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

In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about On Writing, a book of selections from Charles Bukowski's letters,

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plus poet Henry Hughes writes me a letter about his own correspondence with Bukowski back from 1989 and 1991.

Henry Hughes
TEXTS DISCUSSED

On Writing

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In this week’s episode, I talk to J. Bradley about his new novel, Jesus Christ, Boy Detective,

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plus Tom McAllister reads his essay, "A Brief History of World Travel, Part 6."

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TEXTS DISCUSSED

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NOTES

  • For those of you who'd like to read "A Brief History of World Travel, Part 6," or follow Tom McAllister in general, go here.
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In this week's episode, I interview actor and author Lisa Wolpe about her one woman show, Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender, plus Mistie  Watkins reads her essay "Why I Write."

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Episode 213 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I share a recording of a joint production of The Drunken Odyssey, The Functionally Literate Reading Series, and the In Between Series: an experimental show called The Pink Fire Revue.

This featured the musicians John Curtis, Derek Duda (Dudagruv), Jared Silvia (Pressurewave), and visual artist Ginger Leigh (Synthestruct),

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and the writers, namely myself,

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Nicole Oquendo,

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Mary McGinn,

Mary McGinn

Tod Caviness,

Tod Caviness

&, by proxy, The Terrible Mr. Sundrop.

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TEXTS DISCUSSED

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Bright Light BooksIf you like in the city beautiful that is Orlando, do check out Bright Light Books, my favorite local used book store, especially for their overstock sales every Saturday.

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Episode 213 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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