Sat, 1 February 2020
This week, I talk to my friend, and Orlando's poet laureate, Susan Lilley! TEXT DISCUSSED
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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 3:04pm EDT |
Sat, 25 January 2020
This week, I talk to two poets. First, I speak with the joyous Jericho Brown about his complex relationship to poetic tradition, identity, and music. Frankly, I kept making tangents to music. Perhaps too many. But this was one of my favorite interviews from Miami Book Fair International. Second, I speak with Richard Blanco about the poetry of we, and the importance of giving an audience an entertaining performance, and writing poetry that makes me cry in yet another of my favorite interviews from MBFI. TEXTS DISCUSSED 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.
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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 1:06am EDT |
Fri, 17 January 2020
402: A Craft Discussion of T.S. Elliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent" and "Hamlet and Its Problems"!
This week, Vanessa Blakeslee and I assail more essays on the craft of literature, this time two by T.S. Eliot. TEXTS DISCUSSED "Hamlet and Its Problems" can be found here; "Tradition and the Individual Talent" can be found here.
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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:03pm EDT |
Sat, 11 January 2020
This week, I offer another round of conversations from Miami Book Fair International, in which I talk to Steve Almond about his favorite novel, Stonerby John Williams, plus I speak with poet Carolyn Forché about her memoir, All You Have Heard is True. TEXTS DICSUSSED
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_401.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:49pm EDT |
Sat, 4 January 2020
This week, I talk to fiction writer Nathan Englander about the pressurized form of fictional worlds, giving the reader something worth their time and money, getting to the pain as soon as possible, continuing to learn about one's craft deep into one's career, Judaism in literature, and the wisdom of our friend Darin Strauss. Nathan Englander and your humble host in The Confucius Institute at Miami Dade College.[/caption] Books Discussed
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_400.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 1:50am EDT |
Sat, 28 December 2019
This week, I talk to fiction writer Rion Amilcar Scott about his extraordinary fiction collection, The World Does Not Require You. We discuss the academic world, African-American folklore, religion, music, science fiction, and post-modernism.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_399.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:00am EDT |
Mon, 23 December 2019
This week's show features another pair of episodes from Miami Book Fair International. |
Sat, 14 December 2019
On today's show, I share two interviews. The first is with the fiction writer and memoirist Tim O'Brien about how to live in this world. The second is with the comic creator Chris Ware and his editor at Pantheon Books, Chip Kidd, with whom we discussed how design meshes with the content of a story.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_397.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 9:49pm EDT |
Sat, 7 December 2019
In our discussion, Vanessa Blakeslee and I manage to talk about yuletide fellowship, hallucinogens, the possibility of St. Patrick's Day cookies, and other perennial holiday topics.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_396.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 7:58pm EDT |
Sat, 30 November 2019
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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 10:42pm EDT |