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

In this week’s show, I talk with the great Erica Jong about writing in one's voice, being in love with language, the discipline of literature, revision, 18th century fiction, living healthy, and sonnets and other poetry,

Erica Jong

plus Vanessa Blakeslee and I discuss Erica Jong's book on writing, Seducing the Demon: Writing for my Life.

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TEXTS DISCUSSED

The World Began with YesSeducing the DemonFear of Flying cover

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Check out my debut novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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In this week’s show, I talk with the fiction writer, children's book writer, and revision guru Arielle Haughee.

Arielle Haughee by Sona PhotographyPicture by Sona Photography.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

The Complete Revision Workbook

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NOTES

This episode is sponsored by Scribophile.

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Check out my debut novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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In this week's show, C.H. Hooks and I sit down with some questionable red wine to discuss Florida, Florida literature, and the uses we make of writing.

Christopher Hooks for 8 x 11 300 dpi DSC08626Photo by Miriam Berkley.

TEXT DISCUSSED

Alligator Zoo-Park Magic

NOTES

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Check out my adventure novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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This week, we go to Walt Disney World with Nathan Holic and David James Poissant in order to discuss Cory Doctorow’s science fiction novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.

 

 

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 3:15pm EDT

In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet Deborah Landau about her wonderful new poetry collection, Soft Targets,

[caption id="attachment_24396" align="alignnone" width="4288"]Deborah Landau AWP 2019.jpgDeborah Landau reading at AWP 2019. Photo by John King.[/caption]

plus I share Copper Canyon's poetry reading from the 2019 AWP Conference, which featured Javier Zamora, Ellen Bass, Deborah Landau, and Jericho Brown.

TEXT DISCUSSED

Soft TargetsThe TraditionUnaccompanied

Like A Beggar

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:22pm EDT

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