Craft of Fiction Writing
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Episode 572: Meng Jin, Eileen Myles, and Paul Tran, interviewed by Chelsea Alice
Back in November, Chelsea Alice conducted three on-site interviews at Miami Book Fair. She discussed Self-Portrait with Ghost with Meng Jin, Pathetic Literature by Eileen Myles, and All the Flowers Kneeling with Paul Tran. At long last, the interviews are now here. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Continue reading
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Episode 569: Lydia Millet, interview by David James Poissant!
On this episode, David James Poissant interviews fiction writer Lydia Millet about geography, birds, earnestness, the characterization of children, the structure of novels, and other matters of interest. Episode 569 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 Continue reading
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Episode 568: A Conversation about Albert Camus’s “The Guest” with Chelsea Alice
Episode 568 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). Chelsea Alice gave me homework, to read “The Guest” by Albert Camus, the result of which is this existentialist episode, or something like that. TEXT Continue reading
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Episode 566: Ciera Horton McElroy!
Episode 566 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 speak with Ciera Horton McElroy about following through with long form fiction and her extraordinary debut, Atomic Family. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO Continue reading
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Episode 562: Mike Nagel!
Episode 562 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 speak with fiction writer Mike Nagel about comic existentialism, alcoholic literature, and the class complexities of real estate. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO Continue reading
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Episode 561: Felicia Berliner and Deb Rogers, interviewed by Samantha Nickerson
Episode 561 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, Samantha Nickerson talks to Felicia Berliner about her new novel, Shmutz, and the challenges of existing within multiple identities, plus Samantha Nickerson talks to Deb Rogers about Continue reading
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Episode 554: Chrissy Kolaya!
Episode 554 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s program, I talk to the poet and novelist Chrissy Kolaya about the creative process, psychology, and the multitudinous tensions of being an American. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% Continue reading
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Episode 552: A Celebration of Salman Rushdie and Miami Book Fair!
Episode 552 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s program, I talk to Chelsea Alice about Salman Rushdie’s playful parable from 2020, “The Old Man in the Piazza,” published in The New Yorker, plus I share Salman Rushdie’s 2017 event Continue reading
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Episode 550: Jonathan Ames!
Episode 550 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s program, I talk to the fiction writer and former memoirist Jonathan Ames. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link Continue reading
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Episode 544: Ryan Rivas!
Episode 544 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 speak with my friend and colleague Ryan Rivas about his new experimental memoir, Nextdoor in Colonialtown. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners Continue reading
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