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

In this week’s show, I speak with the actor Geoffrey Kent about Shakespeare in performance, how actors make the texts come alive, the modern English translation of Shakespeare plays, the agony of having to cut Shakespeare’s texts down, the scenes that are rehearsal-eaters, -linging steel, how action sequences by themselves tell stories, and other important matters.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 1:06am EDT

In this week’s show, I speak with the poet and translator Alfred Corn about Rainer Maria Rilke's sublime Duino Elegies.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 6:50pm EDT

In this week’s show, I speak with Ciara Shuttleworth about poetry, telling factions, limerence, running with the Muses, being open to delight, and the importance of daydreaming.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:38pm EDT

In this week’s show, I speak with Maxim Loskutoff about Montana and the messy importance of setting, the fecund symbolism of reality, and attending NYU's creative writing program.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 9:03pm EDT

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