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The Perfect Life #48: Zooming Towards a Breakdown
The Perfect Life #48 by Dr. Perfect Dear Dr. Perfect, I don’t know how much longer I can remain employable due to the existential terrors of work meetings. There I am in a zoom meeting, not doing the work that is stressing me out, me stressing out about waiting to stress out about the stress… Continue reading
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Episode 540: Mark Braude!
Episode 540 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, I talk with historian and biographer Mark Braude about artist, model, and cabaret singer Kiki Man Ray and the art life in… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #395: Virtuosity
The Curator of Schlock #395 by Jeff Shuster Virtuosity Never mind American Gangster–this is the Denzel Washington versus Russel Crowe movie you’ve been waiting for. The Revenging Manta and I had a plan to disrupt a fentanyl delivery at a bowling alley called Tech 13 Lanes in downtown Orlando. I was to pose as the… Continue reading
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Episode 539: Chelsey Clammer!
Episode 539 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, I catch up with longtime friend of the show, the brilliant creative nonfiction writer, Chelsey Clammer. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #189: The Space of Hope
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #189 by Drew Barth The Space of Hope What’s Superman supposed to be today? A character as old as him would have hundreds of interpretations by hundreds of different creators—from a messianic figure who should let a busload of kids die to protect his identity to the guy… Continue reading
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Episode 538: A Discussion of John Bois’s “17776” with Chelsea Alice!
Episode 538 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, the brilliant Chelsea Alice & I discuss John Bois’s postmodern masterpiece, “17776,” which is partially about what football will look like in… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #394: Puzzle
The Curator of Schlock #394 by Jeff Shuster Puzzle Sausage festival. I thanked the Orlando area vigilante known as the Revenging Manta for saving my life and wished him the best of luck in his battle with the criminal gang known as the Iguana Consortium. I figured I would track down the nearest Comfort Inn… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #47: We’re All Mad Here
The Perfect Life #47 by Dr. Perfect We’re All Mad Here Dear Dr. Perfect, Ever since I saw Bedlam (1946) when I was five, I dreamed of being committed to an asylum. A life free from the stress of how to live seemed like a utopian dream. This impression was later cemented when I was 13 and… Continue reading
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The Drunken Odyssey is a forum to discuss all aspects of the writing process, in a variety of genres, in order to foster a greater community among writers.
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