Sat, 29 December 2018
Episode 347 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week is a cornucopia of poetry conversation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Juan Felipe Herrera, and Billy Collins! Juan Felipe Herrera Billy Collins TEXTS DISCUSSED |
Fri, 21 December 2018
Here's a present, something I acquired when collecting bootlegs in the 1990s. I hope you enjoy it while I get over this damned cold. |
Sat, 15 December 2018
In this week’s episode, I share a conversation I had with author, editor, comic book fan, and book designer Chip Kidd, from about 40 feet away from Biscayne Bay. We spoke about the DC/Marvel divide, the sublime art of Alex Ross, how art springs from our need to see the work we want to enjoy the most, and how so many areas of the book business intersect, if you are paying attention. TEXTS DISCUSSED
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_345.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 6:17pm EDT |
Sat, 8 December 2018
In this week’s episode, I share a recording of Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing run by Burrow Press, who selected Katherine J. Parker to curate and host this installment. Katherine J. Parker by Jared Silvia.
Joshua Begley by by Jared Silvia. Whitney Paige Hamrick by Jared Silvia. John King by Jared Silvia. Karen Price by Jared Silvia. Tom Lucas by Jared Silvia. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out John's previous appearances on Loose Lips:
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_344.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:24am EDT |
Sat, 1 December 2018
In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about the new story anthology, A Very Italian Christmas, from New Vessel Press. In our discussion, we manage to talk about yuletide loneliness, poverty, despair, prostitution, elk herds, Christmas, fascism, prostitution, friendship, Paul Auster's screenplay for Smoke, and David Sedaris's classic essay, "Dinah the Christmas Whore." TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Vanessa and I talking about A Very French Christmas from last year. Check out my interview with Davis Sedarisback on episode 50. |
Fri, 23 November 2018
In this week’s episode, I talk to poet and memoirist Linda Buckmaster about how our subjects sometimes choose us, the wondrous weirdness of Florida, and how the find form in the flux of composition. TEXT DISCUSSED |
Fri, 16 November 2018
In this week’s episode, I talk to Brian Turner & Jared Silvia about making a beautiful, experimental poetic album of space ballads and duets. Episode 341 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_341.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT |
Sat, 10 November 2018
In this week’s episode, I talk to creative nonfiction writer LaTanya McQueen about how our stories sometimes choose us, how to write a really good footnote, and how to try to talk about history and race in America. TEXT DISCUSSED
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_340.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 1:01am EDT |
Fri, 2 November 2018
In this week's episode, I talk to fiction writer Kimberly Lojewski! TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out my interviews with Tony Hoagland back on episode 40and 132.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_339.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 9:06pm EDT |
Sat, 27 October 2018
In this week’s episode, I am joined by Joshua Begley, AC Warner, Katherine Parker, Elise McKenna, Tom Lucas, Amy Watkins, Joshua Dull, Dianne Turgeon Richardson, and
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_338.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:30am EDT |