Episode 560: A Discussion of Philip Schultz’s Comforts of the Abyss with Rachael Tillman!

January 21, 2023

Episode 560: A Discussion of Philip Schultz’s Comforts of the Abyss with Rachael Tillman!

Episode 560 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing).

This week, Rachael Tillman and I discuss the art of persona writing through Philip Schultz’s recent book, Comforts of the Abyss.

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2 responses to “Episode 560: A Discussion of Philip Schultz’s Comforts of the Abyss with Rachael Tillman!”

D J Rout

January 21, 2023 at 9:20 pm

My particular favourite comment for this episode was Ms Tillman’s ‘Imperilling vison throgh incessant eye-rolling.’ I wish I’d thought of that.
Because this episode meandered a bit away from the topic of the actual book it was very enjoyable. The discussion was not so far over my head that I couldn’t follow what you were talking about, and there were even references to writers I’d heard of, like Philip Roth (who I find unreadable) and Jennifer Egan (who’s A-grade material, in that if she submitted it in a writing course, you’d give her an ‘A’).
I do enjoy these discussion ones – I’ll send you some wine for the discussion on Instagram poets 🙂

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1. thedrunkenodyssey
  
  January 21, 2023 at 10:53 pm
  
  Thank you large, DJ!
  
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