On today’s show, John talks to the poet and memoirist Maggie Smith about the complexities of trying to merge reality with narrative structure, and discusses the same, in different ways, with the novelist Michael Cunningham!

These conversations were conducted at Miami Book Fair.

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The second installment of In Boozo Veritas will take place at the Kerouac project of Orlando at 7:30 PM on Saturday, January 13th. Diane Turgeon will read 3 wild poems, followed by 7 of mine. Then stick around for the book launch party for Tom Lucas’s new book.

Episode 608 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing).