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. |
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 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 EST |
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 EST |
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! 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 EST |