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

Lydia Millet and David James Poissant discuss geography, birds, earnestness, the characterization of children, the structure of plot and novels, and other matters of interest.

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Category:Writing -- posted at: 1:07pm EDT

Chelsea Alice gave me homework, to read "The Guest" by Albert Camus, the result of which is this existentialist episode, or something like that.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:41pm EDT

This week, Brook Ziporyn and I discuss the complexities of interpreting the Daodejing, the humor of the book, and its applications to life philosophies, politics, literature, and many other things along the way.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 5:00am EDT

This week, I speak with Ciera Horton McElroy about following through with long form fiction and her extraordinary debut, Atomic Family.


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