In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism and twitter and other stuff.

NOTES

[caption id="attachment_1614" align="alignnone" width="2592"] RIP, Phil Deaver.[/caption]

Pre-order Vanessa's forthcoming short story collection, Perfect Conditions.

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On this week’s program, I talk to poets Gerald Stern and Victor Hernandez Cruz, plus we hear John McMahon's prologue to his work in progress, A Boy from Nantucket.

On this week’s show, I talk to M. Evelina Galang about writing about the insistence of history, collaborating with other voices, being inspired by our elders, and conveying the true flux of language.

Books Discussed

On this week’s show, I talk to essayist Chelsey Clammer about the lyric essay, finding humor in trauma, and being honestly surprising.

BOOKS DISCUSSED

On this week’s show, I talk to the poet David McLoghlin about the pains and joys of being a third culture kid, the aesthetic fun of the poetic sketch, the importance of travel and being present even when home, and the importance of saving everything one writes. I read a poem from the ARC that got cut from the published version of the book, and David maybe has second thoughts about its omission...

BOOKS DISCUSSED

NOTES

Check out David reading Rilke's "Presentiment" back on episode 275.

On this week’s show, the format is quite different.

On this week’s show, I talk to poet, memoirist, and editor Brian Turner about how to build a strong anthology, how working in other media helps our writing, and working with our instincts in the writing process. His latest editing project, The Kiss: Intimacies From Writers, is now available from Norton.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

• Learn more about The Ocean Clean Up, one of the beneficiaries of proceeds from The Kiss.
• Follow The Kiss column over at Guernica Magazine.
• If you live in Orlando, check out Poetry and Prose at the Timicua White House on Wednesday, April 4th.

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.

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.

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TEXTS DISCUSSED

NOTES

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Episode 305 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

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.