide to Walt Disney World as far is this show is concerned. We geek out about boozing like pros at WDW! We drank outside at Hurricane Hannah's, and then we walked over to inside the Ale and Compass over at the Yacht Club, and then enjoyed some beverages at The Belle Vue Lounge in the Boardwalk Inn. [caption id="attachment_22824" align="alignnone" width="4288"] The actual bar of The Bellevue Lounge. BUY THESE BOOKS NOTES The Belle Vue Lounge is where I, sober, interviewed Ridley Pearson all the way back on #199. This show did the Monorail pub crawl back on #77.
Feb 24, 2018 • 51min
302: Cheryl Della Pietra!
On this week's program, I talk to the novelist Cheryl Della Pietra, an editorial assistant to Hunter S. Thompson in 1992, about the dynamics of working with him, the reality of the actual writer's life, the dangers of a legendary persona, Hunter's gift for meta-journalism, the challenges of fiction writing and negotiating a gonzo vision in the service of a non-gonzo narrative, and when to put your work in the drawer and move on.
Feb 17, 2018 • 1h 8min
301: Loose Lips!
In this week's episode, I share a recording of Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing hosted by the inestimable Tod Caviness, Patrick Scott Barnes and Tod Caviness by Katherine J. Parker. Teege Braune, Teege Braune by Patrick Scott Barnes. Michael Cuglietta, Michael Cuglietta by Patrick Scott Barnes. Leigh Fields, Leigh Fields by Patrick Scott Barnes. Dianne Turgeon Richardson, Dianne Turgeon Richardson by Patrick Scott Barnes and moi, [caption id="attachment_22847" align="alignnone" width="720"] Moi by Patrick Scott Barnes. L'il Indies by Katherine J. Parker.
Feb 10, 2018 • 1h 7min
300: A Craft Discussion of David Mamet's 3 Uses of the Knife, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
In this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about David Mamet's Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama. We manage not to kill one another.
Feb 3, 2018 • 44min
299: Laleh Khadivi!
On this week's program, I talk to the novelist Laleh Khadivi about empathy, anticipating the future, the snarl of time management, challenging oneself as a writer as a form of motivation, the absolute transformation of characters, patriarchal similarities between Middle East and West, the mystical nature of surfing, the fraught possibilities of adolescence, religious fervor, the problematic role of country to identity, and modernity and the immigrant experience. NOTES Check out the second installment of The Drunken Odyssey's Unauthorized Film Commentary Series: https://youtu.be/VYfZUZjSgjo Subscribe to TDO's youtube channel.
Jan 27, 2018 • 1h 40min
298: A Night of Protest Poetry!
On January 19th, 2018, Dianne Turgeon Richardson hosted an evening of protest poetry at Milk Bar in Orlando, Florida! The readers included on this recording are Talor Carr, Rachel Fox, Lana Ghannam, Drew Weinbrenner, John King, Dianne Turgeon Richardson, Lisa Roney, Troy Cunio, Laurie Uttich, and Sean Patrick Mulroy. Lana Ghannam. Lisa Roney. Bar dogs. NOTES For help with getting Voter IDs, for yourself or others, please check out IDignity. Learn more about Exodus United.
Jan 20, 2018 • 43min
297: Paul Muldoon & Patricia Smith!
Episode 297 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week's program, I talk to poets Paul Muldoon and Patricia Smith! NOTES Please subscribe to my youtube channel, and leave a review of the show on iTunes.
