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

In this week’s episode, I interview Adrian Todd Zuniga, the host of Literary Death Match,

Adrian Todd Zuniga

plus Heather Whited writes about how Susanna Clark's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.

Heather Whited

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

NOTES

Learn More about Literary Death Match here.

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In this week’s episode, I talk about Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Poetry as Insurgent Art with Vanessa Blakeslee,

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Plus Alice Lowe writes about how Virginia Woolf's A Writer's Diary changed her life.

Alice Lowe

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Poetry as Insurgent binding

A Coney Island of the Mind

A Writer's Diary

NOTES

Coney Island was much more interesting in 1907 than it turned out to be in 2007 when I visited.

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The line for food was onerous. And no funnel cake.
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His philtrum is a bit too feline for someone serving food.
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This was not as much fun as it looked.
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This ride was, disappointingly, all facade. It covered half-a-ring at most, with mostly tetanus to frighten you with.

Parachute Literary Arts managed a much better poetic experience at Coney Island.

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Wonder Wheel, photographed by Jim McDonnell.

 

 

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Amanda Deutch hosting the night of poetry in and on The Wonder Wheel.
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Emcee and Coney Island Hysterical Society co-founder (on the left, outside the car) Richard Eagan.
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Julie Ezelle Patton.
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Wanda Phipps reading.

 

 

 

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Episode 189 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

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In this week’s episode, I interview memoir writer J.J. Anselmi,

JJ Anselmi

Plus Patty Hawkins eulogizes David Bowie.

Patty HawkinsTEXTS DISCUSSED

Heavy A MemoirLowNOTES

20914481839_d2db57ea30_oCheck out Drew Perlmutter's kickstarter campaign for his upcoming documentary, US Highway 98: The Florida I Never Knew. He was my cinematographer for The Drunken Odyssey's first documentary, The Weeki Wachee Spectacular.

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Patty Hawkin's recommends Bowie's Jazzin for Blue Jean.

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In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Kelly Link,

Kelly Link

Plus I share the reading she participated in, "Short Stories, Tall Tales," also featuring Adam Johnson and Padgett Powell.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Get In TroubleNOTES

Kelly Link Get in Trouble

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In this week’s episode, I interview the poet and memoirist Nick Flynn,

Nick Flynn

Plus I share the reading he participated in about 45 minutes after our interview, a reading that also included Ed Skoog and Denise Duhamel (Episode 134).

 

TEXTS DISCUSSED

My FeelingsAnother Bullshit NightRough DayCaprice


 

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