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

On this week’s show, I present my interview with Edwidge Danticat,

Edwidge Danticat

and my interview with Koren Zailckas,

Koren Zailckas

plus Samantha Stemler writes about Neil McKenna's The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Claire of the Sea Light

Mother Mother

Fury

Smashed

The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde

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.

The Heaven of Animals

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_78.mp3
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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.

monorail

Ryan Rivas, Diane Turgeon Richardson, moi, Nathan Holic, and Teege Braune on the Polynesian's monorail station.
A stanchion at the Polynesian Resort, this tiki appears to be licking its torch.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Walt Disney

15 Views of Orlando 1

The Uses of Enchantment

The Devils Race Track

Celebration USA

Bright Lights Big City

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

On this week’s show, I present my interview with the poet Richard Blanco,

John King interviewing Richard Blanco (photograph by Tammy Taylor)

Plus Kenneth Nichol's writes about reading Tom Perrotta's Joe College.

Kenneth Nichols

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Looking for the Gulf Motel

For All of Us One Today

The Dancing Wu Li Masters

Joe College

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_76.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:39pm EDT

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!

City Fish

The venue (photo by Leslie Salas)

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Robert Cassanello, preparing to read the opening piece (photo by Leslie Salas)

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Mark Pursell on his long ago teetotaling days (photo by Leslie Salas)

2013-12-05 20.37.57 Pint

Ah (photo by Leslie Salas)

2013-12-05 21.20.14 Hunter

Hunter reads a ghost story told over vodkas (photo by Leslie Salas)

2013-12-05 20.52.55 Crowd

City Fish was a wonderful location (photo by Leslie Salas)

Anna

Anna King versifies on drinking Granadas at the Marriot Marquis (photo by Leslie Salas)

2013-12-05 21.29.07 Dan

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)

On my third drink, I am finally smiling (photo by Leslie Salas)

2013-12-05 21.45.13 Madison

Madison Bernath contemplates a world in which the repeal never happened (photo by Leslie Salas)

2013-12-05 21.50.25 Teege

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.

The Heaven of Animals

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_75.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:12pm EDT

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