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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Sep 2, 2017 • 59min
276: Tina Giannoukos!
Episode 276 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 show, I speak with the poet Tina Giannoukos about the glorious visibility and flexibility of sonnets, plus Sabrina Napolitano writes about how reading Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay changed her life. Notes Consider donating to The Drunken Odyssey's indiegogo fundraiser here. Go here for details on the 60th anniversary party for On the Road at the Kerouac House.
Aug 26, 2017 • 1h 55min
275: A Craft Discussion of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet
In this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Rainer Maria Rilke's famous Letters to a Young Poet, plus we pay homage to Rilke's poetry with readings by Craig Moreau, Hyejung Kook, David Foley, Jason Morris, David Mcloughlin, and Amy Hosig.
Aug 19, 2017 • 56min
274: Memoir Panel with Lisa Roney and Kristen Arnett
Kristen Arnett & Lisa Roney at Litlando 2017, at The Gallery at Avalon Island. NOTES Consider donating to The Drunken Odyssey's indiegogo fundraiser here. Learn more about the nonprofit Page 15 here. Follow Kristen Arnett on twitter here, or check out her website. Check out The Florida Review here. Go here for details on the 60th anniversary party for On the Road at the Kerouac House. Go here for details about Functionally Literate's next event with SJ Sindu and Kristen Arnett on September 23rd at the Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts.
Aug 12, 2017 • 59min
273: Jason Croft!
On this week's show, I catch up with Jason Croft about the continuing evolution of pin up and burly-q culture, Bunny Yeager's legacy, the awesomeness of Medusirena, writing for pulp magazines, the joys and struggles of editorship, and the 10th anniversary of Bachelor Pad Magazine, where some of my work has been published. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you can contribute to my indiegogo fundraiser, please go here. On Sunday, August 13th at 3 PM, join me and the other authors of Other Orlandos to celebrate its book launch! Episode 273 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.
Aug 5, 2017 • 1h 16min
272: Henry Hughes!
On this week's show, I talk to the poet and memoirist Henry Hughes about how to get over rejection, poetry, the freedom of ekphrastic work, memoirs, and fishing, Plus Todd Boss reads his poem, "One of the Joys of Dry Fly Fishing."
Jul 29, 2017 • 2h 23min
271: Mixtape #9 (Summer Overtime Blues)
In this week's episode, I curate more blues music that has sustained me in this summer of working too hard.
Jul 22, 2017 • 1h 7min
270: The Slam Summit!
In this week's episode, I talk with Curtis X. Meyer and Caleb Zachary Matthews about the Slam Nationals that Team Orlando will be attending, the upsides and downsides of Slam Poetry, plus they perform their work! Caleb Zachary Matthews, Raquel Henry, John King, and Curtis Meyer. NOTES Help send Sherdes Leona, Caleb Zachary Matthews, Faith Elizabeth, Curtis X. Meyer, & Kira Calvaresi to the Slam Nationals here. On July 28th, I am hosting a reading by Jaimal Yogis at the Kerouac House.
Jul 15, 2017 • 1h 18min
269: A Craft Discussion of Robert Paul Lamb's Art Matters with Vanessa Blakeslee!
In this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Robert Paul Lamb's Art Matters: Hemingway, Craft, and the Creation of the Modern Short Story. Five years in, TDO finally devotes a show to Hemingway, and Bob's discussion of Hemingway's craft is profoundly illuminating to how effectively extraordinary Hemingway's aesthetics were. I somehow manage not to tell the story how in my Purdue years, my roommates and I dubbed the more rustic of our two bathrooms as The Ernest Hemingway Memorial toilet, with a lot of great photos of Hem in it.
Jul 8, 2017 • 1h 12min
268: Kathleen Rooney!
On this week's show, I talk to the poet and novelist Kathleen Rooney about the flaneur as geographic narrator of imaginative space, the aesthetic pleasures of walking, writing about New York City, the value of elderly characters, the dramatic provocations of history, and the structure of the novel of memory. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES On June 16th, I am hosting a fundraiser for the S.A.F.E. Words poetry slam at Writer's Atelier. On July 28th, I am hosting a reading by Jaimal Yogis at the Kerouac House.
Jul 1, 2017 • 1h 15min
267: A Discussion of Stanley Elkin's The Magic Kingdom, with Orlando author Nathan Holic!
On this week's show, I talk to my friend Nathan Holic, who is an Orlando writer and editor of the 15 Views of Orlando anthology series. While in situ at The Contemporary Resort, we discuss the stressors of theme park-going, the uses of such postmodern settings, and the odd counterbalances of melodrama and dark satire in Stanley Elkin's The Magic Kingdom. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Mary Cottle's room? The equivalent of room 822 now, but perhaps not back in 1986. (No, we didn't knock on the door.) Check out Nathan's books! On June 16th, I am hosting a fundraiser for the S.A.F.E. Words poetry slam at Writer's Atelier. On July 28th, I am hosting a reading by Jaimal Yogis at the Kerouac House.
