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 27, 2015 • 1h 56min
Episode 159: Mixtape #4 (Lost in Sinatraland)
In this week’s episode, I talk to myself and share some music. Musicality affects my writing a lot. Perhaps I cherish sound since I nearly went deaf as a child. It took awhile for Sinatra to enter my imagination, but since taking up residency there, Frank hasn't left. So this mixtape is devoted to this man and his music, and a few other people along the way.
Jun 20, 2015 • 1h 29min
Episode 158: Julian Chambliss!
In this week’s episode, I talk to the historian Julian Chambliss, Dmetri Kakmi writes about how reading Paul Bowles’s The Sheltering Sky taught him how to write about psycho-geographic dis-associations. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Julian Chambliss's site here. Check out John Sims' site devoted to the Confederate flag project. Check out the news coverage of the Flag Funerals Project by (in order of decreasing journalistic competence) WESH, WKMG Local 6, and WFTV. Read The Association for the Study of African American Life and History's statement about the Massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church here.
Jun 13, 2015 • 1h 16min
Episode 157: Shane Hinton!
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Shane Hinton, plus Sayantani Dasgupta writes about how Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Tuesday, June 16th, is Bloomsday. Celebrate wherever you are by listening again to a bang-up, in-studio, Bloomsdaying production on episode 104, or if in NYC celebrate the day on which Ulysses is set in person with Colum McCann, Aedin Moloney, and quite probably Chris Booth at Ulysses Folk House.
Jun 6, 2015 • 1h 11min
Episode 156: Stacy Barton!
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer and poet Stacy Barton, plus Shawn Whittington writes about how The Hobbit changed his life.
May 30, 2015 • 1h 20min
Episode 155: A Craft Discussion About Longinus's "On the Sublime," with Vanessa Blakeslee!
In this week’s episode, I talk about Longinus's "On the Sublime," with Vanessa Blakeslee, Plus LindaAnn Loschiavo writes about how Louisa May Alcott's Little Women changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES New York Classical Theatre's production of The Taming of the Shrew, which is free, will wander its way across Central Park (Thurs through Sun, May 26 - June 28), Prospect Park (Tues. & Wed., June 23, 24, 30 & July 1), and Teardrop/Battery Park City (Wed, July 8, Fri through Sun, July 10, 11 & 12). On June 14, come celebrate The Drunken Odyssey’s 3rd birthday on a monorail line pub crawl.
May 23, 2015 • 1h 5min
Episode 154: Caitlin Doyle!
In this week’s episode, I interview the poet Cailtin Doyle, plus Jeremy Da Cruz writes about reading James Joyce's "Eveline" on Amtrak. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES In Orlando, check out Wordier Than Thou, the open mic night that is roving across Florida. On Wednesday, May 27, it's at Stardust Coffee and Video. On June 14, come celebrate The Drunken Odyssey's 3rd birthday on a monorail line pub crawl. A teacher in South Windsor, Connecticut was forced to resign after allowing his class to listen to Allen Ginsburg's "Please Master."
May 16, 2015 • 1h 23min
Episode 153: Leonard Kinsey!
Episode 153 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview the iconoclastic Disney author Leonard Kinsey, plus Terry Barr writes about leaning not to teach The Catcher in the Rye. TEXTS DISCUSSED
May 10, 2015 • 1h 33min
Episode 152: Kattenstoet! A Roundtable Discussion of Cats
In this week’s episode, we have a roundtable discussion of Kattenstoet, the Belgian cat holiday that may or may not be a retroactive apology for medieval atrocities against felines. Present for this discussion were Teege Braune, Lisa Roney, and Jared Silvia. John's cat Zoë Reads Hemingway. Jared's cat, Miroslav. [embed]https://vimeo.com/40029049[/embed] TEXTS DISCUSSED Alicia Ostriker's "The Orange Cat."
May 9, 2015 • 1h 5min
Episode 151: Greg Proops
In this week’s episode, I talk to comedian, podcaster, and now, author, Greg Proops, Photo by Idil Sukan/Draw HQ plus Rochelle Spencer writes about the liberating politics of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Read Teege Braun's review of Greg Proops's comedy special, Live at Musso and Frank, here.
May 2, 2015 • 1h 21min
Episode 150: Melissa Crandall!
In this week’s episode, I talk to the fantasy, science fiction, and nonfiction writer Melissa Crandall, Plus Síofra Shaman Skye shares a letter she wrote to J.D. Salinger. TEXTS DISCUSSED [embed]https://youtu.be/hJFtCfHDFfw[/embed] Check out Melissa Crandall's blog, The Caretaker's Wild Ride, here. NOTES Check out more about Wilson Santos’ Dominican Republic project, including how to donate, here.
