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February 22, 2014

Episode 86: Kevin Sampsell!

Episode 86 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 fiction writer and memoirist Kevin Sampsell, Plus Kevin Bray writes about finding Men on Divorce. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Find Burrow Press’s releases here, & check out the… Continue reading

Craft of Fiction Writing, Episode, Flash Fiction

A Common Pornography, Burrow Press, Creamy Bullets, Flash Fiction, Future Tense Books, Kevin Bray, Kevin Sampsell, Men on Divorce: The Other Side of the Story, Powell’s Bookstore, This is Between Us
February 13, 2014

Episode 85: Erotic Poetry Night 2

Episode 85 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week, I present our first live show of the year, from our night of Erotic Poetry, as either a prelude or an antidote to Valentine’s Day, according to taste. NOTES The Heaven of… Continue reading

Episode, Erotic Literature, Poetry

Creative Writing, Episode, Erotic Poetry, Erotic Prose, Jesse Bradley, John King, Michael Pierre, Naomi Butterfield, Rachel Kolman, Susan Lilley, Valentine’s Day, Writing Podcast
February 8, 2014

Episode 84: Rich Millman of Carlton Melton!

Episode 84 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 musician Rich Millman from the band Carlton Melton, Plus Kelsey Liebenson-Morse writes about reading Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES The Florida Writers’ Conference goes from… Continue reading

Episode, Music

Carlton Melton, Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome, Kelsey Liebenson-Morse, Maxine Kumin, Rich Millman
February 1, 2014

Episode 83: Lynn Waddell!

Episode 83 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 journalist Lynn Waddell, Plus D. S. Jones writes about how the Charles Bukowski’s Post Office changed his life. NOTES In the recording of this week’s show, I… Continue reading

Episode, Florida Literature

Florida Literature, Fringe Florida, Journalism, Lynn Waddell
January 25, 2014

Episode 82: Susan Lilley!

Episode 82 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 poet Susan Lilley, Plus Anthony Jacobson writes about how the books of Irvine Welsh changed his life. NOTES Quentin Tarantino vows to shelve his upcoming film… Continue reading

Episode, Poetry

Anthony Jacobson, Carlton Melton, Irvine Welsh, Jimi Hendrix, Literature of Florida, Marabou Stork Nightmares, Night Windows, Photos of Photos, Poetry, Satellite Beach, Smoke Drip, Susan Lilley, teaching, Trainspotting
January 18, 2014

Episode 81: Mailbag Episode 4 (A New Hope)

Episode 81 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 answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Dan Lauer writes about “standing straight.” NOTES According to The Guardian, the short list for the Hatchet Awards has been… Continue reading

Craft of Fiction Writing, David James Poissant, Episode

Dan Lauer, David James Poissant, John King, Parliament House, Standing Straight, The Mysteries of Pittsburg
January 11, 2014

Episode 80: Melanie Neale!

Episode 80 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 present my interview with the memoirist Melanie Neale, plus Andrew Simpson Guthrie shares his memoir essay-in-verse, “The Weighty Page.” TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out the Transit Interpretation Project here,… Continue reading

Episode, Memoir, Poetry

Amiri Baraka, Andrew Simpson Guthrie, Boat Girl, Hubert Selby, Jr., Melanie Neale, Memoir, Saving Mr. Banks
January 4, 2014

Episode 79: Sharon Olds and Robert Pinsky!

Episode 79 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 present my interview with Sharon Olds, and my interview with Robert Pinsky, plus I share Robert Pinsky and Laurence Hobgood’s performance of Creole. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES I am in the… Continue reading

Episode, Jazz, Poetry

Christopher Smart, Laurence Hobgood, Miami Bookfair International, Poemjazz, Robert Pinsky, Sharon Olds, Singing School, Stag’s Leap
December 28, 2013

Episode 78: Edwidge Danticat and Koren Zailckas!

Episode 78 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 present my interview with Edwidge Danticat, and my interview with Koren Zailckas, plus Samantha Stemler writes about Neil McKenna’s The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES The Drunken… Continue reading

Episode, Miami Book Fair

Claire of the Sea Light, Edwidge Danticat, Fury, Koren Zailckas, Miami Book Fair International, Mother Mother, Smashed
December 21, 2013

Episode 77: The Monorail Line Pub Crawl!

Episode 77 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, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Ryan Rivas of Burrow Press fame, Nathan Holic of American Fraternity Man fame, and MFA candidate Dianne Turgeon Richardson join me along the monorail line for… Continue reading

Disney, Drinking, Episode

15 Views of Orlando, Bright Lights Big City, Celebration, cormac mccarthy, Diane Turgeon Richardson, Donald Duck, Florida, Jay McIrney, Maleficent, Mark Twain, Mary Blair, Mickey’s Good Deed, Mickey’s Nightmare, Microchips, Monorail, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, Nathan Holic, Neal Gabler, P. L. Travers, Ryan Rivas, Saving Mr. Banks, Skumps, Sleeping Beauty, Ted Hughes, Teege Braune, The Contemporary Resort, The Grand Floridian, The Great Dark, The Magic of Walt Disney World, The Mickey Mouse Review, The Polynesian Resort, The Three Caballeros, Walt Disney, Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination, Wholly Smokes

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