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Episode 506: Shruti Swarmy!
Episode 506 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). On today’s show, Shruti Swarmy talks about calling the reader into a complete, already alive imaginary world, and writing about dance in ways that… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #385: Berlin Syndrome
The Curator of Schlock #385 by Jeff Shuster Berlin Syndrome Don’t go to Germany. There I was, in the middle of a crowd of malcontents gussied up in moose heads and moose leggings. The sound of a horn silenced the raucous crowd. Eight bare chested men emerged wearing executioner hoods carrying a huge aluminum dinner… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #31: Cleanliness is Next to a Relapse
The Perfect Life #31 by Dr. Perfect Cleanliness is Next to a Relapse Dear. Dr. Perfect, I need some help, Doc. The pandemic has presented great difficulties to recovering alcoholics such as myself. It’s hard enough to not drink when I’m trapped in the house, but now when I go out, HAND SANITIZER IS EVERYWHERE.… Continue reading
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Episode 505: Brian Broome!
Episode 505 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). On today’s show, I speak with the memoirist Brian Broome, winner of the 2021 Kirkus Prize for nonfiction. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can… Continue reading
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Episode #504: Zaina Arafat!
Episode 504 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). On today’s show, I speak with fiction writer Zaina Arafat about love, identity, sarcasm, and their complications for storytelling. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #384: Schlock
The Curator of Schlock #384 by Jeff Shuster Schlock Now that’s a movie title! I was stumbling around the town of Mooseville in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan searching for my lost kangaroo, Edwige. I made my way to the festival in the town square, some kind Canadian Thanksgiving celebration. The whole scene reminded me… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #30: Rescuing a Clinging Vine
The Perfect Life #30 by Dr. Perfect Rescuing a Clinging Vine Dear Dr. Perfect, Ever since my cat was hit by a car, my separation anxiety is so bad that I follow my husband everywhere. I don’t want to miss a single moment of our life together; it’s all so fleeting. I know this is… Continue reading
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