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#595: Rebecca Makkai (interviewed by Chelsea Alice)!
On today’s show, Chelsea Alice and Rebecca Makkai talk about diversity in novels, breaking genre conventions, student-teacher relationships, and how motherhood is represented in literature. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small… Continue reading
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#594: Jack Houghteling!
On this week’s show, I talk to novelist Jack Houghteling about Modernism, football, and the literary value of gangster movies, among other important topics. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission… Continue reading
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#593: Ryler Dustin!
On today’s show, I speak with the poet Ryler Dustin about creating new forms of sanctification and representing rural landscapes with familiarity without fetishizing or satirizing the setting. We probably digressed into a discussion of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. TEXT DISCUSSED Episode 593 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature… Continue reading
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#592: Dan Lauer!
On today’s show, I speak with Dan Lauer about memoirs, Spalding Gray, depression, the glorious bygone culture of video stores, the less glorious culture of Hollywood, and other matters of dark interest. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Go here to buy or listen to Dan Lauer’s Post Meridiem. Episode 592 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast… Continue reading
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#591: Greg Proops
On today’s show, I speak with comedian Greg Proops about his new comedy album, French Drug Deal, the way time passes when sober and writing scripts and novels, the perfection of Charlotte Rampling, and other keen matters of interest to think-o-philes. TEXTS DISCUSSED Greg is on tour with the Whose Line crew. Check out their… Continue reading
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#590: Melanie Farmer!
On today’s show, I speak with creative non-fiction writer Melanie Farmer about memoir, Brazilian jiu jitsu, the relationship between one’s family and one’s public, the Hurtson-Wright prize, and other matters to interest. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so… Continue reading
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#589: Ian Patterson interviewed by Chelsea Alice
On today’s show, Chelsea Alice interviews Ian Patterson, who translated Finding Lost Time, the final volume of Penguin’s new edition of Proust’s novel cycle, In Search of Lost Time. NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted… Continue reading
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#588: A Discussion of Kathleen Alcott’s Emergency, with Samantha Nickerson
This week, I speak with Samantha Nickerson and I discuss the themes of friendship, relationships, depression, and death, and the craft of Kathleen Alcott in creating stories that are difficult to put down in the new short story collection, Emergency. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show… Continue reading
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#587: A Discussion of Myhouse.wad for Doom, with Michael Merriam!
This week, I speak with game designer Michael Merriam about the mysterious, recent addition to the world of Doomology that is the Myhouse.wad, a retro-fitted narrative freak out to one of the earliest first person shooters in video game history. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Here are Myhouse.wad play-through videos I enjoyed watching in researching this episode.… Continue reading
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#586: Sarah Viren!
This week, I speak with Sarah Viren about memoir, the social structures of academic work, philosophy, and asking serious questions. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on anything you purchase… Continue reading
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