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Episode 579: A Roundtable Discussion of Jodi Picault’s The Storyteller, with Samantha Nickerson and Chelsea Alice
This week, Samantha Nickerson and Chelsea Alice join me on the mics to discuss a book infamously banned in Florida, Jodi Picault’s novel about the holocaust, The Storyteller. NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go here while still logged in… Continue reading
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Episode 578: Bob Kealing!
This week journalist and cultural historian Bob Kealing returns to The Drunken Odyssey to discuss the Beatles’s two momentous visits to Florida in 1964. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go here while still logged in to upgrade… Continue reading
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Episode 577: Sarai Walker interviewed by Samantha Nickerson!
This week Samantha Nickerson returns to guest-hosting duties with a fabulous conversation with novelist writer Sarai Walker. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go here while still logged in to upgrade the account with the discount. If you… Continue reading
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Episode 576: A Discussion of William Gibson’s Distrust That Particular Flavor with Rachael Tillman!
Rachael and I return to the subject of William Gibson in a non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavor, that proved charming fun. We discuss the history of technology, the cryptic mysteries of creating feature films, Japan, the paradox of science fiction’s timeliness, Japan, self-irony, and Japan. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of… Continue reading
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Episode 575: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock for May the Fourth
Jeff Shuster and John King celebrate May the 4th by discussing three films trying to capitalize on the science fiction success of Star Wars. Movies Discussed NOTES Check out the typography of the last page of The Black Hole’s novelization; it’s as if the lines jumbled on purpose having gone through the black hole. Check… Continue reading
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Episode 574: Nick Geogourdiou!
On this episode, I speak with the Nick Georgoudiou about co-owning the used bookstore @joybirdbooks, maintaining a murder of typewriters, literary citizenship, and many other matters of interest and whatnot. PLACE DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account,… Continue reading
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Episode 573: David van den Berg
On this episode, I speak with the poet David van den Berg on the glories of tromping through swamps as a child, the knifeblade dialectic of cynicism and wonder, and discovering a sense of authentic voice. TEXT 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 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 571: Mark Scroggins!
On this episode, I speak with the scholar and poet Mark Scroggins about poetry that simultaneously compels and eludes the reader with its strange music, those depths of unknowing, the literary analogues to punk, reverse engineering a sense of cultural history, the problematic nature of the poetic voice, and whatnot. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can… Continue reading
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Episode 570: Kathleen Rooney!
On this episode, I talk to Kathleen Rooney about finding the fun despite the end of The Great Enlightenment, the joys of mixing wit and earnestness in verse, the fun of exploring the landscapes of AWP locations despite mentally frying beneath fluorescent lights, the tactile pleasures of typewriters, and other important matters. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES… 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.
Recent Posts
- Episode 579: A Roundtable Discussion of Jodi Picault’s The Storyteller, with Samantha Nickerson and Chelsea Alice
- The Curator of Schlock #420: The Stepfather
- Video: Joy Baglio’s Residency Farewell Reading at The Kerouac Project of Orlando.
- Episode 578: Bob Kealing!
- The Curator of Schlock #419: Run All Night
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