Episode 261: Sarah Gerard!

20 Saturday May 2017

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On Episode 261, I interview the prose writer Sarah Gerard!

Photo by Levi Walton.

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The Promethean Conduit was a hell of a good show!

In Animal: a Beast of a Literary Magazine, here is my essay about the alligator incident at Walt Disney World.

Episode 261 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 245: Tom McAllister!

04 Saturday Feb 2017

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Episode 245 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist and memoirist Tom McAllister about structuring long-form fiction, the mystery of love, the addictive horrors of football, and other important matters.

Tom McAllister

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Bookmark It

Follow Bookmark It on Facebook to learn more about Brave New Book Club, which is led by Vanessa Blakeslee.

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Episode 238: Sarah Sweeney!

17 Saturday Dec 2016

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Barrelhouse Books, Mike Ingram, Sarah Sweeney, Tell me If You're Lying

Episode 238 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I talk to the essayist Sarah Sweeney about her debut collection, Tell Me If You’re Lying, the impediments and the value the academy can be to writing, and the essential relevance of poetry to the prose arts.

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Read Sarah Sweeney’s essay about cat-fishing musicians here.

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Episode 234: Sayantani Dasgupta!

26 Saturday Nov 2016

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Fire Girl: Essays on India America and the In-Between, Sayantani Dasgupta

Episode 234 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 show, I talk to the nonfiction writer Sayantani Dasgupta about creative nonfiction, the romance of reading, and the powerful appeal of the in-between.

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Listen to Sayantani’s essay about 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea here.

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Episode 232: Pamela Skjolsvik!

12 Saturday Nov 2016

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Episode 232 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 show, I talk to the nonfiction writer Pamela Skjolsvik about creative nonfiction, anxiety, and death,

plus I briefly eulogize a triumvirate of entertainers: Leonard Cohen, Robert Vaughn, and Kevin Meaney.

Leonard Cohen Anthem

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Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase

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Check out Pamela Skjolsvik’s essay about David Sedaris back on episode 50.

Miami Book Fair International‘s amazing weekend street fair will take place on November 19th and 20th.

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