Episode 380: Binnie Kirshenbaum!

17 Saturday Aug 2019

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Episode 380 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or right-click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I talk with the novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum about finding one’s voice, finding the right point-of-view, avoiding boredom, and the occasional hell of marketing literature.

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Art Spiegelman chose not to censor his essay on Marvel Comics, in which he likens the president to the Red Skull. Instead, he gave the essay to The Guardian.

Check out my alcoholic, literary adventure novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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Episode 380 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or right-click here to download.

Episode 379: Katharine Smyth!

10 Saturday Aug 2019

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Episode 379 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or right-click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I talk with the memoirist Katharine Smyth about how literature fills our lives, and is there for us in peculiarly reassuring ways when we lose everything.

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RIP, Toni Morrison.

Episode 379 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 378: Tim J. Meyers

03 Saturday Aug 2019

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Episode 378 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 with the poet Tim J. Myers about spirituality, open systems of belief, and the passion of our favorite music and favorite people.

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Check out my first interview with Tim all the way back on episode 63.

Check out the AWP panel on life balance back on episode 362.

Or check out Tim’s listicle, “Improved Terms for Some Currently-Known Stuff.”

Episode 378 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 377: Liz Prato!

27 Saturday Jul 2019

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In this week’s episode, I talk with Liz Prato about being the best haole possible in Hawaii, the mixing of history and memoir, respecting the natural environment, and other important matters.

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Check out my debut novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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Episode 377 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 376: Kendra Decolo!

20 Saturday Jul 2019

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In this week’s episode, I talk with Kendra DeColo about poetry, bohemian misadventures, editing, performing, and more.

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Check out my debut novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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Episode 376 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 375: Chet Weise!

13 Saturday Jul 2019

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Episode 375 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 with Chet Weise, the publisher of Third Man Books.

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This episode is sponsored by the excellent people at Scribophile.

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.

Check out my debut novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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Episode 375 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 374: June 2019 installment of Loose Lips

06 Saturday Jul 2019

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Episode 374 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 share a recording of Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing run by Burrow Press, who selected me to curate and emcee this installment.

This installment featured Deirdre Coyle (upper right), Erik Deckers (bottom), Bethany DuVall (upper left and bottom), Corwin Moore (beneath upper left), and Tom Lucas (middle right). Photos by Katherine J. Parker.

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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.

Check out my debut novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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Episode 374 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 373: Erica Jong!

29 Saturday Jun 2019

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Episode 373 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 show, I talk with the great Erica Jong about writing in one’s voice, being in love with language, the discipline of literature, revision, 18th century fiction, living healthy, and sonnets and other poetry,

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plus Vanessa Blakeslee and I discuss Erica Jong’s book on writing, Seducing the Demon: Writing for my Life.

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This episode is sponsored by Scribophile.

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.

Check out my debut novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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Episode 373 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 372: Arielle Haughee!

22 Saturday Jun 2019

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Episode 372 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 show, I talk with the fiction writer, children’s book writer, and revision guru Arielle Haughee.

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This episode is sponsored by Scribophile.

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.

Check out my debut novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

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Episode 372 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 371: C.H. Hooks!

15 Saturday Jun 2019

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Episode 371 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 show, C.H. Hooks and I sit down with some questionable red wine to discuss Florida, Florida literature, and the uses we make of writing.

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Photo by Miriam Berkley.

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This episode is sponsored by Scribophile.

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.

Check out my adventure novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

Episode 371 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.