Fri, 27 December 2013
On this week’s show, I present my interview with Edwidge Danticat,
and my interview with Koren Zailckas,
plus Samantha Stemler writes about Neil McKenna's The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde. TEXTS DISCUSSED
NOTES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5I_3co-6Dw The Drunken Odyssey now has a youtube channel. According to the Kids' Right to Read Project, 2013 has been a record year for attempts to ban books in libraries in schools. The Diary of Anne Frank, you know, is too pornographic for American children to be exposed to. This was reported in The Guardian. The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant, is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of his book, which is wonderful reading.
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Fri, 20 December 2013
On this week’s show, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Ryan Rivas of Burrow Press fame, Nathan Holic of American Fraternity Man fame, and MFA candidate Dianne Turgeon Richardson join me along the monorail line for a pub crawl across the Magic King resorts at Walt Disney World.
TEXTS DISCUSSED
NOTES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANlOFyhZJSI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f100XgX2apY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLCHg9mUBag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV24-cU4wz8
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_77.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:31pm EDT |
Sun, 15 December 2013
On this week’s show, I present my interview with the poet Richard Blanco,
Plus Kenneth Nichol's writes about reading Tom Perrotta's Joe College.
TEXTS DISCUSSED
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_76.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:39pm EDT |
Sat, 7 December 2013
On this week’s show, I present TDO’s Repeal Day party, starring Robert Cassanelo, Mark Pursell, Hunter Choate, Leslie Salas, Anna King, Dan Lauer, and Teege Braune! 
The venue (photo by Leslie Salas) 
Robert Cassanello, preparing to read the opening piece (photo by Leslie Salas) 
Mark Pursell on his long ago teetotaling days (photo by Leslie Salas) 
Ah (photo by Leslie Salas) 
Hunter reads a ghost story told over vodkas (photo by Leslie Salas) 
City Fish was a wonderful location (photo by Leslie Salas) 
Anna King versifies on drinking Granadas at the Marriot Marquis (photo by Leslie Salas) 
Dan Lauer about a binge with the owner of the Murder Museum (photo by Leslie Salas) 
On my third drink, I am finally smiling (photo by Leslie Salas) 
Madison Bernath contemplates a world in which the repeal never happened (photo by Leslie Salas) 
Teege takes it home (photo by Leslie Salas) NOTES The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant, is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of his book, which is wonderful reading.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_75.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:12pm EDT |
Thu, 28 November 2013
On this week’s show, I interview the legend Nikki Giovanni,
plus Peter Biello writes about reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.
NOTES Peter Biello’s essay on The Road featured “Found Children” from Carlton Melton’s Pass it On.
The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant, is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of his book, which is wonderful reading.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_74.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:32am EDT |
Sat, 16 November 2013
On this week’s show, I interview fiction writer Matt Bell,
plus Rose Tran writes about encountering Matt Bell's How They Were Found.
TEXTS DISCUSSED
NOTES On December 5th, at 7 P.M., The Drunken Odyssey will host a live reading in honor of Repeal Day, which marked the signing of the 21st amendment, thus ending prohibition. See the facebook event. The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant, is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of his book, which is wonderful reading.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_73.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:01pm EDT |
Fri, 8 November 2013
Episode 72: We Drink! On this week’s show, My friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Matt Peters of Windward Press, and MFA candidate Diane Turgeon Richardson join me to discuss matters literary and drinkerly.
Plus Dave Patterson writes about how Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 transformed him.
TEXTS DISCUSSED
NOTES Carlton Melton's song "Use Your Words" from their album Country Ways accompanied Dave Patterson's "A Pleasure to Burn."
Laurie Anderson's Remembrance of Lou Reed appears in Rolling Stone. Teege Braune's eulogy for Lou Reed appeared in In Boozo Veritas #13. This weekend Playfest is happening at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_72.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:53am EDT |
Sat, 19 October 2013
On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant,
Plus Dan Lauer writes about a unique book that changed his life.
NOTES
R.I.P., Oscar Hijuelos.
The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant, is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of his book, which is remarkable fucking reading.
Orlando Shakespeare Theater presents Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker, from October 9 – November 10, 2013.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_71.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:38am EDT |
Sat, 12 October 2013
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Tessa Mellas,
Plus Todd Sentell writes about Huckleberry Finn, A Good Man is Hard to Find, and the Near Death of Literature. TEXTS DISCUSSED
NOTES The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant, is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of his book, which is remarkable fucking reading.
Orlando Shakespeare Theater presents Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker, from October 9 - November 10, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js56KlfJoGY The Drunken Odyssey's review of this production will appear next week.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_70.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:28pm EDT |
Wed, 9 October 2013
On this week’s show, I share the latest installment of Functionally Literate, the reading series hosted by Jared Silvia, and this time featuring Nathan Holic and Lindsay Hunter!
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_69.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:08am EDT |
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