Fri, 30 December 2016
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer, Irvine Welsh, and share his reading from his new novel, A Decent Ride, at Miami Book Fair. Aleksander Hemon also read from his novel, The Making of Zombie Wars. TEXTS DISCUSSED Trainspotting" target="_blank"> Ulysses Complete & Unabridged As Corrected & Reset in 1961" target="_blank"> The Making of Zombie Wars" target="_blank"> NOTES Thanks to Pressure Wave (Jared Silvia) for his song "Two Thousand Six."
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_240.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 10:57pm EST |
Sat, 24 December 2016
In this week’s episode, I talk to the poets Rita Dove and Robert Pinsky, and share the reading they gave together at Miami Book Fair International.
TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Listen to my previous interview with Robert Pinsky here.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_239.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:34pm EST |
Sat, 17 December 2016
In this week’s episode, I talk to the essayist Sarah Sweeney about her debut collection, Tell Me If You're Lying, the impediments and the value the academy can be to writing, and the essential relevance of poetry to the prose arts. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Read Sarah Sweeney's essay about catfishing musicians here.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_238.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:57pm EST |
Sat, 10 December 2016
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Glendaliz Camacho near the end of her residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando.
NOTES Check out Glendaliz's work:
Reinaldo Arenas's story "The Glass Tower" appears in Mona and Other Tales.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_237.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 1:23am EST |
Sun, 4 December 2016
On this week’s show, I talk to the literary historian Bill Savage about the re-release of George Ade's 1931 classic, breezy history of drinking culture in America. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Watch and hear Bill's rant against the term dive bar.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_236.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 5:54pm EST |
Fri, 2 December 2016
In this week’s episode, I present an Election Day version Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words, or in this case, There Will Be Words and/or Doom. The readers included myself, Rachel Kolman,
Thanks once again to our host, J. Bradley.
Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_235.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:03pm EST |