The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Holly Tavel about the urge to experiment in fiction, the need to subvert grand narratives, and the joys of the avant-garde and children's schlock and obsessions of all kinds,

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Plus I chat with Michael Martin about the fascinating ways poetry finds itself entering Miami during the month of April.

Michael Martin
Photo by Gesi Schilling.

TEXTS DISCUSSED


NOTES

Learn more about the O Miami Poetry Festival, including its schedule of events, here.

O Miami Bus
Photo by Gesi Schilling. Special Thanks to The Children's Trust and Miami-Dade Transit.

 

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 10:40pm EDT

On this week’s show, David James Puissant and I offer words of advice for new writers and answer some of their questions, in the equivalent of our 8th mailbag episode, almost 2 years after the 7th...


Litlando (Words of Advice)

plus Ramona Pojoga writes about a book that changed her life!

Ramona Pojoga

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:10am EDT

Barry Temple

In this week’s episode, I talk to animator Barry Temple about his extraordinary professional experience in show business. We cover career highlights like The Mouse and His Child, Ralph Bakshi's animated version of The Lord of the Rings, and the arc of Disney animation in the 1980s (from Don Bluth's defection to the renaissance of Disney filmmaking). We discuss the role that perseverance and adaptation play in a successful career, and what it is like to create animation before a theme park audience.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

The Mouse and His Child

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Black CauldronWho Framed Roger RabbitRoller Coaster RabbitThe Little Mermaidbeauty beast posterThe_lion_king_poster

Mulan

 

NOTES

On April 15th, check out this amazing fundraiser for Exodus United at The Geek Easy.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:42pm EDT

In this week’s episode, I talk to Gary Evans, Brian Crum, and Adam Watson of The Intoxicators about writing music, working collaboratively, fast tempos, and staying fired up!

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ALBUMS

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I Dreamed the Best PartThe Intoxicators JTTCOTE


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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 1:39am EDT

In this week’s episode, I talk with the poet Ephraim Scott Sommers.

Ephraim Scott Sommers

TEXTS DISCUSSED

The Night We Set the Dead Kid On Fire

NOTES

Litlando 2017 will take place on March 25th at The Gallery at Avalon Island. Buy tickets now here.

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Check out Ephraim's music here.

Come to Ephraim's book launch, if you are in Orlando.

Ephraim Scott Sommers book launch final

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:13am EDT

Episode 219 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 share a recording of Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing hosted by the inestimable Tod Caviness, with special guests Josh Dull, Racquel Henry, Darlyn Finch Kuhn, and me.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:30pm EDT

In this week’s episode, I talk with the poet Ashley Inguanta, plus Daniela Chamorro writes about how Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street changed her life.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about E. L. Doctorow's Creationists.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 1:28am EDT

This week’s episode is an eclectic mix of poetry, fiction, and an interview on the subject of the American presidency. This show features Jennifer Berne, Shawn McKee, Karen Best, Christopher Booth, Jeremy DaCruz, & Lauren Camp.

NOTES

On Monday, February 27 at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, at Bookmark It in The Lovely, Vanessa Blakeslee will lead a discussion of Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:07am EDT

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This week features our 5th annual Erotic Poetry Night, featuring...

  • Naomi Butterfield
  • Ephraim Scott Sommers
  • Diane Turgeon Richardson
  • Wilson Santos
  • Stephanie Rizzo
  • Brian Downes
  • Rachel Kolman
  • Lisa Roney
  • Madison Strake Bernath
  • & your host, John King.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_246.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:52pm EDT